The Digital Journalist
Reza / Webistan
Lebanon. Tripoli. 1983: During the Lebanese War (1975-1990), and the siege by the Syrian army of the headquarters of the PLO, Yasser Arafat (1929-2004), chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, is on the front and observes the facing Syrian army from his bunker. The PLO had settled in Tripoli after the 1982 Invasion of Lebanon (Operation "Peace for Galilee").