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Lebanese Civil War | |||||||||||
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Part of the Cold War, the Arab Cold War, the Arab–Israeli conflict, and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict | |||||||||||
Left-to-right from top: Monument at Martyrs' Square in the city of Beirut; the USS New Jersey firing a salvo off of the Lebanese coast; the ruined American barracks in Beirut shortly after the 1983 bombing; the ruined Holiday Inn Beirut shortly after the Battle of the Hotels; a Palestinian rally for Fatah in Beirut | |||||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||||
Army of Free Lebanon (until 1977) SLA (from 1976) Israel (from 1978) Tigers Militia (until 1980) |
(1975–1982) Jammoul (1982–1990)
Hezbollah (1985–1990) Islamic Unification Movement (from 1982) |
(1976, 1983–1991) Amal Movement PNSF Marada Brigades (left LF in 1978; aligned with Syria) |
UNIFIL (from 1978) Arab Deterrent Force (1976–1982)[1] List
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||||
Bachir Gemayel † Dany Chamoun † |
Kamal Jumblatt † Subhi al-Tufayli Said Shaaban |
Hafez al-Assad Mustafa Tlass Nabih Berri Tony Frangieh † |
Emmanuel Erskine William O'Callaghan Gustav Hägglund Timothy J. Geraghty | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||||
25,000 troops (1976)[1] |
1,200 troops[1] 1,000 troops[1] 1,000 troops[1] 700 troops[1] 700 troops[1] | ||||||||||
120,000–150,000 people killed[4] |
History of Lebanon |
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Timeline |