Lebanon Civil War 1976 | The Agony of Lebanon | This Week | 1976 

Lebanon went from a great 1st world country to one of the poorest nations in the world , my grandpa was a sailor and told me stories on when he visited in the 60's and on how impressed he was with all the riches in the country.

0:02 he says:” you donkey what are you shooting at”😂😂😂

To quote my grandfather "Anyone who had the money or brains to get out, did so a long time ago" May God save Lebanon

I’ve studied a lot of the Middle East’s wars in the 20th century, and this one is honestly one of the worst. I thought I was prepared for anything after reading about Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. But this one got to me, reading about this one one shook me to my core.

Important to keep these pictures alive. Young ppl must learn from history.

My dad turned 18 when the war started and served in the Lebanese army during this time. It's surreal to watch footage knowing my family were living such a hard life in a country they loved so much. I was in Lebanon when the protests started and it's great to see the new generations of Lebanese working together to protest for a better life. I'll never forget it.

Meanwhile Lebanon was booming that time, Dubai people were riding camels and living in tents, Turks couldn't speak any other language, Singapore was corrupted. Too bad Lebanese people didn't knw the treasure they had !

True in 1976 and true today in 2019. Same problems, corruption, class divide, poverty, feudalism, religious divide.

Instead of fighting about which religion started the war and who won, why don't we unite together, as Lebanese, for a better Lebanon? A country were people can live together no matter their religion and beliefs. God bless and protect Lebanon and all Lebanese❤

14:36 You know things are getting serious when a lady’s hairdresser and a handbag maker are taking arms to fight.

That doctor seemed like a really good guy

Has to be one of the most confusing civil wars ever.

Regardless of what has been said about this civil war , the fact remains that it was the Lebanese people , of different parties , militias , and groups , who fought each other and destroyed their country . Although that civil war stopped in the Lebanese field 25 years ago , Lebanon still suffers painfully from its horrible consequences .

0:02 "ya 7mar 3a shu 3am bet2awes" LOOL

I remember seeing this conflict on the news as a little kid. It's never really stopped. I feel there's no hope for humanity alas.

Anyone after Beirut massive explosion?

Lubnan is such a beautiful country with a friendly and open-minded people (as long as people stay away from religous-ethnic-politicall disunion). So, please, in the name of your love-for-life, stay united and preserve peace.

Both my parents lived through the civil war, when I showed them this they said "Its not at all how it happened." Strange thing is they both said different things.

Awesome report. Thank you for uploading!

The Lebanese need to unite and stand together so can never happen again! We don't need a other way. What a shame! Beirut was once the best city in the world, and Lebanon was one of the best country's. please don't be dumb ppl spread the love :(

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I researched what led to the war and this is what I found The PLO moved its primary base of operations to Beirut in the early 1970s, after Black September in Jordan. The presence of Palestinian forces was one of the main reasons that led to a Christian-Muslim conflict in Lebanon in 1975-1976 which ended with the occupation of Lebanon by peace-keeping forces from several Arab countries[citation needed], including Syria. Over the next few years, the Syrians and the PLO gained power in Lebanon, surpassing the ability of the official Lebanese government to curtail or control their actions. Throughout this time, artillery and rocket attacks were launched against Israel. Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and in 1978 launched a military invasion in to Southern Lebanon codenamed "Operation Litani". In 1978, and again in 1981 and early 1982, the United Nations sponsored a cease-fire, and Israeli troops were withdrawn. In 1982 Israel re-invaded Lebanon following the attempted assassination of its ambassador in London, despite being aware that the attack had been carried out by the Abu Nidal faction, which was at war with Arafat's PLO. The architect of the war, Ariel Sharon (then Defense Minister), presented it to the Israeli government as a limited incursion into Southern Lebanon but took his troops to Beirut. The invasion was code-named "Operation Pines" or "Peace for Galilee", and was intended to weaken or evict the PLO and impose Bachir Gemayel, head of the Christian Phalange party, as President of Lebanon in order to get Lebanon to sign a peace treaty with Israel and bring the country into Israel's sphere of influence. This plan failed when Gemayel was assassinated not long after being elected President by the Lebanese parliament under Israeli pressure. The Israeli forces invaded in a three-pronged attack. One group moved along the coastal road to Beirut, another aimed at cutting the main Beirut-Damascus road, and the third moved up along the Lebanon-Syria border, hoping to block Syrian reinforcements or interference. By the 11th of June, Israel had gained air superiority after shooting down a number of Syrian aircraft; Syria called for a cease-fire, and the majority of PLO guerrillas fled Tyre, Sidon, and other areas for Beirut.

