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2020-07-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israeli warplanes, warships violated Lebanese sovereignty several times in past 24 hours: army
And there is absolutlely nothing Lebanon can do about it, which is why nyah-nyaaaah will kindly not be chanted.
[ALMASDARNEWS] On Saturday, the Lebanese army announced that Israeli warplanes and warships violated Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
’s airspace and territorial waters several times.

A statement issued by the Lebanese Army last night said that an Israeli reconnaissance plane violated at 8:30 A.M. on Saturday morning, "Lebanese airspace over the sea west of the town of Naqqoura, up to and including Adloun.

The statement indicated that the Israeli plane "carried out a circular flight over the areas of the south, Beirut and its environs, Baabda and Aley, and then left the atmosphere at 14:35 from the sea, west of the town of Naqqoura."

"At 14:55, a similar enemy aircraft violated Lebanese airspace over the town of Kafr Kila, and carried out a circular flight over the areas of the south, then left at 16:05 hours over the aforementioned town," the statement continued.

As for the sea, the Lebanese Army indicated that two Israeli gunboats violated their territorial waters between 4:25 and 7:36 A.M. on Saturday, the Lebanese territorial waters opposite Ras al-Naqqoura, for a maximum distance of about 314 meters.
Posted by Fred 2020-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
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#1 Yes....And?
Posted by Sonny Black 2020-07-13 07:07||   2020-07-13 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 What Lebanese sovereignty?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-07-13 13:00||   2020-07-13 13:00|| Front Page Top

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