Photos Conflicts In Lebanon

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DAHR AL-BAYDAR, LEBANON: Syrian soldiers guard an army tank in Dahr Al-Baydar, on the main Beirut-Damascus highway linking the capital with the Bekaa valley, 25 February 2005. A redeployment of Syrian troops to Bekaa had still not begun Friday morning, a day after Beirut's defense minister said it was imminent, according to AFP correspondents. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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DAMUR, LEBANON: Syrian army troops leave their military post in the Lebanese coastal town of Damur, just south of Beirut, 22 September 2004. Syrian forces continued a limited pullback operation from Lebanon for the second consecutive day amid international pressure for a full withdrawal and an end to Damascus's interference in Lebanese affairs. Once the current pullout is complete, some 15,000 Syrian soldiers will continue to be stationed in neighboring Lebanon. The redeployment comes 28 years after Syria first sent in its forces after the outbreak of the 1975-1990 civil war. It was the latest in a series since 2001, which has seen the number of troops decrease from a high of 35,000 at the end of the war. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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DAMUR, LEBANON: Syrian army troops leave their military post in the Lebanese coastal town of Damur, just south of Beirut, 22 September 2004. Syrian forces continued a limited pullback operation from Lebanon for the second consecutive day amid international pressure for a full withdrawal and an end to Damascus's interference in Lebanese affairs. Once the current pullout is complete, some 15,000 Syrian soldiers will continue to be stationed in neighboring Lebanon. The redeployment comes 28 years after Syria first sent in its forces after the outbreak of the 1975-1990 civil war. It was the latest in a series since 2001, which has seen the number of troops decrease from a high of 35,000 at the end of the war. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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heir military post in the Lebanese coastal town of Damur, just south of Beirut, 22 September 2004. Syrian forces continued a limited pullback operation from Lebanon for the second consecutive day amid international pressure for a full withdrawal and an end to Damascus's interference in Lebanese affairs. Once the current pullout is complete, some 15,000 Syrian soldiers will continue to be stationed in neighboring Lebanon. The redeployment comes 28 years after Syria first sent in its forces after the outbreak of the 1975-1990 civil war. It was the latest in a series since 2001, which has seen the number of troops decrease from a high of 35,000 at the end of the war. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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DAMUR, LEBANON: Syrian army troops ride a military truck as they evacuate their post in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Damur 22 September 2004. Syrian forces continued a limited pullback operation from Lebanon for the second consecutive day amid international pressure for a full withdrawal and an end to Damascus's interference in Lebanese affairs. Once the current pullout is complete, some 15,000 Syrian soldiers will continue to be stationed in neighboring Lebanon. The redeployment comes 28 years after Syria first sent in its forces after the outbreak of the 1975-1990 civil war. It was the latest in a series since 2001, which has seen the number of troops decrease from a high of 35,000 at the end of the war. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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ARAMOUN, LEBANON: Syrian soldiers load chairs onto one of their military trucks as they prepare to leave the village of Aramoun, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) south of Beirut, 21 September 2004. Syria began a long-awaited redeployment of its troops in Lebanon this morning in the face of heavy international pressure for Damascus to end its political and military domination of its tiny neighbour. Syrian forces evacuated four small posts situated on a hilltop in Aramoun, as part of the troop pullback eastwards towards the Syrian border. AFP PHOTO/Haitham MUSSAWI (Photo credit should read HAITHAM MUSSAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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ALEY, LEBANON: Two Syrian soldiers stand guard 21 September 2004 in front of their post in the Lebanese village of Aley in the mountains southeast of Beirut. Syria started redeploying about 3,000 troops in Lebanon, with most of them due to return home, according to a high-ranking Lebanese army official. However, a full Syrian army pullout from Lebanon will only occur after a comprehensive Middle East peace deal for an Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands, Lebanese Defense Minister Mahmud Hammud told reporters. AFP PHOTO/Joseph BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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ALEY, LEBANON: Syrian soldiers gather 21 September 2004 in the Lebanese village of Aley in the mountains southeast of Beirut, with a picture of Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad on the wall in the background (R). Syria started redeploying about 3,000 troops in Lebanon, with most of them due to return home, according to a high-ranking Lebanese army official. However, a full Syrian army pullout from Lebanon will only occur after a comprehensive Middle East peace deal for an Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands, Lebanese Defense Minister Mahmud Hammud told reporters. AFP PHOTO/Joseph BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP via

