... high-performance munitions). Antitank capabilities has been upgraded with modern rocket launchers and guided missile systems. As of 1988, most Israeli ground forces were positioned on the northern and eastern border areas facing Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. After the Syrian army shifted most of its troops out of Lebanon following the IDF withdrawal in June 1985, more than six ... rescue and surveillance missions performed with Bell helicopters. With a moderate number of landing craft, Israel could deliver small forces of troops and armored equipment for beach landings in the eastern Medi...

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... times, encouraged the development of a modern school system. The Coptic church has also been in fruitful communication with the Ethiopian, Armenian, Jacobite, and Malabar communities. Recent discussion between Coptic and Eastern Orthodox theologians has indicated that the controversies of the past, provoked mainly by verbal differences, could be overcome and communion restored between the two. Roman Catholic Church, the largest single Christian ... ...

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