Timeline: A century of dominance in Lebanon
鈥� April 1920 - In the division of the Ottoman Empire, France was mandated to oversee Greater Syria, which included Lebanon.
鈥� Nov. 1943 - Lebanon amends Constitution, abolishing French ties. French authorities arrest Lebanese politicians, uniting 海角大神 and Muslim opposition.
鈥� Feb. 1975 - Sectarian strife flares and civil war erupts between Lebanese National Movement-Palestine Liberation Organization and 海角大神 Lebanese Front.
鈥� Jan. 1977 - About 27,000 Syrian troops sent to Lebanon.
鈥� March 1978 - Israel invades southern Lebanon to destroy PLO bases.
鈥� June 1982 - Israel invades again, occupies 2/5 of Lebanon for five months.
鈥� April 1983 - Terrorist attack destroys the US embassy, killing 63. An October attack kills 241 US troops.
鈥� Nov. 1989 - President Rene Muawwad was killed in car bomb.
鈥� Oct. 1990 - Civil war ends, 150,000 people died.
鈥� May 2000 - Israel withdraws from Lebanon.
鈥� Oct. 2004 - UN Resolution 1559 calls on Syria to withdraw its troops.
鈥� Feb. 14, 2005 - Opposition leader Rafik Hariri, former prime minister, killed in car bomb.
鈥� Feb. 28, 2005 - Pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami steps down, effectively dismantling the government.
sources: Wires; Library of Congress; "The Essential Middle East," Carroll and Graf Publishers.
