Hezbollah, which started with only a small militia, has grown to an organization with seats in the Lebanese government, a radio and a satellite television-station, and programs for social development.

Hezbollah alongside with some other groups began the 2006 – 2008 Lebanese political protests in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

On December 1, 2006, these groups began the 2006 – 2008 Lebanese political protests, a series of protests and sit-ins in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

Elections were held in 1943 and on November 8, 1943 the new Lebanese government unilaterally abolished the mandate.

Israel defended its actions by informing the Lebanese government that it was responsible for encouraging the PFLP.

The retaliation, which was intended to encourage a Lebanese government crackdown on Palestinian militants, instead polarized Lebanese society on the Palestinian question, deepening the divide between pro-and anti-Palestinian factions, with the Muslims leading the former grouping and Maronites primarily constituting the latter.

In the interim, while armed Lebanese forces under the Maronite-controlled government sparred with Palestinian fighters, Egyptian leader Gamal Abd al-Nasser helped to negotiate the 1969 " Cairo Agreement " between Arafat and the Lebanese government, which granted the PLO autonomy over Palestinian refugee camps and access routes to northern Israel in return for PLO recognition of Lebanese sovereignty.

Intense attacks against U. S. and Western interests, including two truck bombings of the US Embassy in 1983 and 1984 and the landmark attacks on the U. S. Marine and French parachute regiment barracks on October 23, 1983, led to an American withdrawal, while the virtual collapse of the Lebanese Army in February 1984 was a major blow to the government.

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.

Major powers United States and France rejected Syrian reasoning that they were in Lebanon by the consent of the Lebanese government.

In Resolution 425, the UN had set a goal of assisting the Lebanese government in a " return of its effective authority in the area ", which would require an official Lebanese army presence there.

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.

The beginnings of the modern army arose during 1916, when the French government established the " Legion of the Orient ", which included Lebanese soldiers.

On the day Lebanon declared independence, the Lebanese Third Sharp Shooters Regiment was placed at the disposal of the Lebanese government in order to maintain security.

After gaining independence in 1943, the Lebanese government formed an official delegation in 1944 to negotiate with the French the terms related to handing over the LAF.

After establishing authority over the LAF in 1945, the Lebanese government intentionally kept its armed forces small and weak due to the country's unique internal politics.

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.

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.

In the Lebanese context, however, it became ready cover for something more archaic, which was essentially Greek Orthodox particularism.

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.

The Lebanese authorities granted Okamoto asylum in 1999 because he was alleged to have been tortured in prison in Israel.

In 1994, the refugees from the 7 villages, who had been classified as Palestinian refugees since 1948, were granted Lebanese citizenship.

The new territory was granted a flag, merging the French flag with the Lebanese cedar.

In 1908, the Ottoman government granted a concession to drain the marsh to a French firm, which sold it to Lebanese businessmen.

After filing suit against LBC Group General Manager Pierre Daher in 2007, the Lebanese Forces won the case and were granted control of the corporation in late 2010.

In Lebanon, the right-wing Guardians of the Cedars, a fiercely nationalistic ( mainly Christian ) political party which opposes the country's ties to the Arab world, is agitating for " Lebanese " to be recognized as a distinct language from Arabic and not merely a dialect, and has even advocated replacing the Arabic alphabet with a revival of the ancient Phoenician alphabet, which lacks a number of characters to write typical Arabic phonemes present in Lebanese, and lost by Phoenician ( and Hebrew ) in the second millennium BC.

Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, a Lebanese political analyst, argues that although Zionism has influenced Hezbollah's anti-Judaism, " it is not contingent upon it " because Hezbollah's hatred of Jews is more religiously motivated than politically motivated.

Lebanese Shiites " see Hezbollah as a political movement and a social service provider as much as it is a militia.

At the end, rival Lebanese leaders reached consensus over Doha Agreement on May 21, 2008, to end the 18-month political feud that exploded into fighting and nearly drove the country to a new 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.

Postwar social and political instability, fueled by economic uncertainty and the collapse of the Lebanese currency, led to the resignation of Prime Minister Omar Karami, also in May 1992, after less than 2 years in office.

The political, economic, and religious movements that either originated in the region or crossed through to leave an imprint upon Lebanese society give form to that history.

2008 saw a new twist to Lebanese politics when the Doha Agreement set a new trend where the opposition is allowed a veto power in the Lebanese Council of Ministers and confirmed religious Confessionalism in the distribution of political power.

Nonetheless, many of the provisions of the national pact were codified in the 1989 Ta ' if Agreement, perpetuating sectarianism as a key element of Lebanese political life.

Lebanese political institutions often play a secondary role to highly confessionalized personality-based politics.

The Lebanese rail system is not currently in use, with services having ceased due to the country's political difficulties.

The major coup for the Qatari government was solving the Lebanese political crisis.

His uncle, Jamal Jarrah, is currently a deputy in the Lebanese parliament, and a member of the Future Movement, a pro-Saudi political party led by Saad Hariri.

" The term has also been used to describe the relationship between Lebanon and Syria, as Syria has been accused of intervening in Lebanese political affairs.

Currently PSP, Hezbollah and several other Lebanese political parties share a " national unity government " in Lebanon.

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

He began to believe that change through the Lebanese political system was impossible.

In August 1975, Jumblatt declared a program for reform of the Lebanese political system, and the LNM openly challenged the government's legitimacy.

: This article is about the Spanish political party: For the Lebanese Phalange, see the Kataeb Party.

The 1958 Lebanon crisis was a Lebanese political crisis caused by political and religious tensions in the country.