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War within Lebanon

Lebanon has suffered constant attacks, from within and from all sides, since its most recent independence from French rule in 1943. What follows is a list of some of the more significant actions, in contrast with the broader overview offered in the history of Lebanon. This article discusses the modern-day history of Lebanon. ...

Before 1967

In 1948, Lebanon absorbed a great number of Palestinian refugees from Israel. Israeli troops occupied 28 villages named as the 'seven villages'. on 17th of October of the same year, the Hagana attacked a small village near the border named Hula (حولا); killing over 35 cvilians. See more in Hula_massacre. In September 1948, Haganah militia massacred 70 civilians in the village of Salha.[1] 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Haganah (Hebrew: Defense, הגנה) was a Zionist military organization in Palestine during the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948. ... Hula (Hule, Arabic: حولا) is a small village in southern Lebanon on the southern side of the Litani river. ... The Hula massacre took place sometime in late October 1948 between the 24th and 29th. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1958, Arab Druze and Sunni forces, supported in part by Syria, tried to overthrow the government. This led to political chaos and many civilian deaths, and was eventually suppressed by further foreign intervention (this time by the US). The Druze (Arabic: duruzÄ« درزي, pl. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ...

1967 to 1975

In 1967, during the Six Days War, the Shebaa Farms region of Lebanon was occupied, as well as Kfarshouba farms, while Israel was invading Syria. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1967 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the Six-Day War or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. ... Shebaa Farms is a disputed area consisting of 14 farms located south of Shebaa, a Lebanese village on the western slopes of Mount Hermon, at the corner where Syria, Lebanon and Israel meet. ...

On 29 December 1969, Israeli airplanes attacked Beirut International Airport and destroyed 13 grounded planes. December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

Civil War (1975 - 1976)

In 1975, full civil war broke out, with the Lebanese Front on one side and the PLO on the other. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, with an intent to destroy Israel. ...

17 May 1975, Israeli forces kill 19 civilians in the village of Aytaroun. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

21 October 1976, Israeli forces kill 23 civilians in the city of BintJbeil. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

16 December 1976, Israeli forces kill 20 civilians in the village of Hanin. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1976, Syria entered Lebanon, with the blessing of the Arab League and the invitation of the Lebanese president, to help suppress the ongoing civil war without further Israeli intervention. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flag of the League of Arab States The Arab League or League of Arab States (Arabic: جامعة الدول العربية), is an organization of Arab states - compare Arab world. ...

1977 to 1982

On 14 March 1978, Israel invaded Lebanon in response to attacks by the PLO, in what was known as the Litani operation. 26 civilians were killed in the village of Ouzai, near Beirut, by an Israeli warplane attack. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Litani river is an important waterway in southern Lebanon. ... Central Beirut (2004) Beirut (Arabic: , transliterated Bayrūt - the French name, Beyrouth, was also commonly used in English in the past) is the capital, largest city and chief seaport of Lebanon. ...

15 March 1978, Israeli forces kill 16 civilians in the village of Kounine in the south. It kills also 79 civilians in the village of Abbassiyye. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Soon afterwards, a 6000-person UNIFIL force, and the South Lebanon Security Zone (overseen by a Lebanese militia, supported by Israel), are set up to keep the peace. UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon) was created in 1978 by the United Nations to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area. ...

In 1981, Israel lauched a number of artillery and air raids on Lebanese targets. This resulted in what was later known as the Saida Massacre, on 4 April 1981, when one of Saida’s residential areas was targeted by artillery, killing 20 civilians. On 17 July of that year, Israeli planes hit parts of Beirut, Ouzai, Ramlet Al Baida, Fakhani, Chatila and an area near the Arab University, resulting in as many as 150 civilian casualties (both casualty estimates from Lebanese sources). April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ...

On December 15, 1981, a car bomb destroyed the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut, killing 61 and wounding 100. This attack was the first modern suicide bombing and set off a wave of such attacks in Lebanon. A group called al-Dawa ("the call") claimed responsibility, but Iraq blamed Syrian intelligence agents. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ...

