Before stepping down, he appointed another Maronite Christian, Lebanese Armed Forces Commanding General Michel Aoun, as acting Prime Minister, as was his right under the Lebanese constitution of 1943.

In May 1991, the militias ( with the important exception of Hizballah ) were dissolved, and the Lebanese Armed Forces began to slowly rebuild themselves as Lebanon's only major non-sectarian institution.

Since the end of the war, the Lebanese have conducted several elections, most of the militias have been weakened or disbanded, and the Lebanese Armed Forces ( LAF ) have extended central government authority over about two-thirds of the country.

After the election of then-commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces Émile Lahoud as President in 1998 following Hrawi's extended term as President, Salim al-Hoss again served as Prime Minister.

The Lebanese Armed Forces ( LAF ) ( Arabic: القوات المسلحة اللبنانية | Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa al-Lubnāniyya ) or Forces Armées Libanaises in French, also known as the Lebanese Army according to its official Website ( Arabic: الجيش اللبناني or " Armée libanaise " in French, is the military of the Republic of Lebanon.

The motto of the Lebanese Armed Forces is " Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty " ( Arabic: " شرف · تضحية · وفاء "-Sharaf. Tadhia. Wafa < sup >< sub >'</ sub ></ sup >).

The Lebanese Armed Forces Emblem consists of a Lebanon Cedar tree surrounded by two laurel leaves, positioned above the symbols of the three branches: the ground forces represented by the two swords, the navy represented by an anchor, and the air force represented by two wings.

Later in 1926, the Lebanese First Sharp Shooters Unit was created out of the Special Troops of the Levant ; it is considered to be a direct precursor to the Lebanese Armed Forces ( LAF ).

The majority of the Lebanese Armed Forces remained a part of the French Army in Lebanon.

This was the first major combat operation for the Lebanese Armed Forces under the Independent Lebanese Government.

The Lebanese Armed Forces ' strength lies in their ground forces which is by far the largest of the three branches of the military.

To ensure the effectiveness of such an elite force, many Commandos are sent overseas to nations such as the US, UK and France to receive extra training in specialized areas that the Lebanese Armed Forces are unable to provide, due to a lack of resources.

The Lebanese Air Force is the air force branch of the Lebanese Armed Forces.

The Lebanese Armed Forces has six official military colleges and schools that serve a wide variety of functions from officer training to overseeing national youth conscription programs.

At the request of Lebanese President Hrawi, the Syrian military took joint action with the Lebanese Armed Forces on 13 October 1990, to oust rebel Gen. Michel Aoun who had defied efforts at reconciliation with the legitimate Government of Lebanon.

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In May 1991, the militias ( with the important exception of Hezbollah ) were dissolved, and the Lebanese Armed Forces began to slowly rebuild themselves as Lebanon's only major non-sectarian institution.

On January 24, 2002, Elie Hobeika, another former Lebanese Forces figure associated with the Sabra and Shatilla massacres who later served in three cabinets and the parliament, was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut.

Parliament voted for the release of the former Lebanese Forces warlord Samir Geagea in the first session since election were held in the spring of 2005.

The Free Patriotic Movement, The Kataeb Party, also known as the Phalange Party, the National Bloc, National Liberal Party, Lebanese Forces and the Guardians of the Cedars ( now outlawed ) each have their own base among Christians and it's controversial as to which group has the largest popularity.

In 1948, the Lebanese Third Sharp Shooters Regiment fought Israeli Forces occupying the Lebanese village of Malkieh in the northern Galilee and captured it, and that by the orders of Lebanese defense minister then, Emir Majid Arslan II.

During the 1975-76 phase of the Lebanese Civil War, the Kataeb Regulatory Forces ’ own mobilization and street action skills allowed the Kataeb to become the primary and most fearsome fighting force in the Christian-conservative camp.

Its stated goal is to reform the Palestinian refugee camps under Islamic sharia law, and its primary targets are the Lebanese authorities, Israel and the United States.

At this time, Israel was the primary backer of the Lebanese Front ’ s militia.

At this time, Israel was the primary backer of the Lebanese Front ’ s militia.

Her missions included aiding earthquake victims in Volos Greece in 1955 ; supporting Eastern Mediterranean US coastal operations during the 1956 War between Israel and Egypt, and during the Lebanese crisis in 1958 ; participation in the Cuban Quarantine-Blockade in 1962 ; the pursuit of the hijacked Venezuelan freighter SS Anzoategui in 1963 ; coastal operations off the Dominican Republic and evacuation of American citizens during that county's revolution in 1965 ; participation in the search for the USS Scorpion in 1968 ; shadowing the Soviet Mediterranean Fleet during 1970-71, including intelligence gathering on the new Moskva class Soviet Helo-Guided Missile Cruiser-Carriers, and special operations in the Black Sea ; coastal support operations off Crete during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 ; additional Black Sea operations during her extended 1972-75 deployment ; and continuous escort and defense operations with US carrier task forces in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean.

