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The Ottomans invaded Lebanon, then part of Syria, in 1516–17 and held nominal control until 1918. After 20 years’ French mandatory regime, Lebanon was proclaimed independent on 26 Nov. 1941. In early May 1958 the Muslim opposition to President Chamoun rose in insurrection and for five months the Muslim quarters of Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon and the northern Bekaa were in insurgent hands. On 15 July the US Government landed army and marines who re-established Government authority. Internal problems were exacerbated by the Palestinian problem. An attempt to regulate the activities of Palestinian fighters through the secret Cairo agreement of 1969 was frustrated both by the inability of the Government to enforce its provisions and by an influx of battle-hardened fighters expelled from Jordan in Sept. 1970. From March 1975 Lebanon was beset by civil disorder by which the economy was brought to a virtual standstill.
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Further Reading
Choueiri, Y. M., State and Society in Syria and Lebanon. Exeter Univ. Press, 1994
Fisk, R., Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War. 2nd ed. OUP, 1992
Gemayel, A., Rebuilding Lebanon. New York, 1992
Hiro, D., Lebanon Fire and Embers: a History of the Lebanese Civil War. New York, 1993
National library: Dar el Kutub, Parliament Sq., Beirut.
National statistical office: Service de Statistique Générale, Beirut.
Website: http://www.cas.gov.lb
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Turner, B. (2005). Lebanon. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271340_205
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