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Assyrian battalion of the Lebanese Front, 1976

Place: Beirut · today Lebanon
Date: 1976

Young Assyrian men and women in fatigues with rifles pose on and around a jeep flying the Lebanese flag, captioned as the 4th Assyrian battalion of the Lebanese Front in October 1976, during the Lebanese Civil War.

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Assyrian battalion of the Lebanese Front, 1976

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