The front-page coverage of the Lisbon Operation by ARF affiliated newspapers are posted here courtesy Levon Sharoyan of Aleppo, Syria. He had posted them on his Facebook page. The operation took place on July 27, 1983, in the capital city of Portugal, Lisbon. Vahe H. Apelian
AZAD OR, National. Political. Literary. Social Daily, on Thursday, July 28 ,1983, Athens, Greece
The headline reads: “The Armenian Revolutionary Army assumes the suicidal, armed combatants’ martyrdom revolutionary operation.”
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ALIK, Daily, Thursday, 28 July 1983, Tehran, Iran.
The headline reads: “The Turkish Ambassy of Lisbon, occupied for three hours by Armenian revolutionaries. The heroic attack by the Armenian Revolutionary Army.”
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ARMENIA, on Thursday July 28, 1983, Buenos Aires, Republic of Argentina.
The headline reads: “Retribution against Turks in Lisbon”
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HARATCH Daily, Founder Shavarsh Missakian, on Friday, July 29, 1983, Paris, France.
The headline reads: “A SUICIDE OPERATION, after occupying the residence of the Turkish Ambassador, seven deaths, FIVE YOUNG ARMENIAN MEN, A POLICEMAN AND A TURKISH LADY. Armenian revolutionary army has assumed the act.”
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“HAIRENIK” National, Political, and Literary Daily, on Saturday July 30, 1983 – Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
The headline reads: “The Armenian Revolutionary Army assumed the responsibility of the bombing the residence of the Turkey’s ambassador in Lisbon. Five young Armenian combatants were martyred on the “freedom’s altar”.
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