After 34 years from the start of the Lebanese civil war, Lebanon is still suffering from the effects of it starting from the separation of Lebanese people into towns according to their religion because two groups of people from different religions can’t live together, to the indifference regarding the elections because the same delegates are being elected, and that is due to the stupidity of most of the people who are choosing the same people for another 4 years, then after the elections they start to nag about the same things.

My dad fought in this war. I never thought to look up footage in my entire life until today. I am sobbing finally realizing what he went thru as a young man

Letting 150K Palestinian refugee into southern Lebanon was the beginning of the end of that Country....

Where the Islam comes it brings destruction

You are saying not the truth, the war was between the invasion that the PLO and the terrorist Yassir Arafat did start in Libanon ,we have to protect our country from the invasion.

damn The Lebanon was such a nice place before the civil war. What led to this?

When documentaries used to have a high level of information and were very near to the scene. 👍

Watching this in 22oct 2019 in the middle of the amazing revolution in lebanon, were all Lebanese people ,elderly people ,university students, inside lebanon or abroad are United calling for a united lebanon no political parties no religious divide just lebanon. #لبنان_ينتفض

My mom kept telling me stories about civil war in Lebanon while I was child, she was so sad although we re not leabanes. Now I ve realised that only few politicians were running the war FOR THEIR OWN PENIPHET, while civilians had sufferd the most.

In few years, Lebanon described the whole history of human kind. You are prosperous in your territory but allow people with poisonous minds to inhabit your land and suddenly your land is in flames. Suddenly the people who brought prosperity for the country where called totalitarians, dictators, American puppets, etc. and the ones that destroyed and divided ethnically and religiously the land were called heroes (what a paradox). At least the migration of the rich people out of Lebanon benefited individuals such as Mr. Slim in Mexico and others in Spain who have managed to prosper with out the fear of being terrorized by "takers, rapists or those who use the suffering of the people to advance their hidden agendas".

Tell me Chamoun although not English, his English almost sounds similar to that of an Englishman.

My grandfather was stationed in Beirut during the civil war. He was apart of the United Nations convoy in Lebanon and worked closely with Generals. It has been my duty to learn about the Lebanon civil war and educate myself for the Lebanese people and for the honour of my grandfather’s name. RIP Grampy.

If the civil war didn't happen lebanon will be the most developed country in Asia

This is how Europe is going to look like if they don't wake up.

