Draper meets Lebanese Foreign Minister Elie Salam following meeting with Khaddam in Syria.
khaddam head high-level delegates to Tripoli port to try to end fighting.
Syrian Presidents Assad and Foreign Minister Khaddam meet with Gemayel special emissary Jean Obeid, express openness to partial, simultaneous withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon, provided this is linked to a total withdrawal of IDF forces, affirm that Lebanese security forces should patrol Tripoli;
Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam, at non-aligned conference in Nicaragua, says Syria will resist any agreement which does not call for Israeli withdrawal from all occupied territories and does not recognize inalienable rights of Palestinians.
How the curtain finally came down on PLO presence in Lebanon Al Majalla By the end of the summer of 1982, Beirut was shattered and desperate. The Israelis had bombed it relentlessly in their pursuit of Palestinian fighters after an assassination attempt on the Israeli ambassador in London. Ringed by Israeli soldiers on land and […]
The PLO chairman now knows that he must leave Lebanon as his fighters are surrounded by the Israelis. The Syrian president is no friend, but agrees to take them in. Al Majalla In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon for a second time after the attempted assassination of its ambassador in London. Following a three-pronged attack, […]
With an eye on the Lebanese presidency, the Phalange commander and sworn enemy of Syria sends secret messages of ‘reassurance’ to al-Assad. Meanwhile, Damascus refuses to host PLO fighters. Al Majalla In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon for a second time after the attempted assassination of its ambassador in London. Following a three-pronged attack, Israel’s […]