1982 to 1990

Israel invaded Lebanon again in the summer of 1982, after their ambassador to England was shot and seriously wounded by members of the Abu Nidal Organization, and occupied Beirut. In a videotape released to Al Jazeera on Friday, 29 October 2004, Osama bin Laden stated that this military action inspired the attack on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. ("And as I was looking at those towers that were destroyed in Lebanon, it occurred to me that we have to punish the transgressor with the same -- and that we had to destroy the towers in America ... ") 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Created by a split from the Fatah in 1974, the Abu Nidal Organization (officially named Fatah - the Revolutionary Council) is an international organization named for its founder Abu Nidal. ... Al Jazeera logo Al Jazeera (الجزيرة), meaning The Island or The (Arabian) Peninsula (whence also Algiers) is an Arabic television channel based in Qatar. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Osama bin Laden in a photo from the 1990s Usāmah bin Muhammad bin `Awad bin Lādin (born March 10, 1957; Arabic: ), commonly known as Osama bin Laden, or Usama bin Laden, (Arabic: ), is the founder of the militant organization al-Qaeda. ... The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC) was a complex of seven buildings designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki and leased by Larry Silverstein from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey around a central plaza, near the south end... The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11), the worst and most infamous act of terrorism in World history, were a series of coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States of America carried out on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, in which hijackers took control of four U...

On 14 September 1982, Newly-elected Lebanese President Bachir Gemayel was assassinated while at a Beirut political meeting by a massive car bomb, by a pro-Syrian Lebanese group. Meanwhile, a multinational peacekeeping force arrived. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bachir Gemayel Bachir Gemayel, first name also spelt Bashir (Arabic: بشير الجميل), (November 10, 1947 - September 14, 1982) was a Lebanese military commander, politician and president elect. ...

On 18 April 1983, 63 people, including the CIA's Middle East Director, were killed and 120 injured in a 400 lb (180 kg) suicide truck bomb attack on the US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The driver was killed; responsibility was claimed by Islamic Jihad. On 16 March 1984, Beirut's CIA station chief William Buckley was kidnapped by Islamic Jihad and killed. April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After suffering heavy casualties and finding little success, the multinational peacekeeping force left in 1984.

Starting in 1982, the kidnapping of international (generally US and British) travellers in Beirut became a regular occurrence; 30 would be kidnapped over the course of a decade.

David Dodge (July 1982; President of the American University of Beirut[AUB])

Terry Anderson (16 March 1985; US journalist),

Thomas Sutherland (9 June 1985; US academic),

4 Soviet diplomats (30 September 1985; one killed),

John McCarthy (17 April 1986; British TV journalist),

Joseph Cicippio (12 September 1986; US academic),

Edward Tracy (21 October 1986; US businessman),

Terry Waite (10 January 1987; British church envoy),

Jesse Turner and Alan Steen (24 January 1987; US tourists)

were all kidnapped, and all eventually released during the last months of 1991. Other kidnapping victims who died in captivity: David A. Dodge is the current Governor of the Bank of Canada. ... The American University of Beirut (AUB) is a private, independent, non-sectarian university founded in 1866 in Beirut, Lebanon. ... Terry A. Anderson (born October 27, 1947) is the best known, and longest held, of a group of American hostages captured by Shiite Hezbollah partisans in an attempt to drive the U.S. from Lebanon. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Thomas Sutherland (1834-1922), founder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... John Patrick McCarthy CBE (born November 26, 1956) is a British journalist who was kidnapped by terrorists in Lebanon in April, 1986, and held hostage for more than 5 years. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terry Waite CBE (born May 31, 1939) is a British humanitarian and author. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Also Peter Kilburn (AUB librarian),

Benjamin Weir (Presbyterian minister)

In 1985, Israeli troops withdrew from southern Lebanon, after which civil war began again; a coalition of the Druze and Shiite arabs with the PLO defeated Lebanese forces in southern Lebanon, inflicting many civilian casualties. Reverend Benjamin Weir was an American hostage in Lebanon during the Iran-Contra Affair. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...

Table of Attacks

 * Most casualty estimates from Lebanese sources. Estimates for attacks on US buildings from US sources. 

