1975 Beginning of the Lebanese Civil War
40 years ago, on April 13, 1975, a clash in Beirut between Palestinian militants and detachments of the Christian Kataib party began a civil war in Lebanon between Christians and Muslims, during which Syrian forces entered Lebanon in 1976, and Israeli forces entered Lebanon in 1982. troops. It ended in 1990 with the victory of Muslims, supported by Syria, who achieved equal representation with Christians in government. According to some estimates, more than 100 thousand people died in the war.