The son of a West Virginia restaurateur of Lebanese origin, he served as a B-17 navigator in World War II, serving in some 50 missions, and then attended Harvard.

The Lebanese economy is service-oriented ; main growth sectors include banking and tourism.

Other smaller foreign groups include Italians, French, and Lebanese, many of whom have assimilated into the Maltese nation over the decades.

The area's 41 organizations and 12 civic clubs include Filipino community organizations, a Finnish organization, and American Lebanese Women's Club, several Hispanic and Latin American organizations, and a Japanese organization among the many sports, cultural, conservation, charitable, and civic associations.

* Special ethnic foods and restaurants that are frequently found in Brazil include Arab cuisine ( Lebanese and Syrian ), local variations of Chinese cuisine ( nevertheless closer to the traditional than American Chinese cuisine ), Italian cuisine, and Japanese cuisine ( sushi bars are a constant in major metropolises, and people from Rio de Janeiro are more used to temaki than people from São Paulo, the home of most of the 70 % national Japanese diaspora ).

According to Chua, examples of what she calls ethnic market-dominant minorities include overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia ; whites in Latin America ; Jews in Russia ; Croats in the former Yugoslavia ; and Ibos, Kikuyus, Tutsis, Indians and Lebanese, among others, in Africa.

Prime suspects include the pro-Syrian faction of the Lebanese Syrian Social Nationalist Party ( SSNP ), in collaboration with the Ba ' ath Party.

Other groups in the country include the descendants of Southwest Asians — mostly Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians.

The list below does not include the " legal " Lebanese Army ; note that the Army split into two major parts:

These include Doctor Ken Michael ( Greek ; Western Australia ), Sir James Gobbo ( Italian ; Victoria ), Professor David de Kretser ( Sri Lankan ; Victoria ), Professor Marie Bashir ( Lebanese ; New South Wales ) and Alex Chernov ( Russian: Victoria ).

The groupings of the family, based on the nationalities of the wives, include the most prominent " Saudi group ", a " Syrian group ", a " Lebanese group ," and an " Egyptian group ".

Linda Hutcheon coined the term " historiographic metafiction " to refer to works that fictionalize actual historical events or figures ; notable examples include The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel García Márquez ( about Simón Bolívar ), Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes ( about Gustave Flaubert ), Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow ( which features such historical figures as Harry Houdini, Henry Ford, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Booker T. Washington, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung ), and Rabih Alameddine's Koolaids: The Art of War which makes references to the Lebanese Civil War and various real life political figures.

Famous names in the Lebanese fashion industry include Elie Saab and Rabih Kayrouz.

Restaurants include Mezes, Gecko, Kamari, Café Neptune, Bar Brazilia, The Lazy Lobster, Sahra Lebanese restaurant, Souvlaki Bar, The Chocolate Bar, Botany Bay Seafood, Petar ’ s Seafood, Piccolo's Italian Restaurant, EuroBay, Le Sands Cafe, Little Sicily, Bua Luang Thai and La Rousse French.

Fairfield's culturally diverse population is reflected in multicultural local businesses such as over twenty different types of cafés and restaurants that include Bosnian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Italian, Spanish, South American and Thai cuisine.

Other topics covered include the Fairness Doctrine, the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, Noam Chomsky, global warming, Roy Benavidez, the Trident submarine, the Star Wars program, the Sandinista National Liberation Front, the Iran-Contra Affair, the War Powers Act, US invasion of Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War, the Invasion of Grenada, Óscar Romero, the El Mozote massacre, the 1986 Bombing of Libya, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States invasion of Panama, and the Gulf War.

Its most prominent ones include: Sassine Square, one of the most prominent political, social and commercial focal points of the Lebanese capital ; St Nicolas ( where important buildings include the Sursock House, Sursock Museum, the Sofil building and the Ivory building ); and Tabaris / Abdel Wahab ( among its important buildings: 812 Tabaris, Achrafieh Tower, Yared buildings, Metropolis, and L ' Hermitage building, 54 ).

Examples include ; Tongan, Samoan, Cook Island, Maori, Vietnamese, Chinese, Sudanese, Lebanese, Greek etc.

Foreign nationalities living on the island include Lebanese, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Argentine, Chilean, Uruguayan, Colombian, and Chinese.

Higher Muslim birthrates, the arrival of Palestinian refugees, and the expansion of the original Lebanese mutasarrifa to include areas populated largely by Muslim have contributed to reducing the Christian proportion of the Lebanese population.

Kassir's books, in French and Arabic, include a history of Beirut and a study of the Lebanese Civil War.

These organizations include the Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth ( youth organization ), The Committee of Woman's Rights ( Women's organization ), The Popular Aid ( Health organization ) and The General Union of Workers and Employees in Lebanon ( labor union ).

Some of the Lebanese Force's other main objectives include formulating a just electoral law, which would enable the Christian population to be represented fairly in local and parliamentary elections.