* 1978 – 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

* 1976 – Between 1, 000 and 3, 500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War

* 1982 – Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.

of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.

The Lebanese Civil War ( 1975 – 1990 ) was characterized by multiple foreign interventions.

In the tense situation leading up to the 1983 Fatah rebellion, during the Lebanese Civil War, the DFLP offered mediation to prevent the Syrian-backed formation of a rival Fatah leadership under Said al-Muragha ( Abu Musa ), the Fatah al-Intifada faction.

At the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990, despite the Taif Agreement asking for the " disbanding of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias ," Syria, in control of Lebanon at that time, allowed Hezbollah to maintain their arsenal, and control the Shiite areas in Southern Lebanon along the border with Israel.

* 1980 – During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.

Before the Lebanese Civil War ( 1975 – 1990 ), the country experienced a period of relative calm and prosperity, driven by tourism, agriculture, and banking.

Beirut became a prime location for institutions of international commerce and finance, as well as wealthy tourists, and enjoyed a reputation as the " Paris of the Middle East " until the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War.

The Lebanese Civil War had its origin in the conflicts and political compromises of Lebanon's colonial period and was exacerbated by the nation's changing demographic trends, inter-religious strife, and proximity to Syria, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and Israel.

* Lebanese Civil War

After the conclusion of the Lebanese Civil War, the LAF decided to repair as much of its equipment as it could, while being aided by modest donations from other nations.

Libya dispatched a contingent to the Arab Deterrent Force in Lebanon in 1976 as the Lebanese Civil War escalated.

* Lebanese Civil War ( 1975 – 1990 )

* Hundred Days ' War 1978 ( part of the Lebanese Civil War )

* 1982 Lebanon War ( part of the Lebanese Civil War, also known as the First Lebanon War )

* Mountain War ( Lebanon ) 1983-1984 ( part of the Lebanese Civil War )

* War of the Camps 1984-1989 ( part of the Lebanese Civil War )

* 1977 – Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.

According to CIA officer Duane " Dewey " Claridge, chief of operations of the CIA Near East Division from 1975 to 1978, in mid-1976, Salameh offered Americans assistance and protection with Arafat's blessings during the American embassy pull-out from Beirut during the down-spiraling chaos of the Lebanese Civil War.

* 1990 – End of the Lebanese Civil War.

* South Lebanon Army, an Israeli-backed militia during the Lebanese Civil War

Although hesitant at first to take sides in the conflict, Arafat and Fatah played an important role in the Lebanese Civil War.

And thousands who are Middle Easterner descendants: Arabs, Lebanese, Palestinians, Syrians, Europeans, Armenians, Italians, Greeks and Turks came to Guatemala after World War I.

According to a survey released by the " Beirut Center for Research and Information " on July 26 during the 2006 Lebanon War, 87 percent of Lebanese support Hezbollah's " retaliatory attacks on northern Israel ", a rise of 29 percentage points from a similar poll conducted in February.

* 1993 – Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call Seven-Day War.

* 2006 – Lebanon War: At least 28 civilians, including 16 children are killed by the Israeli Air Force in what Lebanese call the Second Qana massacre and what Israel considers to be an attempt to stop rockets ' being fired, from Lebanon, at Israeli civilian targets.

The Lebanese civil war between 1975 and 1990 and the 2006 Lebanon War with Israel severely damaged the country's infrastructure.

During World War II, Lebanese troops fought in Lebanon with the Vichy French forces against Free French and British forces.

Hostilities continued, and as the Lebanese civil war escalated, the fighting intensified in the south again, with a second Israeli invasion in 1982 resulting in a 1982 flare-up that persisted over the next decade.

* 1976 – Maya Nasri, Lebanese actress and singer

* 1976 – Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1, 000.

Syria was invited into Lebanon by that country's president in 1976, to intervene on the side of the Lebanese government against a rebellion of PLO and Lebanese forces.

The presence of Syrian troops in Lebanon dates to 1976, when President Hafez Al-Assad intervened in the Lebanese civil war on behalf of Maronite Christians.

In 1976, an alliance of Christian militias with the backing of the Lebanese and Syrian Army besieged Tel al-Zaatar camp in east Beirut.

As early as 1976, Israel had been assisting Lebanese Christian militias in their sporadic battles against the PLO.

This eventually led to a reestablishment of the PLF, as the organization broke apart after Jibril's PFLP-GC had followed Syria into battle against the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) in 1976, during the Lebanese Civil War.

During the period between 1975 and 1976, Jumblatt acted as the main leader of the Lebanese opposition in the war, and with the aid of the PLO the LNM rapidly gained control over nearly 70 % of Lebanon.

* Mohammad Ali Bannout ( born 1976 ), Lebanese pro bodybuilder

At Beirut and elsewhere, Phalange ’ militia sections were heavily committed in several battles against Lebanese National Movement ( LNM ) leftist militias and suffered considerable casualties, notably at the Battle of the Hotels in October 1975 where they fought the al-Murabitoun and the Nasserite Correctionist Movement ( NCM ), and later at the ‘ Spring Offensive ’ held against Mount Lebanon in March 1976.

After a short break in the fighting in 1976, due to Arab League mediation and Syrian intervention, Palestinian – Lebanese strife continued, with fighting primarily focused in south Lebanon, which had been occupied by the PLO since 1969 in accordance with the Cairo accords signed with the Lebanese government.

The 1980s were especially bleak: much of Beirut lay in ruins, as a result of the 1976 Karantina massacre carried out by the Lebanese Front ( LF ), the Syrian Army shelling of Christian neighborhoods in 1978 and 1981, and the Israeli invasion that evicted the PLO from the country.

Certain groups in the Lebanese National Movement wished to bring about a more secular and democratic order, but as this group increasingly included Islamist groups, encouraged to join by the PLO, the more progressive demands of the initial agenda was dropped by January 1976.

It formed in 1976 and was composed of Maronites and Greek Catholics reacting against the split with the Lebanese Arab Army.

*-35 in service with the Lebanese Army in 1976, passed on to the Kataeb Regulatory Forces militia, Tigers Militia ( Lebanon ), Amal Movement, Al-Murabitun, Army of Free Lebanon, Lebanese Arab Army, Lebanese Forces, South Lebanon Army.

In 1976, the NLP Tigers under Dany's command along with the Phalangist Kataeb Regulatory Forces, Al-Tanzim and Guardians of the Cedars formed a joined militia command under the name Lebanese Forces.

In 1976 he travelled to America, and set up a 1, 000-kilo deal between Combs and ' Lebanese Sam ' – making himself £ 300, 000 in the process ; he continued to regularly set up deals between his various American and Far East connections.

The Guardians of the Cedars joined other pro-status quo, mainly Christian Lebanese militias in 1976 to form the Lebanese Front.