I don't think the war was ever about religions. For me, religions were just a pretext, a justification, and a way of making the simple people believe that the militias were holy soldiers protecting them (from a completely constructed enemy), instead of bands of lawless, selfless and godless bands of bandits and warlords just acting for their self interest (no wonder the first week of the war were just about looting the banks, port and hotels of Beirut). For me, and the reporter seems to agree, neo-liberalism, Capitalism, "laissez faire", huge income inequalities, and of course the political system, were the main reasons for the embrasement. I mean come on, muslims, christians and jews lived for CENTURIES together in the region. Not without hiccup admittedly, but in this last civil war, religion was just a pretext. Economics don't explain everything but it explains a lot. If everyone has food on it's table at the end of the month, there is not reasons to fight. There is revenge sure, but at some point we need to stop, we should have learned from history but apparently we are not good at doing that. They (our so beloved political and religious 'leaders' ) said, and are still saying that they are protecting our beliefs, while they are just robbing them from us. Sure Lebanon was dramatically weaken by the Palestinians, Syria and Israel (and all of the meddling from foreign powers), but they were able to do it so efficiently and quickly because it was already rotten on the inside. Lebanon was always weak, from the beginning, and it's our own fault. Were we a united nation, a more equalitarian and socially just one, maybe even a secular one, we wouldn't have fell so hard in JUST A YEAR. We lived in an illusion from 1943 to 1975, and the civil war was the hard price to pay for our lack of perspicacity. We refused to see beyond religious differences (and what minor differences, don't we all say Allah?), and we still do today! Despite what happened in Lebanon, despite what's happening in Syria, in Irak in Israel/Palestine, and even in some places in the West. I mean look at us today, doing it all over again, building malls instead of schools, banks instead of libraries, hotels instead of hospitals... I'm not religious for one bit, I was when I was younger, and my family is, and I respect that, but please stop using religion to make false points, you are just disrespecting it... And making a lot of people disgusted (like me) about religion. Keep the religion where it should belong, in your hearts!

More reasonable than most analyses that merely frame everything as sectarian, christain against muslim etc.

And history repeats itself. Lebanon is in a crisis That is Way worst than the civil war era.

Heartbreaking. I remember this war well...seeing it in the news daily. What really sticks in my mind to this day, is war photographer Francoise "Fifi" Demulder's iconic photo of the Karantina Massacre. (May she Rest In Peace).

I want to see a "where are they now" of these people who survived

Why are some people confused? the muslim Lebanese supported the PLO against Israel based on religion and ethnicity being Arabs, the Christians Lebanese don't identify as Arabs and wanted nothing to do with Palestine Israel conflict, the Palestinian refugees wanted to fight Israel from Lebanon supported by muslim Lebanese, the Christians did not.

Years later and the Lebanese people have yet to learn that loving your Christian/Muslim brother is the answer for a prosperous Lebanon. Unfortunately the hatred still runs deep and the memories aren’t forgotten. As long as we are divided, our corrupt leaders will carry on taking advantage of that.

nearly 50 years after this documentary and still nothing has changed......... god help us

When the mentality from all parties stop thinking that Lebanon is only his nothing will be changed

This is what happens when a diverse society decides to be not so diverse.

Lebanese Christians Feel for the palestinians and their situation. But it was wrong to try to take over Lebanon. PLO had no right to take over Lebanon... We helped them and they arm Up and start taking political control of the country... Your fight was with Israel not Lebanon... Many lives lost, and for what? Your fight was never with lebanon... This is why things ended so badly

God bless Lebanon and all of Christendom. Love from India

الجبهة اللبنانية هي الوحيدة الوطنية. لم تقبل باحتلال لا شقيق ولا عدو. لبنانيون وكفى ♥️🇱🇧♥️

Lebanese civil war, 2006 Lebanese war, spillover of the Syrian war and the 2020 Beirut blast. When will Lebanon ever get a break hope peace and unity will be Lebanon future.

This is America's future

I’ll informed documentary. Why don’t you say that the Palestinians killed the Lebanese that took in the Palestinians as refugees.

Its also got to do with influx of Palestinian refugees. Shias felt oppressed under the christians, sunni population went high due to the refugees. The delicate balance was hurt. These too😢

Excellent documentary as someone who lived it. It's right on the money

I'm proud to be Lebanese I refuse to fight my own country men weather they are Christian or any other religion. Lebanese is one nsha alla ❤⛪🕌

The scenario is repoducing now with 500 000 Syrian refugees, may our faith stay strong to protect our people and our nation till the back of our Lord Christian of Lebanon 4 ever!!!!!

