6 news for the 24th of June, September
with the booksSeptember 24, 1982friday
The French contingent of the multinational force arrived in Beirut; the Americans and Italians were on their way too.
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September 24, 1985tuesday
A first Lebanese Forces-Amal-PSP meeting was held in Damascus.
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In Hanf's account Berri offered the Christians a choice: a census to reset sectarian proportions, or an end to proportionality. Asked by Jumblatt why Syria dealt with Hobeika, Khaddam reportedly said everyone in Lebanon was a murderer.
June 24, 1986tuesday
A buffer force from the Lebanese Army deployed around the Palestinian camps. Calm was back for good on June 28.
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Hanf says the army units around the camps were backed by a Syrian battalion.
June 24, 1987wednesday
While Ali Adel Osseirane is set free, hope for the quick release of the American journalist fades.
September 24, 1987thursday
Father Andre Masse is assassinated close to Saida. He was head of the USJ (Saint-Joseph University) section in South-Lebanon.
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Not long before he was killed, Masse remarked that the foreign press passed over much of Lebanon's cultural, economic and political life; Picard quotes him.
September 24, 1989sunday
Crossing roads are finally opened and the flights at the International Beirut Airport resume. Even the maritime blockade against the Eastern regions is lifted.