Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990); the original conflicting parties were the Lebanese national movement made up of Muslim forces and the Palestinian PLO and the Lebanese front made up of Christian; pro-Western forces. In the later course of the war; changing coalitions of different groups and several interventions from outside followed.A child soldier of the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) known as a "Lion cub" poses armed with a hand grenade and cartridge belt on a machine gun in the back of a pick-up truck in the streets of Beirut.Photo; 25.07.1976