Timeline of the Lebanon War

The War in Lebanon can be divided into these periods (Hiro, 1993):

Date Phase
Apr 1975 – May 1976 Ascendancy of the reformist alliance
Jun 1976 – Feb 1978 Syrian intervention and hegemony
Mar – Oct 1978 First Israeli invasion (Operation Litani) and aftermath
Nov 1978 – May 1982 Consolidation of the Christian Mini-state
Jun 1982 – Feb 1984 Second Israeli invasion (Operation Peace for Galilee) and aftermath
Mar 1984 – Jan 1986 Return to Syrian hegemony
Feb 1986 – Sep 1988 Limits of Syrian power
Oct 1988 – Sep 1989 War of Liberation, Aoun Style
Oct 1989 – Oct 1990 The Taif Accord, a trigger for Inter-Christian conflict
Nov 1990 – May 2001 Syria ascendant

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