Which nations?
Lebanon Syria Jordan Egypt Those are border countries.
Lebanon and all the mediterranean nations
A term used during the cold war to classify those nations that were neither of the US or Soviet group. The were nonaligned (third world)
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was created in 1978.
Primarily because of the Cold War, when the US, Soviet Union, and China vied to spread their influence throughout the world. Israel was US backed, as was Lebanon and pre-revolution Iran. Thus, other nations in the region turned to the Soviet Union. With the end of the Cold War, nations aligned with the west and non-aligned nations were able to purchase weaponry from Russia without political repercussion.
yesterday
There were no advantages to being non-aligned, as it left nations essentially prostate before the great powers, plus the term was meaningless as in reality "non-aligned" nations were simply nations that quietly sided with Soviet Russia in the Cold War.
Protect the people there
They were important because they were not aligned with any other nation when the rest of the world nations had allies to back them up.
Palestine.
There were no advantages to being non-aligned, as it left nations essentially prostate before the great powers, plus the term was meaningless as in reality "non-aligned" nations were simply nations that quietly sided with Soviet Russia in the Cold War.
Some nations would join or were already part of the non aligned countries.