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South Lebanon Army
South Lebanon Army
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Israel announces withdrawal while retaining a southern security zone
📅 10 June 1985The Israeli government announced withdrawal but maintained a border security zone with the South Lebanon Army and Israeli support. The UN Secretary-General warned that the arrangement violated...
Israel completes phased redeployment but retains southern security zone
📅 10 June 1985Israeli forces announced completion of their redeployment while continuing to hold a southern security zone with the South Lebanon Army (SLA). Lebanese resistance organisations regarded this as...
UN Security Council renews UNIFIL mandate amid continued occupation
📅 17 October 1985Security Council resolution 575 renewed UNIFIL. Subsequent UN reporting described almost daily attacks by Lebanese resistance groups on Israeli and SLA positions, restrictions on peacekeeper...
Reports document detention conditions at Khiam prison
📅 8 February 1987Contemporary reporting described hundreds of prisoners held by the Israeli-backed SLA at Khiam, with independent access restricted. Families and rights advocates challenged detention practices;...
Lebanon requests extension of UNIFIL amid continuing resistance attacks
📅 19 January 1989Lebanon requested renewal of the UN peacekeeping mandate. UN records describe armed resistance operations against IDF/SLA positions, Israeli and SLA retaliatory or unprovoked fire, and threats to...
Syrian assault defeats Michel Aoun government and shifts postwar politics
📅 13 October 1990Syrian forces attacked the positions of Michel Aoun, effectively ending the major phase of Lebanon’s civil war. Subsequent disarmament policies treated Hezbollah differently from other militias...
South Lebanon Army begins withdrawal from Jezzine
📅 1 June 1999The Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army began withdrawing from the Jezzine area. Local populations faced uncertainty about security and governance. Resistance pressure was a factor in the wider...
South Lebanon Army withdrawal from Jezzine reported complete
📅 3 June 1999Contemporary chronologies date the SLA departure from Jezzine to early June. The withdrawal reduced the extent of the Israeli-allied security apparatus and was interpreted by resistance supporters...
Israeli and allied forces begin vacating positions
📅 16 May 2000According to the UN Secretary-General, Israeli forces and the de facto forces began vacating positions on 16 May, earlier than anticipated, amid exchanges of fire. Lebanese resistance groups viewed...
Lebanese civilians enter villages as occupation positions collapse
📅 21 May 2000UN reporting describes large crowds of Lebanese, some accompanied by armed elements, entering villages from 21 May as Israeli and allied forces abandoned positions rapidly. The events involved...
Khiam detention facility opened and detainees freed
📅 22 May 2000Local inhabitants opened the Khiam prison, which had been operated by the Israeli-allied security apparatus, and freed detainees. The prison had become a symbol of detention and alleged abuse under...
Israeli forces leave almost all positions in southern Lebanon
📅 24 May 2000By 24 May, Israeli and allied forces appeared to have vacated almost all positions in Lebanon, according to the UN. The South Lebanon Army disintegrated, with some members fleeing into Israel and...