 

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ALEY, LEBANON: A Syrian soldier stands guard 21 September 2004 at a military post in the Lebanese village of Aley in the mountains southeast of Beirut, with a picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on the left. Syria started redeploying about 3,000 troops in Lebanon, with most of them due to return home, according to a high-ranking Lebanese army official. However, a full Syrian army pullout from Lebanon will only occur after a comprehensive Middle East peace deal for an Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands, Lebanese Defense Minister Mahmud Hammud told reporters. AFP PHOTO/Joseph BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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CHTAURA, LEBANON: Syrian soldiers redeploying, drive pass the entrance of the town of Chtaura in the Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border 21 September 2004. Syria began a long-awaited redeployment of its troops in Lebanon this morning in the face of heavy international pressure for Damascus to end its political and military domination of its tiny neighbour. Syrian forces evacuated four small posts situated on a hilltop in Aramoun, as part of the troop pullback eastwards towards the Syrian border. AFP PHOTO/Haitham MUSSAWI (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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A Syrian soldier passes by a statue of late Syrian President Hafez Assad at a Syrian army base in Saadiyat, 24 kms south of Beirut, 20 June 2003. Lebanese newspapers for the first time raised the prospect of a total withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon by early 2004, ending a 28-year military deployment. AFP PHOTO/Suhaila SAHMARANI (Photo credit should read SUHAILA SAHMARANI/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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A Syrian soldier stands guard at a Syrian army base in Saadiyat, 24 kms south of Beirut, 20 June 2003. Lebanese newspapers for the first time raised the prospect of a total withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon by early 2004, ending a 28-year military deployment. AFP PHOTO/Suhaila SAHMARANI (Photo credit should read SUHAILA SAHMARANI/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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Syrian soldiers leave one of their posts in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli 15 July 2003. The Syrian army late yesterday began to partially pull out of Lebanon, the fourth time such a redeployment has taken place in three years, Lebanese security services said. Less than 20,000 Syrian troops -- compared to more than 35,000 in 2000 -- are now stationed in Lebanon, after intervening during the civil war in Lebanon in 1976, one year after the war began. AFP PHOTO/- (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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Syrian soldiers walk in Aaramun, south of Beirut, 15 July 2003. The Syrian army late yesterday began to partially pull out of Lebanon, the fourth time such a redeployment has taken place in three years, Lebanese security services said. Less than 20,000 Syrian troops -- compared to more than 35,000 in 2000 -- are now stationed in Lebanon, after intervening during the civil war in Lebanon in 1976, one year after the war began. AFP PHOTO/Anwar AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

 

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BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON: Syrian soldiers patrol the Bekaa Valley in 1986. Israel attacked 16 April 2001 the Syrian army radar station at nearby Dahr al-Baydar, 45km east of Beirut, leaving at least one Syrian soldier dead. The attack marked the first deliberate strike on Syrian targets since Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982. (FILM) AFP PHOTO/Ramzi HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Soldier in the center sports a helmet originally from the East German Army DDR, while the others wear the Soviet model.

 

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BEIRUT, LEBANON - FEBRUARY 27: A Syrian soldier is posted, 27 February 1987, at a Syrian checkpoint in front of the Commodore Hotel in Beirut. (FILM) (Photo credit should read KAMEL LAMAA/AFP via Getty Images)

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He is wearing the East German made Helmet backwards! lol!

 

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Some nice additions here. Thanks SD

 

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Multinational Force Lebanon - BRITFORLEB (British Forces).
One of the lesser known countries to be a part of the Multinational Force unlike the Americans, French or Italians or even the Lebanese Army. The British mostly played a smaller role while in Lebanon.

There isn't a whole lot of information or photos out there save for a few bits of photos that have circulated or various newsreels where you can often catch a glimpse of British troops. Unlike the other countries the British maintained a very small number of troops. The first deployment arrived in February of 1983.

There they were relieved by a unit of 115 troops which remained in country until the MNF would withdraw later in 1984. Unlike the rest of the MNF the British suffered no casualties during the operations. Though like their counterparts they also faced the same dangers of being attacked by one of the many factions fighting eachother.

After the Barracks Bombing the British would also evacuate alongside the rest of the MNF, when the mission replaced by UNIFIL which had been around longer.

 

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