Here you will find one of the largest collections of black and white, and colour images of the war in Lebanon. The photographs, from various sources, from 1958 to 1990 are presented over the following pages and should be viewed in conjunction with reading the section on the Lebanese war. This collection is constantly being expanded. If you have any high quality pictures of the war that you would like to have displayed on this site please email me.
Supporters of Kamal Jumblatt and Rashid Karame riot in the streets
watch by stunned residents. Furniture looted from nearby stores and offices is burned in a big bonfire on the roadway. Strife and bloodshed spread to South Lebanon and reports of railroad sabotage and dynamiting of bridges were received in Beirut. The American, British and French ambassadors conferred at the heavily guarded American embassy yesterday but refused to comment on the talks. Beirut, May 18, 1958.
Fierce fighting in ancient Tripoli. Insurgents staged a mass street
charge, fighting house to house against government forces for sixty hours. This is one of the only photos known to have been taken during the battle. Soldiers of the Lebanese army are firing from a behind a tank and sandbag barricade from cover of a narrow street. May 22, 1958.
Lebanese soldiers in aftermath of gun battle with Syrian insurgents.
1958.
Lebanese Druze rebels on the steps of their leader Kamal Jumblatt's
chateau at Moukhtara in the Chouf mountains in 1958.
Druze members of the rebel army led by Kamal Jumblatt in Lebanon in
1958.
Rebels take cover during a brief encounter in the ruins at Baalbek.
Pillars dominate ruins in the background. June 22, 1958
Druze rebels under Kamal Jumblatt, stop and search a car at gunpoint
on a dirt road near the Chouf mountains. Lebanon, June 24, 1958.
Smoke rises from the shattered wreckage of the large ABC department
store. Scores of people were
injured when a rebel terrorist bomb exploded in the crowded store.
July 8, 1958