by Andrew Marshall

International Incidents during the 2006 Lebanon War

Introduction During the 2006 Lebanon War, a number of international incidents occurred in Lebanon, largely involving United Nations personnel in Lebanon, who have come under a number of attacks. On 25 July 2006, four unarmed United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) peacekeepers were killed during an Israeli air strike on a UN observation post in… Read More

by Andrew Marshall

What was the Suez Crisis (1956)?

Introduction The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab-Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression (Arabic: العدوان الثلاثي‎, romanised: Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel, was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain control of the… Read More