دايما بتحطو الحق على الفلسطيني انو سبب خرابكم على اساس انكم ما بعتم اراضيكم اللي ففلسطين لليهود بعدين الفلسطيني والسوري اللي فلبنان مدعوس عليه و معاملينو كائن درجة ادنى منكم . سبب خراب لبنان هي العنصرية والطائفية اللي فيها تحطوش الحق على غيركم

Truly instresting.. Most educational video I have watched in a while, it's nice to learn about your country and it's wars.

دائماً أنظر الى لبنان على أنها أكثر البلاد العربية أناقة، وفن، وثقافة، وجمال. مع إحترامي وتقديري للجميع، ولكن هذا رأيي الشخصي.. الله يحميها وأهلها من الإختلاف والضعف وزوال النعم

I lived in Lebanon from 1991 to 2001 amazing country too had corruption wars kept ruining it not to mention it’s border from Palestine and Israel is close by Syria so there will be always issues with that country

"for a moment mayhem seemed imminent, then, mere chaos was restored"

Love Lebanon from India ❤❤❤❤❤✌✌✌✌✌✌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

It's so sad to see my beautiful Lebanon in that state. I'm so glad it's fixed (physically) but there are still a lot of people from all sides who are racist and cause problems. I just want to visit my country when ever I want and not worry about any war or problems breaking out.

10:35 RIP Al mou'alim Kamal Jumblatt .. You are one of the best politicains who ruled lebanon you helped poor people and your thoughts light us in the dark

Despite issues with its analysis of the conflict, it's great to see footage of people like Danny Chamoun and Kamal Jumblatt

There was no Muslims in Lebanon! It was Christian principality of Tripoli of Crusaders time.! Christian Lebanon must be in the future!

بسبب عدم محاسبة مجرمين الحرب لبنان لن يعيش السلام والآمان والحرية

Sadly, this might be happened AGAIN in Lebanon sooner or later...

Absolutely wrong. It was about religion then as it is now

بصراحة انا مش لبناني بس ما بتخيل لبنان او اللبنانيين بحاربو او عايشين حرب بحس لبنان بلد سلام

Peace, freedom and restoration for all for all time.

Nice work (slightly more positive than the truth) and brave reporter and crew for traveling there from the UK during the war. I'm glad the Lebanese comments on this video were not broadcast on UK TVs with this documentary. Because Lebanese people have a beautiful piece of land with great food and weather but they are full of hate and racism and will never learn how to be organized, respectful and work together as a team. Lebanese people, like most eastern cultures, are very kind and hospitable. But many times I'm ashamed of being Lebanese because of the bad reputation and chaos the others have left. Most of us don't deserve the old Lebanon. Look at the way we treat immigrants, refugees and EACH OTHER. Then we immigrate to US & Canada and on day 1 they give us have equal rights as their own citizens. Because they want you to belong and to love your new country and to be patriotic. I bet that more than 90% of US citizens with Lebanese origins don't accept cross-racial marriages. You know why? Because their parents fed them their racist and religious thoughts. Each and every one of this MAJORITY OF LEBANESE is RACIST of religion/sect/color/gender/ location etc.... ("MEN WEN INTA"? -mmmm... another village 5Km away... he's NOT one of us). It's almost impossible to make Lebanese people truly patriotic with the overall mentality that exists after having 2 generations that were raised during war/corruption and chaos. Not to mention the power of religion and sects in our system and the proxy battles of bigger countries around us that manipulate this helpless government. Yes, I also think that the government and the sectarian system is crap. But it's the people that make their country, the government should be their tool. And with people full of hate that are eager for a small trigger to eat each together up; people that think they are superior because they were born in this part of the country (a very tiny country). What kind of Lebanon do we get? A Lebanon that will never make it to the 21st century and that will never go back to the old prosperous Lebanon. Some Lebanese aren't like that, they are minorities and unfortunately, they don't have much hope.

'Confessions of an economic hitman'. Good watch. Explains the root cause of all problems.

