Lebanese Civil War
how long?
15 year civil war
course 1
April 13, 1975 in Beirut
1990
Christians (phalangists) agree to give more power to Muslims, war ends
1985
Israel withdraws from Lebanon
Pierre Jumayyil
Maronite Christian, leader of Al-Kata'ib
Causes 1
Muslims and Christians fighting in Beirut
yasser arafat
PLO chairman
results
PLO explusion from Lebanon
Causes 2
Syria sending im military to stop fighting
Mutual
UN, UNIFIL
Samir Geagea
a leader of lebanese force
amin gamael
a lebanese phalanges
course 3
an attempt to kill Pierre Jumayyil (Maronite Christian, leader of Al-Kata'ib
ariel sharon
defensive minister of Israel
1975
fighting breaks out between Muslims, Christians and Palestinians
1978
first israel invasion due to the PLO within Lebanon
course 2
gunmen killed four phalangists (group supported by Maronite Christians)
course 7
muslims want this to change
Causes 3
not one main cause, external and internal
course 6
phalangists have more power of lebanon than muslims
course 4
phalangists thought the Palestinians had killed the phalangists
bachir gamael
president of lebanon
saad hadddad
south lebanon army leader
1976
syria takes over lebanon
israel, southern lebanon, lebanese front vs
syria, NNM, LNS, PLO, Hezbollah
2006
syrian occupation
1976 2
syrian troops enter Lebanon to try and stop the fighting
course 5
the next day fighting breaks out between Muslims, Phalangists and Palestinians
