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April 1920 |
With the end of World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Allies give France a mandate over Greater Syria |
Sept. 1, 1920 |
France divides Greater Syria into Syria and Lebanon |
1926 |
Lebanon draws up its constitution, dividing power between major religious groups |
1943 |
Lebanon gains independence from France, whose troops withdraw completely in 1946 |
1958 |
Civil war; U.S. sends troops |
1967 |
Arab-Israeli War; Lebanon does not participate |
1968 |
Israel raids Beirut International Airport |
1975 |
Onset of Lebanon’s civil war |
1976 |
Syrian forces enter Lebanon |
1978 |
Israel invades Lebanon, withdrawing later that year |
1982 |
Creation of Hezbollah |
June 6, 1982 |
Israel invades Lebanon again |
April 18, 1983 |
Truck bomb destroys U.S. Embassy in Beirut (63 dead) |
Oct. 23, 1983 |
Truck bombs explode in U.S. Marine and French Paratrooper barracks (298 dead). |
1989 |
Arab League-sponsored Taif Agreement, brokered in Saudi Arabia, leads to end of civil war and reinforces Syria’s direct role in Lebanese affairs |
1990 |
After more than 100,000 deaths, civil war finally ends |
2000 |
Israel withdraws troops from southern Lebanon |
2004 |
U.N. Security Council passes Resolution 1559, calling for the withdrawal of all remaining foreign forces from Lebanon and the disarmament of the Hezbollah militia |
Feb. 14, 2005 |
Anti-Syrian prime minister, Rafik Hariri, is assassinated by a car bomb |
Feb. 21, 2005 |
Tens of thousands rally at the site of Hariri’s assassination, calling for an end to the Syrian occupation |
March 8, 2005 |
Half a million demonstrate in Beirut in favor of Syria |
March 14, 2005 |
Approximately one million demonstrate in Beirut in favor of Lebanese independence |
April 2005 |
Syrian troops withdraw from Lebanon |
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