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Lebanese Civil War, civil conflict (1975–90) in Lebanon characterized by the deterioration of the state and the coalescence of militias along communal lines. The conflict was exacerbated by the participation of foreign actors, especially the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Syria, and Israel.
Nov 3, 2023 · Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his powerful militia is engaged in unprecedented cross-border fighting with Israel along the Lebanon-Israel border and is threatening a further escalation as the four-week-long Israel-Hamas war rages on.
1 day ago · Lebanon - Civil War, Sectarianism, Conflict: The attempt to establish a centralized state bureaucracy, begun by Chehab and continued by Hélou, came to an end with the election of Suleiman Franjieh to the presidency in August 1970. Franjieh, a traditional Maronite clan leader from the Zghartā region of northern Lebanon, sought to weaken the state security apparatus built by Chehab and Hélou ...
Jun 3, 2022 · Forty years after that devastating war, it appears that its memory has all but been erased from today’s national agenda. When the Israeli media speaks about Lebanon in the past tense, it tends to focus on other milestones: The Second Lebanon War of 2006 and the years of exhausting (and, as it turned out, unnecessary) fighting in the security zone.
1978 South Lebanon conflict (also known as Operation Litani, part of the Lebanese Civil War) Battle of Zahleh (part of the Lebanese Civil War) Mountain War (part of the Lebanese Civil War) War of the Camps (part of the Lebanese Civil War) 1982 Lebanon War (part of the Lebanese Civil War) Cedar Revolution 2005; 2008 Lebanon conflict (conflict ...
Lebanese Civil War, (1975–90) Civil conflict resulting from tensions among Lebanon’s Christian and Muslim populations. The conflict was exacerbated by socioeconomic disparities and the presence in Lebanon in the 1970s of fighters from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Nov 10, 2023 · Lebanon on verge of war with Israel as Hezbollah warns 'a billion' Arabs are ready to support Gaza. Former prime minister Fouad Siniora, who was credited with leading negotiations to end the 2006 ...
