In the context of this long history of incursions over the Lebanese / Israeli border by both Hezbollah and IDF forcesbegan, Hezbollah fighters fired rockets at into Israel.

Ashkal Alwan, The Lebanese association for plastic arts and a platform for the creation and exchange of artistic practices. It was founded by Christine Tohme, Marwan Rechmaoui, Rania Tabbara, Mustapha Yamout and Leila Mroueh Initially, Ashkal Alwan promoted and introduced the work of artists who have been engaged in critical art practices within the context of post-war Lebanon.

It occurred as part of a series of events during the Lebanese Civil War, in which Palestinians joined the Muslim forces, in the context of the Christian-Muslim divide, and soon Beirut was divided along the Green Line, with Christian enclaves to the east and Muslims to the west.

These troops were composed of Lebanese and Syrian enlisted personnel, but were commanded predominantly by French officers ; however, the percentage of Lebanese and Syrian officers in the force gradually increased in size to approximately 90 % of the total number by 1945.

A number of local residents regarded themselves as Lebanese, however.

A Lebanese newspaper, however, described the land deed of one Shebaa resident as " handwritten and signed on a yellowing piece of paper in pencil and ink.

Chamoun however was not only responding to the revolt of former political bosses, but also to the fact that both Egypt and Syria had taken the opportunity to deploy proxies into the Lebanese conflict.

Critics of the resolution argue however that an attempt from the weak and politically divided Lebanese army to disarm Hezbollah would be very difficult and could restart the Lebanese civil war.

The Lebanese government, however, granted political asylum to Kōzō Okamoto because, according to the Lebanese government, he " had participated in resistance operations against Israel and had been tortured in Israeli jails.

In the midst of increasing sectarian strife in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which led to the Lebanese Civil War, however, Lebanon's Armenian community began to close ranks, and in 1972, the Hunchakian Party ran a joint ticket with the Dashnaks.

This, however, is also believed to be a myth fabricated during the Lebanese civil war to encourage eating of za ' atar, as provisions were low at the time and za ' atar was of abundance.

Unless and until the myriad religious and political factions can agree on an alternative electoral system, the controversy is unlikely to be resolved ; however, there is a chance that the new formed parliament could turn the system into a House of Lords and House of Parliament, abolishing the Ta ' ef Accord ; however this seems unlikely, as the Western-backed ruling majority do not see the Doha Accord ( an agreement by past Lebanese rivals to end the 2006 – 2008 crisis ) to be essential or positive, as it is beneficial for the opposition in giving them veto power.

He was, however, elected President for six-year term on 8 May 1976, while the Lebanese Civil War was raging.

The alliance was not to last, however: he took his party out of the alliance in 1969 following the Cairo Agreement between the Lebanese government and the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ), which allowed the latter to establish bases in Southern Lebanon from which to launch commando raids against Israel.

A few Palestinians with skills and capital were allowed to reside in cities and live dignified lives ; the majority, however were destitute peasants who could only offer their unskilled work force to the Lebanese economy, were kept in squalid refugee camps near the main cities.

By mid-1976, however, the Popular Guards ’ ranks had swelled to some 5, 000 men and women, this total comprising 2, 000-2, 500 full-time fighters and 2, 500-3, 000 irregulars, mostly drawn from its youth branch organization, the Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth, which was established in early 1970.

Ottoman control was uncontested during the early modern period, but the Lebanese coast became important for its contacts and trades with Venice and other Italian city-states.

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.

During the departure ceremonies, Gen. Ali Habib, Syria's chief of staff, said that Syria's president had decided to recall his troops after the Lebanese army had been " rebuilt on sound national foundations and became capable of protecting the state.

Hezbollah became a part of the Lebanese government following the 2005 elections but is at a crossroads regarding UNSCR 1559's call for its militia to be dismantled.

For the first time, the Israeli public became exposed to tens of foreign channels from other countries around the world ( which overtook the place of the Jordanian and Lebanese channels which were the only foreign channels received in Israel until then ), and to new local channels on the cables: The children channel, The sports channel, The family channel, and the films channel.

In 1943, he became the leader of the Joumblatt clan after the death of Hikmat Joumblatt, bringing him into the Lebanese political scene.

He founded the party along with four other young Lebanese: Charles Helou ( who later became a President of Lebanon ), Shafic Nassif, Emile Yared and Georges Naccache.

Following this development that was coupled with the disintegration of the state institutions and the army, the country became an open battlefield: many foreign states were directly and militarily involved in the Lebanese conflict, especially Syria which under the banner of Arab solidarity tried to impose its authority upon the country, and Israel which invaded Lebanon in 1978.

It also became a member of the March 14 Alliance, along with the Future Movement, Progressive Socialist Party, Lebanese Forces and other minor parties.

He steadily became prominent in the Phalange, which had defeated rival Christian militias by July 1980 and incorporated them into the Lebanese Forces ( LF ).

After the Lebanese civil war ended in 1990 Hobeika became the Minister for the Displaced.

Hasan Nasrallah ( born August 31, 1960 ; ) became the third Secretary General of the Lebanese political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah after Israel assassinated the previous leader, Abbas al-Musawi, in 1992.

The talk became of “ Monte Carlo of the East ” and Jounieh stood out as a bride of the Lebanese coast.

In 1979 Tunis became the headquarters of the Arab League after the Camp David Accords and in 1982, it welcomed the Palestine Liberation Organization's ( PLO ) leadership in Tunis, after it had been ousted from Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.

The Palestinians ' Lebanese camps became ghettos as the Palestinians were barred from citizenship, finding certain jobs, or traveling abroad.

In 1988, he became President of the revived Lebanese Front – a coalition of nationalist and mainly Christian parties and politicians that his father had helped to found.

Born in 1902 to the Chehab family, a Maronite Christian family of noble ancestry, General Fouad Chehab became commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces in 1945, after Lebanon gained its independence upon the end of the French mandate and French military presence.

Between May and September 2007, the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon became the center of fighting between the Lebanese Internal Security Force and Fatah al-Islam gunmen.

Aflaq became a communist activist, but broke his ties with the communist movement when the Syrian – Lebanese Communist Party supported France's colonial policies.

The area controlled by the PLO became known by the international press and locals as " Fatahland ", which created tensions with local Lebanese and contributed to the 1975-1990 Lebanese Civil War.

He obtained a law degree in 1963 from the Lebanese University, where he had served as the student body president, and became a lawyer at the Court of Appeals.

In 2010, Lebanese animal rights groups became enraged when it was learned that wild performing animals belonging to the Monte Carlo Circus were transported from Egypt to Lebanon without being provided with food and water.

He became famous after appearing on the Lebanese show Studio El Fan 1980 when he was 16 years old when he was known as Sultan of Tarab.

From the mid-1970s, Lakemba became very popular with migrants from Lebanon and by the mid-1990s the area was considered a centre of Lebanese Australian life.

Having lived under cover in various parts of the Middle East and Europe, in 1978 he married Georgina Rizk, a Lebanese celebrity who had been Miss Universe seven years earlier in 1971.