December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 8 poster from Portugal March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hezbollah militant Guerrilla carrying Hezbollah Flag Hezbollah (Arabic ‮حزب الله‬, meaning Party of God) is a political and military organization in Lebanon founded in 1982 to fight Israel in southern Lebanon. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... This article is about the year. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Since 1990

Lebanon has become more stable in the past fifteen years, and has started to police its own borders without needing military support from Syria or international peacekeeping forces. However, some parts of southern Lebanon were still occupied by Israel and only returned to Lebanese control in May of 2000. This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

On 18 April 1996, the Israeli Defense Forces shelled the regional headquarters of a Fijian division of United Nations peacekeepers in Qana, during a clash with a guerilla group firing mortars and rockets. The Qana Massacre, as it was later called, resulted in 102 civilians deaths and more wounded. April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces (army, air force and navy). ... Qana Qana is a village located southeast of Tyre, Lebanon. ... The Qana Massacre took place on April 18, 1996 in the headquarters of the Fijian battalion of UNIFIL, located in the small town of Qana, in southern Lebanon. ...

At the end of 1999, a guerilla raid on the Islamic broadcast station in Tripoli (by a group run by Bassam Ahmed Alqanj) ended in a clash near Jrud Aldinnia with the Lebanese army in which the group killed two women and 15 soldiers. The Alqanj group aimed to overthrow the Lebanese government and replace it with a religious Islamic state. This same organization had earlier [1994-1997] carried out the murder of Sheikh Nizar Halabi and of four judges in Sidon, as well as attacks on churches in Tripoli.

On 30 January 1998, A group of 200 followers of Sheikh Subhi al-Tufayli clashed with the Lebanese army at a Hizballah seminary in Baalbek, near Bekaa, leaving 8 dead and many wounded. January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Modern Baalbek (Arabic: بعلبك) is a town in the Bekaa valley of Lebanon, altitude 3,850 ft (1,170 m), situated east of the Litani River. ... The Beqaa Beqaa is a governorate in Lebanon with a population of 750,000 inhabitants. ...

In January, 2000, Colonel Aql Hashem, commander of the SLA Western Brigade, was killed by explosive charges laid by Hizballah at his home inside the security zone. SLA stands for South Los Angeles Stererolithographic apparatus a rapid prototyping machine Symbionese Liberation Army, kidnappers of Patty Hearst South Lebanon Army, an Israeli-backed militia during the Lebanese Civil War Sudan Liberation Army rebel group in the sudanese region Darfur SLA Industries, a role-playing game written by Nightfall...

Around 6 June 2000, forces claiming to be with Hizballah (this was officially denied) captured 20 men from Aitaroun; 5 were later released, but the others remain unaccounted for. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Aitaroun is a small viilage in south Lebanon. ...

There have been over a hundred casualties since the liberation of southern Lebanon on May 25, 2000, due to Israeli land mines and unexploded shells in the area. May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A landmine is a type of mine which is placed onto or into the ground and explodes when triggered by a vehicle or person. ...

24 May 2001, Israeli planes intercepted a small civilian plane, 9 km in south Lebanon, and shot it down near Mikhmoret beach in northern Israel. Israel says the plane entered its territories at which time they shot it down. [2] May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

14 February 2005, Huge bomb in Beirut kills former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and nine others. The Lebanese opposition blames Syria and the pro-Damascus Lebanese government for carrying out the assassination. February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Withdrawal of Syrian troops

Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed, the top Syrian ally in the Lebanese security forces, resigned on Monday, April 25, 2005, just a day before the final Syrian troops pulled out of Lebanon. April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On April 26, 2005, the last 250 Syrian troops left Lebanon. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ...

During the departure ceremonies, Gen. Ali Habib, Syria's chief of staff, said that Syria's president had decided to recall his troops after the Lebanese army had been "rebuilt on sound national foundations and became capable of protecting the state." This page lists presidents and other Heads of State of Syria. ... This article was imported from the CIA World Factbook and needs to be rewritten and/or reformatted in accordance with Wikipedia styles. ...

UN forces led by Senegalese Brig. Gen. Mouhamadou Kandji were sent to Lebanon to verify the military withdrawal which was mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 1559. A United Nations Security Council Resolution is voted on by the fifteen members of the UN Security Council. ... United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 calls on Syria to cease intervening in Lebanese internal politics, withdraw from Lebanon, and for the disbanding of all Lebanese militias (See: Hezbollah). ...

References

• The Aldinnia Clash
• After the Lebanon Withdrawal (Israeli website)
• Refugee situation in Lebanon as of 2001 (PDF)
• 2002 Landmine Monitor report