A Brief Note On Lebanon War Of 2006

Syria and Lebanon are two dramatically different states with a deeply intertwined history. They were both born out of French interventionism following World War 1, and have experienced complex and strained relations ever since. The two nations have both experienced prodigious political turmoil since gaining their independence, with both suffering from civil wars and conflict with their mutual neighbor, Israel. The war and turmoil that has plagued these two countries can be traced back to various competing national interests, as well as a struggle for regional power. The various religious groups in the area have historically formed transnational advocacy networks with the intent of influencing regional politics. These groups have proved to of been a major factor in the history of both nations.

With a death toll in the hundred of thousands, and millions displaced, the Syrian civil war has become a violent mark on the world’s history. What started as a peaceful protest has spread over five years, has evolved into a war with a tyrannical government, a clashing rebellion, and terrorism fighting either side. But what is it that really fuels the immense amount of violence? It can be narrowed down to four groups that are obvious. The government and the rebels are the forerunners in violence in the war, sure, but they aren’t the only ones. There are the terrorist groups, with skewed views to support the destruction of people and things around them, and in itself the stark difference of the religions and ethnicities of Syria. Who causes

These wars had made angry Palestinian lost more and more land causing many terrorist attacks and suicide bombings occurred during the conflict planned by Palestinian terrorist organizations such as the Hamas. Civil Palestinians’ anger had also lead to Intifada (1987) and Second

The Syrian Civil War has had a profound effect of all Syrians as well as neighbouring countries and the international community. With more than 11 million homeless Syrians comes consequences beyond what most of the world population has ever experienced or anticipated. Of the displaced, almost 5 million are refugees outside Syria and around 6 million have been displaced inside Syria, with half of all displaced Syrians being children. The main causes of displacement amongst the population is the violence committed by all sides of the war, and which often targets civilians or centres of high civilian activity (such as markets, hospitals, schools, workplaces or high density residential areas). One main group heavily affected by the conflict

The war as I remember started in 1982 early summer, the exact cause I do not know but the reason from what I heard was to drive the armed palestinians away from Beirut and the Southern part of the country towards the North.

Iran gave direct support to Hezbollah through the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Hezbollah opposed Lebanon because it was supported by Israel and the United States, and in 1985 it issued its political agenda through the “Open Letter to the Downtrodden in Lebanon and in the World.”# In 1989, the Taif Accord emerged and the Lebanese Civil War ended in 1990 when Syrian troops moved into parts of Lebanon that were not occupied by Israel. The Taif Accord balanced powers between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon, and overall tried to maneuver equality amongst both groups although Sunni elites were given the dominant role. After the Taif Accord, economic conditions continued to worsen and many began to underestimate the ability of Syria to control Lebanon. Syria then made the strategic move to promote Rafiq al-Hariri in 1992 to rescue Lebanon from its eventual demise. Hariri was able to boost the economy and revive morale in the Sunni communities. By the 1990s Hariri was capable of governing Lebanon independent of Syria. This began a decline of Syrian support for him, and a decline of Sunni dominance. After Hariri’s assassination in 2005, Syria was able to grasp control of Lebanon once more, and enabled Hezbollah to demonstrate a larger role. First existing as a revolutionary Islamist movement,

It wasn’t until the Iranian revolution—that saw a Shia Islam government take the reigns in Iran—did these angry Shiites in Lebanon begin to have a significant presence. First, a Shia militia called Ahmal was formed, with funding from Iran, but soon it was overshadowed by a much more violent and radical militia called Hezbollah. The militiamen of Hezbollah received high-quality arms and artillery from the new Iranian government (the weapons went through Damascus, and Syria’s Assad, so Hezbollah fought hard to keep Assad in power) in addition to elite training from Iranian military officials. With the Israeli occupation becoming more oppressive, Hezbollah began fighting the Israeli army with their highly trained soldiers, which turned into a larger-scale war. They were able to stall the Israeli army for the first time in history—using sophisticated tactics such as hiding militiamen in mountains—and eventually push them out of their occupation of southern Lebanon. Hezbollah’s desire to destroy Israel is inspired by Israel’s abuse of them during their occupation and their wanting to spread Shia Pan-Islam. Also, destroying the State of Israel will give the Palestinians in Lebanon, who are stealing Shia land, a reason to leave Lebanon and return to their holy

