
Port SaÔd inhabitants search among the ruins of their town that bore the brunt of the Suez battles, November 1956 in the Canal zone. Anglo-French intervention has been launched after Egypt's President Nasser nationalized Suez Canal 26 July. End of December diplomatic action by the USA and the USSR forced Britain and France to withdraw and Israel to relinquish SinaÔ which they invaded in October. / AFP PHOTO / STAFF