The Quarantina, populated mainly by Kurds, was also a stronghold of the Palestinians militias, at the north entrance of Beyrouth, at the foot of the Christian area of Achrafieh, on the road to the Christian harbour of Junieh. Fateh militia used it to control the trafic, take money from the trucks passing by, and cut many times the supply of food and gasoline for the Christian areas. Kidnappings happened often The Christian militias had no choice than to eradicate that permanent threat. The Kurd population left by buses after a 12 hours battele were the Palestinians, though much better equiped, proved to be poorly motivated and surrendered quickly...

Yasser Arafat interview - PLO Leader - Thames Television

I literally came here with no knowledge and even I can see the bias throughout this video. It instantly takes a side.

Then in 1982 was the Shabra + Shatilla massacre which was orchestrated by Israeli forces.

The Arab Muslim world had a gem that they could branch off of called Lebanon.. but their 5th century thinking threw it in the gutter.. Christian Lebanon was the best thing that ever happened to that region...

Huge numbers from each ‘faction’ died and many more families devastated by this crazy conflict, even the USA gave up on it and fled. Until now the result, economic catastrophe. Just in my memory, when their followers were still bleeding, after the PLO were ‘encouraged’ to move their ‘command centre’ to Tunisia, I recall the leaders of the Christians and Druze sitting apparently at ease together - maybe pretence for the media but where was their guilt for the Demise of the Lebanon. I only have sorrow for all the Lebanese and the Lebanon.

thanks for upload

الحرب دمار مش للحجر كمان للبشر الحرب كانت مؤلمه ومقرفة انا عشتها وشفت الموت مية مرة وشفت الناس بتموت وأطفال ماتت من الجوع تحت الحصار ان شالله ما بترجع والله يحمي لبنان وبالنهاية ما حدا استفاد بل رجعت البلد للوراء رجاء لا تعيدوها

There's a little of documentary in this manipulation. I mean, portraying the Palestinians as victims and Christian Lebaneses as oppressors (who btw used to be the majority in their own once-prosperous country, before Palestinians' mass-migration to Lebanon) come on! Give me a break!

