Lebanon Photo
Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures.
Pictures of recent events in Lebanon.
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Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, center, is surrounded by supporters wave Lebanese flags in front of the seat of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkriki, Lebanon Tuesday March 27, 2001. Hundreds of thousands of Christians welcomed the returning of the spiritual leader from a North American tour which turned into a mass demonstration against Syria's continued control over Lebanon. For more pictures CLICK HERE
Students at the Notre Dame University north of Beirut wave their flags and banners during a protest on Friday March 23, 2001, against Syria's continued military and political hold over Lebanon. The presence of Syria's 30,000 troops in Lebanon has sparked debate and street protests in recent weeks, divided the Lebanese along sectarian lines and caused religious tensions, with Christians demanding the Syrians leave and Muslims as well as the government calling on them to stay.
United Nations peacekeepers from Finland patrol on the Lebanese-Israeli border on Friday, March 16, 2001, where construction work is underway to build a pipeline to pump the Wazzani River water to the Wazzani village. Israel claims it is entitled to the water and has threatened to retaliate if the water is pumped by Lebanon.
An armed Palestinian points to the name of the Palestinian most recently
killed in the uprising against Israel during a sit-in at the Palestinian
refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh in south Lebanon on Friday, March 16, 2001.
Hundreds of Palestinians took part in the demonstration to protest Israel's
siege of their villages.
Lebanese students raise a picture of ousted General Michel Aoun as they
chant slogans, calling on Syrian troops to withdraw from Lebanon, during
a protest at universities across Lebanon March 14, 2001. Lebanese students
took to the streets on Wednesday in a daring protest demanding an end to
Syria's military and political dominance of Lebanon. Lebanese troops were
deployed heavily around universities and elsewhere in Beirut in anticipation
of street protests on the 12th anniversary of the failed "liberation war"
by Maronite Christian army general Michel Aoun against Syrian forces.
A U.S. mine expert demonstrates to Lebanese army troops at a barracks in Hammana some 40 kms (25 miles) east of Beirut, March 1, 2001, how to use a mine sweeper donated by his country to help Lebanon dismantle thousands of explosives and mines left behind by Israeli troops when they ended their occupation of southern Lebanon last year. Dozens of people have died in mine explosions over the past year.