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Aug 19, 2019 · During the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war, massacres were committed by the Christians and the Druze living in Mount Lebanon in 1983, ultimately driving hundreds of thousands of Christians out of the mountainous area while the Druze remained.
Sep 8, 2023 · 2023-09-08 | 10:01. More than one confrontation occurred between the Druze and Christians from 1840 to 1860 under Ottoman rule, and then in the Mountain War (Harb al Jabal) in 1983, where hundreds of victims fell, and the majority of Christians left.
Sep 8, 2023 · The War of the Mountain began following the withdrawal of the Israeli army, which invaded Lebanon in 1982. It was a conflict fought between the Druze militiamen of the Progressive Socialist Party...
Following the assassination of Lebanese Christian President Bachir Gemayel, the Phalangists sought revenge. By noon on 15 September, Sabra and Shatila had been surrounded by the IDF, which set up checkpoints at the exits and entrances, and used several multi-story buildings as observation posts.
The officers tended to be mostly Christians, while the ordinary soldiers were an amalgam of Christians, Shiites, Druze and Sunnis. The SLA continued to operate after the civil war but collapsed after the Israeli army withdrew from South Lebanon in 2000.
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Mar 24, 1989 · The Druze, an offshoot sect of Islam, are challenging Lebanon's dated political system, which requires that the president and Army commander be Maronite Christians. In the 15th...
The Druzes of Lebanon, who claim to be the real founders of the historical Lebanese entity, reject the Lebanese historiography elaborated by Christian historians as ideologically motivated, sectarian and fabricated. Furthermore, they claim that their contribution to Lebanon's history has been systematically minimized.
