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The War of Liberation (Arabic: حرب التحرير) was a sub-conflict within the final phase of the Lebanese Civil War between 1989 and 1990, in which the Lebanese Army loyal to General and Prime Minister Michel Aoun, appointed by previous President Amine Gemayel and headquartered in eastern Beirut, fought against the western Beirut-based Syrian Armed Forces and the Lebanese Army loyal to ...
On 22 September 1988, Michel Aoun, the commander of the Army at the time, was appointed by president Amine Gemayel as the head of the Lebanese government. [5] [6] On 14 March 1989, Aoun declared the War of Liberation against the Syrian occupation army in Lebanon. On 31 January 1990, Aoun launched an offensive against the Lebanese Forces in East ...
Joseph Khalil Aoun (Arabic: جوزيف خليل عون, born 10 January 1964) is a Lebanese general who has served as the 14th Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces since 2017. He began his career in the Lebanese Army in 1983, and was steadily promoted until he reached the rank of Brigadier General in 2013.
Aoun, a 60-year-old career soldier, became the fifth Lebanese army commander to be elected as president in Lebanon's history, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the post. Since taking over the ...
Achrafieh (Arabic: الأشرفية) is an upper-class area in eastern Beirut, Lebanon. [1] In strictly administrative terms, the name refers to a sector ( secteur ) centred on Sassine Square, the highest point in the city, as well as a broader quarter ( quartier ).
In a statement, Aoun denied media reports of another extension to the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel. The U.S.- and French-brokered truce, reached in late November, gave Israel 60 days to ...
Rue Sursock, in the Achrafieh district of Beirut, is named after the family, which owned and continues to own palatial homes on the street, such as Sursock House. Lady Cochrane Sursock , who in 1946 married Sir Desmond Cochrane , is the owner of the Sursock House , as well as a vast amount of property along Rue Sursock , up to the fashionable ...
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