Lebanon Photo
Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures.
Pictures of events in Lebanon in June 2001.
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Smoke rises from an Israeli shell that exploded on the village of Kfar Shouba in south Lebanon June 29, 2001. Hizbollah guerrillas wounded at least one Israeli soldier in missile attacks on Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms region, Israeli military sources said. Israeli artillery then shelled the outskirts of a Lebanese border town, causing no casualties, witnesses said.
A Syrian soldier makes a victory sign as a military truck carrying a number of soldiers and their belongings pulls out of a Syrian position in the Beirut suburb of Ouzaei close to Beirut's international airport Wednesday June 20, 2001. Syrian troops began withdrawing from Beirut last week, and Ouzaei where a few soldiers still remain, is one of the last positions that are being vacated.
Workers remove barricades from the outpost vacated by the Syrian army from Dr. Dakash building in the Hadath area, south of Beirut Wednesday June 20, 2001.
A happy young boy, watched by his friends, fixes the Lebanese flag at a outpost vacated by the Syrian army, in the Jnah district south of Beirut Tuesday June 19, 2001. Nearly a week into Syria's troop withdrawal from the Beirut area, only a few soldiers and security agents were visible in the Lebanese capital.
A Lebanese soldier passes by a portraits of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and his son Bashar, center, at Mar Elias area in Beirut on Tuesday, June 19, 2001. Nearly a week into Syria's troop withdrawal from the Beirut area, only a few soldiers and security agents were visible in the Lebanese capital which they ruled unchallenged for much of the past 25 years.
A Middle East Airline plane passes in a landing position over a Syrian outpost near the Lebanese airport, south of Beirut Tuesday June 19, 2001. Nearly a week into Syria's troop withdrawal from the Beirut area, only a few soldiers and security agents were visible in the Lebanese capital which they ruled unchallenged for much of the past 25 years since they entered Lebanon during the war.
A Lebanese soldier stands guard at a former Syrian office in Beirut June 17, 2001. The Syrian army will pull all of its soldiers out of Beirut within the next 48 hours, Lebanese security sources said on Sunday.
A Syrian truck carrying a tank travels in a convoy along a mountain road towards the Bekaa Valley early June 15, 2001. Syria moved troops and equipment out of Christian areas around Beirut, Lebanon on Friday, cutting back some of its military presence.
A Syrian army truck, carrying troops and supplies, pass the mountain village of Alley on their way to the eastern Bekaa valley Thursday, June 14, 2001. The Syrian army started redeploying some of its troops from Beirut's mainly Christian neighborhoods
A Syrian soldier displays a poster of President Bashar al-Assad as he
sits with his colleagues celebrating their withdrawal from the Beirut area,
June 14, 2001. The Lebanese army said in a statement on Thursday that Syrian
troops deployed in Lebanon will begin withdrawing from Beirut and surrounding
areas within the coming few days.
Lebanese children with impaired hearing watch Syrian troops withdraw as they pass in front of their school in the Yarzeh area near Beirut, June 14,2001. The Lebanese army said in a statement on Thursday that Syrian troops deployed in Lebanon will begin withdrawing from Beirut and surrounding areas within the coming few days.
A Syrian officer talks with his wife on a mobile phone informing her of his withdrawal from Beirut, June 14, 2001. The Lebanese army said in a statement on Thursday that Syrian troops deployed in Lebanon will begin withdrawing from Beirut and surrounding areas within the coming few days
Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, right, bids farewell to Syrian Vice-president
Abdil-halim Khaddam, 69, in Beirut Monday, June 4, 2001. Khaddam was hospitalized
a day earlier after he collapsed at a rally in the northern port city of
Tripoli due to an intestinal disorder.