What began the 2006/33-Day War between Israel and Hezbollah was the killing of eight Israeli soldiers, and the kidnapping of 2 Israeli soldiers by Hezbolli members. During the 2006/33-Day War, Israel bombed many towns in Lebanon, and the Hezbollies sent missiles at Israeli towns. On January 18th, 2015, Israel put an airstrike on Hezbollah, and the Hezbollans retaliated with missiles that killed two Israeli soldiers. Israel sent back a rocket attack that killed six of the Hezbollies. Some people say that this is the closest that Israel and Hezbollah have been to a war in eight

The use of the Hezbollah has greatly added to the continuation of the Arab-Israeli conflict and has limited cooperation in all regions. The Hezbollah also attracted U.S. attention after a suicide bomber killed over two hundred Marines in Beirut.

Israel ended up withdrawing from Lebanon in 2000, yet Hezbollah, both its military and political wings of its organization, were still intact, functioning, and effective throughout the occupation and afterwards. In fact, it could be argued that Hezbollah came back with more support for its political wing because the number of seats it had in the Lebanese parliament increased from seven to nine between the elections of 1992 and 2000. In this sense, it could be viewed by Hezbollah supporters as a point towards Hezbollah’s abilities because it was able to resist Israeli occupation (one of its stated goals in its Open Letter and Manifesto) for eighteen years when Israel no longer saw any efficacy in the operation and withdrew its

Hezbollah is considered an Islamic terrorist group who engages in terroristic acts against Israel. July 12, 2006 Hezbollah wanted Israel to release three Lebanese who were held captive in Israeli prisons. Hezbollah killed a large number of Israeli soldiers and abducted two. This led to a 34 day war between Hezbollah and Israel that had more than one thousand casualties and left more than a million displaced. Hezbollah became a hero to much of the Arab nation because they were the first to ever beat Israel. Hezbollah then used its new gained power to go after the Lebanese government. July 2008, Hezbollah and Israel came to an agreement on an exchange of many Lebanese prisoners and remains of Lebanese and Palestinian soldiers in return for the remains of Israeli soldiers and prisoners whose abduction had caused the

In this day and age, we find ourselves at odds with our “identity” as we find that not only are we representing ourselves, but we also have ties to religion, sect, tribe, and family (Angrist). This shows that despite the cohesiveness and threads that attach us, it has the power to pull people, families, and in some cases countries apart. This conflict comes to a head when religion and ethnicity are interwoven. Hence when divisions occur, this can lead to violent wars that destroy trust between individuals. This can ingrain a sense of uneasiness and distrust that plagues people’s ideas and leaves a country divided. This is particularly evident in Lebanon. Ethnic and religious division led to the festering of feelings of marginalization and discrimination, which boiled over into the Lebanese civil war, a war that claimed the lives of 150,000 people (Szekely). The anger and frustration birthed from this to chaos, and conflict has in turn increased the division between ethnic and religious factions and led to the crumbling of Lebanese nationalism. This essay is specifically aimed at assessing the relationships between ethnic and religious divisions in Lebanon and explores how it contributed to the civil war. This is done by identifying and analyzing the main actors and makes an explanation of the historical divisions stemming from the National Pact, branching out to include the consequences of the civil war on the political structures and the identities of the

the conflict in the middle east between 1948-1973 was not purely fuelled by the interest and concerns of the superpowers but rather of a series of conflictual incidents, aswell as the main wars that took place from the years from 1948-1967 such as the: 1948 War, The Six Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur war of 1973. But although the conflict was not fuelled by the superpowers, the influence of the superpowers and the reach of the superpowers into the Middle East was evident in the years both prior and following 1978. But even despite the influence and interests of the superpowers between and including 1948-1967 being undeniably evident, the extent of this influence cannot be said to have “fuelled the conflict”.

Lebanon is a Middle Eastern country that is delimitated to the west by the Mediterranean and to the east by the Syro-African Depression. Lebanon borders Syria to the north and to the east, and Israel in the south.