Historian Rebecca Rideal offers a glimpse of the latest instalment of her podcast series charting the causes and bloody consequences of the Civil War, as trust between king and parliament starts to break down… Listen to all six episodes of Rebecca's series 'Uprising: The Civil Wars' by searching 'historyextra' wherever you listen to podcasts. 📸 by Getty Images | HistoryExtra

With the Iran hostage crisis still haunting Americans, Lebanon's civil war demanded attention. Southern Lebanon became the PLO's base, launching rockets into Israel. A quick descent into a proxy war for global powers. #Lebanon #CivilWar #ProxyWar #PLO #Israel #Geopolitics | Timeline - World History