Lebanese Civil War Timeline of Events

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Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon. The war lasted from 1975 to 1990 and resulted in an estimated 150,000 to 230,000 civilian fatalities. Another one million people were wounded, and today approximately 350,000 people remain displaced. There was also a mass exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon...

Timeline of Events

1975

4.13.1975

Bus Massacre in Lebanon: Attack by the Phalangist resistance kill 26 militia members of the P.F.L. of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.

1976

8.12.1976

Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War

1977

3.16.1977

Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.

1978

8.13.1978

150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

1980

7.7.1980

During the Lebanese civil war, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.

1982

8.20.1982

Lebanese Civil War: a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.

1990

10.13.1990

End of the Lebanese Civil War. Syrian forces launch an attack on the free areas of Lebanon removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.