The Lebanese Civil War was a multi-sided conflict that tore Lebanon apart for fifteen years. Its roots lay in tensions between religious communities, in the political system that shared power by sect, and in the presence of armed Palestinian groups after their expulsion from Jordan. Fighting broke out in Beirut in April 1975, and the country divided between rival militias. Syria sent troops in 1976, Israel invaded in 1978 and again in 1982, and foreign forces and massacres such as Sabra and Shatila marked the war. The Taif Agreement of 1989 rebalanced power between Christians and Muslims and paved the way to the end of the war, though Syrian troops stayed until 2005.
Before and after
- 11 January 1975Birth of Matteo Renzi
- 3 February 1975Death of Umm Kulthum
- 4 April 1975Founding of Microsoft
- 5 April 1975Death of Chiang Kai-shek
- from 13 April 1975 to 13 October 1990Lebanese Civil War
- from 17 April 1975 to 7 January 1979Cambodian genocide
- 30 April 1975Fall of Saigon
- from 1 May 1975 to 23 October 1991Third Indochina War
- 2 May 1975Birth of David Beckham
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