President of the Republic of Egypt Anwar Sadat makes an official visit to Ismailia, where he is triumphantly welcomed with Vice President Hosni Mubarak after having delivered an important speach before the Assembly of the Egyption people on the conflict in the Middle East. (Photo by Claude Salhani/Sygma via Getty Images)

American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meets President of Syria Hafez El Assad in Damas. (Photo by Claude Salhani/Sygma via Getty Images)

Phalangist Christians invade the neighborhood of Quarantina, one of the Muslim l’une des enclaves of Beirut. Though the inhabitants had fled in the disorder, the Phalangists burned the buildings and shops. (Photo by Claude Salhani/Sygma via Getty Images)

King Faisal of Saudi Arabia on an official visit in Damas. (Photo by Claude Salhani/Sygma via Getty Images)

President of the Republic of Egypt Anwar Sadat makes an official visit to Ismailia, where he is triumphantly welcomed with Vice President Hosni Mubarak after having delivered an important speach before the Assembly of the Egyption people on the conflict in the Middle East. (Photo by Claude Salhani/Sygma via Getty Images)

American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meets President of Syria Hafez El Assad in Damas. (Photo by Claude Salhani/Sygma via Getty Images)

Phalangist Christians invade the neighborhood of Quarantina, one of the Muslim l’une des enclaves of Beirut. Though the inhabitants had fled in the disorder, the Phalangists burned the buildings and shops. (Photo by Claude Salhani/Sygma via Getty Images)

President of the Republic of Egypt Anwar Sadat, come for the inauguration of the new city of Serabium, along the Suez Canal, near Ismailia, attends prayers in the new mosque. | Location: Serabium, Egypt. (Photo by Claude Salhani/Sygma via Getty Images)

With each passing day, combats between Christian Phalangists and Muslims in the streets of Beirut become bloodier and bloodier. (Photo by Claude Salhani/Sygma via Getty Images)