blaming this war just 'muslims' 'left' or whatever, is way too much wrong. the term 'civil war' itself doesn't really fit in. it was a giant clusterfuck. I can oversimplify this and it will still be too long to read. 1. Lebanon was a prominent city, beirut is one of the most important harbour in middle east since at least more than four thousand years. not just a 'historically important place' but just 'important place' all the time. it was called a 'paris of middle-east' but to be frankly, paris? noob. grow a thousand year. 2. Lebanon itself is a part of 'geographical' Syrian region. It doesn mean the current nation of syria. like 'britain(in geographic term)', there are nations like england, scotland, wales...and together there is a UK, in Syria there was a region called 'lebanon' and that becomes modern day lebanon. Syrian region was always wealthy. since there was a fantastic harbour-of course that's Beirut. 3. The Christian population/influence was always heavy compared to other region around there. Syria, Lebanon, especially Beirut and surrounding area. of course I mean after the first islamic empire rised and captured that region. before islam, it was just wealthy roman province and before that it was wealthy poenician region. and crusader nations are been around there about some centuries. 4. so to take control of the 'pearl of the middle east', late roman(byzantine) empire, several islamic nations, some europeans fight over but eventually ottoman empire took it all. and they kinda didn't really kicked the native christian people's arses since they were not stupid enough to break their own moneypot. 5. so the beirut/lebanon was being 'five-star commercial district' 'five-star cultural site' 'one of the 10 places must visit before you dead blahblah clickbait' 'a holy place and bastion for christian people(not the same one in europe)' for centuries. they kinda always did the 'I'm the boss here, don't fuck with me and I don't really give a fuck about your religion or anything.' - causing mayhem in several region but at least they didn't actually wanted them to fight over centuries later. I don't really blame them. 6. and the ottoman empire fall. I mean, the turks are still going well but lost contol of that region anyway, and the french came in(with brits, but in this region it's french). and french were trying to of course. make money out of that region but not really want them to 'WAKE UP AND LIBERATE OURSELF' or anything, so they decided to draw the line on syria, make it into two seperate region. that will be modern syria and lebanon. in syria there are more muslims, arabs. in lebanon, christians and other people. and what french decided to do was, give some piece of land(which islamic population was dominant)into lebanese part so naturally, lebanon should be a country with many christians, some other people, some muslim... but that muslim part was kinda got larger. and that small patches of muslim land/community will not get an independence(since it's small), so they natrually, want their right as lebanese people. well, all the natives there didn't care about the borders or anything like centuries but here it is. But unfortunately for france, which wanted lebanese to fight each other(but not full-scale civil war) but people in Lebanon was not a shitbag, sterotypical 'violent sand people' somebody thinks, so they actually managed to 'let's be multicultural, functional nation' and it did worked. actual story. there's a church, there's a mosque, there's a muslim woman-black clothes from head to toes, there's a girl with bikini, money comes in, culture grows. and PETROLEUM. you don't get a oil just dig up any lebanese land but it's a harbour. money comes in. and it's the best place for vacation in middle east for centuries. all the money. hotels, banks. the french and brits changed their mind, like 'huh, you're cool. I'm cool. let's be friend'. so french influence(like language, food, cultural things)are there. no problemo. 7. but in the surrounding area, things are not doing well. it's a nation, surrounded by syria, north of Israel/Palestine and Jordan. and go further you'll meet Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi-Arabia, Egypt. massive muslim refugees were appeared and I don't think anybody needs why. and they are just trying to survive and surrounding nations kinda send them into lebanon. muslim population drastically increased. 8. unfortunately, Lebanese goverment(as I told earlier, they managed to actually form a working goverment with completely differnt people)started to 'let's fight now' at that moment. or the chaotic situation made them to. anyway, all the muslim nations 'used' that muslim refugees(okay, they're palestanians). and PLO popped up. basically, a armed group of palestanian people. but they were not functiong as anything yet since you can't make a decent armed force out of refugees, it's not ancient times. and PLO was finally got themselves as working group, under a leadership of.. Arafat. they were formed a base in Jordan since majority of palestanian refugees were at there. but government(monarch)of Jordan doesn't like PLO sticking in his country. so Jordan army fights over PLO. and PLO kinda seperated into - radical(gonna bomb'em all) and non-radical(all we want is just SURVIVE) groups. and munich. oh I forgot. PLO's been fighting with IDF(Israeli armed forces)of course. 9. Army of Jordan kinda kicked out PLO. and PLO got their base at southern Lebanon now. Lebanese government fighting over with 'left-right' 'christian-muslim' or anything and just kinda doing nothing. still. christians were like 'like I gave a shit(because southern lebanon was already a muslim-area kinda), but don't fucking trying to take over this nation with that large band of refugees.' and clueless native muslims were 'kay, there were poor brothers and sisters keep coming in. uhh. they look very angry. well they've been through a lot. they'll get over it I hope.' and radical muslims were 'this is our ticket to win an election wow' and some guys were like 'YEAH GO LEFT WOOHOO' and some people's like 'DIE YOU COMMIE FUCKER' and thing's going worse and worse. 10. PLO, now based on southern lebanon keep throwing shit(kinda explosive shits)at Israel. Israel pissed off, bombing lebanon. lebanese government? doing same thing. 11. tension between christian people and muslim people, and not just between them. different group of christian people, different group of muslims, all groups got their grudge. shit's gonna explode soon. every group start arming themselves. skirmishes are happening. so many group fighting each other. it's not a team deathmatch more like a fucking battle royale. lebanese government finally did something. asked syria to help(they were brother-nation at first, and no serious grudges between them till). syria agrees. and try to kick some ass of 'any radical behaving people'. but Israel didn't like that becuase Lebanon(before)is kinda 'christian with muslims), Syria was 'Muslims with christians' and relationship between Israel and Syria was bad because of course. Israel didn't want Syrian army to come near them(coming in lebanon. lebanon is close to Israel), and Israel was supporting anyone who fighting with PLO. and Syrian army crosses the border(of lebanon. it is not an invasion because lebanon asked them to). there was some agreements but as usual it fucking breaks and Israel just bombed the shit out of Syrian army and PLO, which is located in Lebanon. why? because Israel was constantly bombed by people in Lebanon and Israel was paranoiac as shit since they are getting their daily bombing about decades. 12. so major conflict is, Israeli forces fighting over Syrian army and PLO, in lebanon and lebanese native and refugees got into lebanon was got into shitty war so bombshell everywhere. look at this. it is 'simplified'. what kinda fucking civil war is this? basically, Israel v Syria/PLO in lebanon and lebanese people are divided into pieces and shit. yeah there was a 'civil war' part but this is more like a... we need a new term for this kinda war. not a proxy war, not a civil war.

