Modern Lebanon

WORK IN PROGRESS

Events

Yasser Arafat expelled from Jordan

1970

Musa al-Sadr established Amal

January 1975 - present

Lebanese Civil War

April 13, 1975 - Oct 13, 1990

Islamic Revolution in Iran

Jan 7, 1978 - Feb 11, 1979

Operation Litani (first Israeli invasion)

March 14, 1978 - March 21, 1978

Musa al-Sadr disappears

Aug 31, 1978

Hezbollah established

1982 - present

Operation Peace for Galilee (second Israeli invasion)

June 6, 1982 - June 1985

Arafat and Fatah exiled to Tunisia

Aug 22, 1982

US Embassy in Beirut bombed

April 18, 1983

Marine Barracks in Beirut bombed

Oct 23, 1983

US Embassy Annex in Beirut bombed

Sept 20, 1984

Israeli Security Zone in South Lebanon

April 1985 - May 25, 2000

2006 Lebanon War (third Israeli invasion)

July 12, 2006 - Aug 14, 2006