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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
4 November - Saudi Arabia claims Lebanon declared war despite objections from the Lebanese government. Prime Minister al-Hariri resigns fearing an assassination plot. [5] 10 November - 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates urge all their citizens currently in Lebanon to leave immediately. [6]
Alfred Tarazi (Arabic: ألفريد طرزي; born in 1980 in Beirut), is a Lebanese artist. [1] Tarazi is a multidisciplinary artist who works with mediums such as painting, photography, drawing, digital collage, sculpture, and installation, [2] reinterpreting the memories of the Lebanese Civil War.
The Holiday Inn operated standardly for only a year before the civil war broke out in 1975, and by then, the hotel was in the focal point of a war zone beginning on October 25, 1975 [4] in a months-long conflict known as the Battle of the Hotels, as over 25,000 combatants from pro-Palestinian and Christian militias fought for control of a group ...
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.
Lebanon has also not had access to drinking water except through purchased bottled water from private companies since the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War. Finally, the country suffers from deficient sanitation and sewage infrastructure, which led to the 2015 "garbage crisis" that sparked the 2015–2016 Lebanese protests .
Lebanese Civil War 1975 – 1976 Includes pictures of the Syrian-formed and -sponsored groups (Yarmouk and Sai'qa) attacking Damour city (January 1976). Country profile: Lebanon; Photographs from a page sympathetic to the Lebanese Forces; Country profile: Lebanon; Arafat's Massacre of Damour