The bequest was the third of thirteen listed in his will of 7 May 1975, after another, larger one to the Catholic Missions ...

But Lebanon’s protracted conflicts made it an unsuitable host for the PLO. In 1975 Fatah-led PLO factions were at the heart of Lebanon’s civil war, triggered partly by the Phalange massacre in Ein ...

At this time, Lebanon was divided by a civil war between Muslims and Christians and the government did not have the resources to control the growing PLO presence. When neighboring Syria sent its army ...

A top Iranian official has pledged his country’s unwavering support for Lebanon after talks with Lebanese leaders on the ...

Adwan and Najjar, senior officials in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), were asleep in their ... but also helped to spark Lebanon’s civil war and, as a result, Israel’s invasions ...

There's no safe place in Lebanon, and every Palestinian is a target," said Mustafa Abu Harb, PLO head for northern ... as it did during the 1975-1990 civil war. "Our strategy is to serve the ...

Lebanon gained independence from France in 1943, establishing a unique, albeit fragile, political system known as “The National Pact.” This system, built on a 1932 census showing a slight ...

The invasion was successful in that it eventually forced the PLO out of Lebanon, but it also prolonged the Lebanese civil war ...

The democratically elected Lebanese government did not authorize Hezbollah to initiate this war against Israel.