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  2. Lebanon–Syria relations - Wikipedia

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    LebanonSyria relations were officially established in October 2008 when Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad issued a decree to establish diplomatic relations with Lebanon for the first time since both countries gained independence from France in 1943 (Lebanon) and 1946 (Syria). [1] Lebanon had traditionally been seen by Syria as part of Greater ...

  3. Syrian occupation of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Given Syria's proximity and historical ties with Lebanon as part of what was known as "Greater Syria", Syria has always been interested in domestic Lebanese politics. [ 11 ] Syrian involvement in the fighting between various Lebanese militias that erupted around the first of the year had previously been limited to tactical actions carried out ...

  4. Lebanon in the Syrian civil war - Wikipedia

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    Lebanon had traditionally been seen by Syria as part of the region of Syria: [4] under the Ottoman Empire, Lebanon and Syria were included within one administrative entity. Following World War I, the League of Nations Mandate partitioned Ottoman Greater Syria under French control, eventually leading to the creation of nation-states Lebanon and ...

  5. History of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Up to 2005, 14–15,000 Syrian troops (down from 35,000) [78] remained in position in many areas of Lebanon, although the Taif called for an agreement between the Syrian and Lebanese Governments by September 1992 on their redeployment to Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Syria's refusal to exit Lebanon following Israel's 2000 withdrawal from south ...

  6. Lebanon's Hezbollah sees 'major, dangerous' change in Syria

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    Hezbollah played a major part propping up Assad through years of war in Syria, before bringing its fighters back to Lebanon over the last year to fight in a bruising war with Israel - a ...

  7. Syrian opposition leader says Lebanon truce opened door to ...

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    Syrian rebel fighters began preparations to seize Aleppo a year ago but the assault was delayed by war in Gaza and ultimately launched last week when a ceasefire took hold in Lebanon, the head of ...

  8. Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    The area was then split into two Imperial Provinces under the Roman Empire, Coele-Syria and Phoenice, the latter which the land of present-day Lebanon was a part of. The region that is now Lebanon, as with the rest of Syria and much of Anatolia, became a major center of Christianity in the Roman Empire during the

  9. Syrian rebels reignite civil war with Assad's allies focused ...

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    Syria's civil war has exploded back into life after Islamist rebels launched a lightning offensive on the northern city of Aleppo. ... however, Russia, Iran and Lebanon are distracted and depleted ...