"You killed my brother" explains why the Christians were forced to clear out the slums. It was an act of self defence

Wow...im interest to watching lebanon 70's fashion....

All the palastinians fault

"No one will ever know how many heroes died in the Holiday Inn" One of the single most absurd things ive ever heard.

It's ridiculous how people in the comments are saying it's the Christians fault or the Muslims fault or the Palestinians fault. The civil war was a fault of everyone involved. No one fought with honour (or didn't fight at all) and all parties involved had fought with absolute disregard for life and with inhuman and cruel habits, massacre after massacre from either sides. You'd think our country would move on from all this but the leaders of the different parties now are even worse, and almost every sunni supports a sunni leader, Maronite supports a Maronite leader, and shiite supports a shiite leader, when none of these 'leaders' have lebanon's interests at heart. They steal from the country and have us all following along like sheep. I dream to see the day we wake the fuck up and unite regardless of religion, and work towards making Lebanon the once great nation it was.

God bless Lebanon May god bless Muslims , Christians, Druze Lebanese people that live peacefully in it

Muslim colonialisim. People have the right to practice the religion they want. Obligue people to convert to islam is a crime against humanity.

what a damn shame. is amazing looking at videos of Lebanon and Beirut from the 1960s. was such a lively, lovely place for the most part

Reason of every civil war : Two or more big countries that want to fight each other in a small county.

This is amazing footage. Thanks for uploading.

every time i watch middle eastern history it's more and more complex to understand

This is a very short sighted documentary. To assume that the war that united Moslems and Palestinians against the Christian minority in Lebanon was because of political injustice is naive. The fact that Lebanon still has various armed Palestinian factions and Hizballah clearly demonstrates that the problem was regional and beyond a political system.

Black September is the reason this happened...the PLO tried to take over Jordan and lost, then moved to Lebanon and were the basis for the war.

Back when Western journalists actually did journalism, instead of merely acting as regime propagandists. Shame that Lebanon never recovered from this!

Fun fact: Maronites used to be serfs owned by the wealthy land-owning minority we know as the Druze. During the Ottoman Era that is.

I am a Christian Maronite and I have friends who are muslim and taught me about there religion just as I have taught them of mine, mohamed and jesus did the same thing the difference is jesus was jewish from isreal and mohamed was muslim from Saudi Arabia. We do lent because jesus denied the devils temptation and mohamed did similar most Lebanese people I know get along well with each other no matter the religion all that we judge each other with is personality not beliefs religion or political groups thats how lebanon is now but those who are against muslim or against christians in Lebanon are immigrants from surrounding countries not the actual Lebanese community.

There's a lot of people here who seem to have simplified opinions about the middle east conflicts and middle eastern peoples . It's about centuries of conflict , centuries of injustice and prejudice by every faith and ethnic group and centuries of interference by outside parties seeking to gain from their preferred side winning . It's still happening now and when the US and Russia are fighting proxy war through their respective allies it doesn't help the peace process.