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U.S. Marine sits in a foxhole outside Beirut during the 1958 Lebanon crisis. In July 1958, Lebanon was threatened by a civil war between Maronite Christians and Muslims. President Camille Chamoun had attempted to break the stranglehold on Lebanese politics exercised by traditional political families in Lebanon.
May 17, 2024 · 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.
A deadly flare-up shows how Lebanon's festering tensions could spiral into all-out conflict again.
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).
Aug 12, 2019 · After intense mediation led by the United States, Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization, which had run a state-within-a-state in West Beirut and South Lebanon, evacuate Lebanon. Some 6,000 PLO fighters go mostly to Tunisia, where they are again dispersed.
The 1982 Lebanon War was at first a conventional war up to and including when the PLO were expelled from Beirut. The war was limited by both Israel and Syria because they were determined to isolate the fighting, not allowing it to turn into an all-out war.
During the 1982 Lebanon War, the city of Beirut was besieged by Israel following the breakdown of the ceasefire that had been imposed by the United Nations amidst the Lebanese Civil War. Beginning in mid-June, the two-month-long siege resulted in the expulsion of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) from Beirut and the rest ...
