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By 1975, Lebanon was a religiously and ethnically diverse country with most dominant groups of Maronite Christians, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims; with significant minorities of Druze, Kurds, Armenians, and Palestinian refugees and their descendants.
Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon - Between 2011 and 2017, fighting from the Syrian Civil War spilled over into Lebanon as opponents and supporters of the Syrian Arab Republic traveled to Lebanon to fight and attack each other on Lebanese soil. The Syrian conflict stoked a resurgence of sectarian violence in Lebanon. 2019: October
Lebanon was promised independence, which was achieved on 22 November 1943. Free French troops, who had invaded Lebanon in 1941 to rid Beirut of the Vichy French forces, left Lebanon in 1946. The Maronites assumed power over Lebanon and economy. A parliament was created in which both Muslims and Christians each had a set quota of seats.
Insurgency in South Lebanon (1968–1982) Israel. Free Lebanon. South Lebanon Army. Lebanese Front. Kataeb Party. PLO Syria. LNM. Supported by: Soviet Union [3] Israeli and Lebanese victory. PLO ousted from Lebanon in the 1982 Lebanon War, relocated to Tunis. Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) LF Syria
In 2019, Lebanon's overall performance in the SDG Index ranked 6th out of 21 countries in the Arab region. [18] Multi-stakeholder forums were held by different UN agencies including the UN Global Compact Network in Lebanon during the late 2010s for the advancement of Global Goals and their Impact on Businesses in Lebanon. The latest two were ...
Lebanon, he says, has lurched from civil war and conflicts with Israel in the 2000s to an unprecedented financial collapse a few years ago, a vast explosion at the port of Beirut, and now this ...
By 1975, the PLO's presence had become a severe nuisance for Christians and local residents, and Christian militias began to increasingly engage Palestinian militants in open conflict. From mid-1976 onwards, Israel began to assist Lebanon's Christian residents and militias through the "Good Fence" along the Israel–Lebanon border.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top Christian cleric called for state control over weapons on Sunday, days after a deadly clash between Christian villagers and the heavily armed group Hezbollah over ...