International conflicts- Lebanon

Table of contents•Thesis statement

• Timelineo 1914o 1944o 1958o 1989o 1990o 1991-present day

• Conclusion

• Sources

Thesis statement

Many of the ongoing conflicts in the Middle-East, is a result of the peace settlement after the First World War and how the superpower countries

divided the area.

Timeline

1944 1958 1989 19901991-prese

nt1914

Power transfution

Transfering authority

End of Civil War

Dissolution of all military groups

Increased opposition

The division of the Ottoman Empire

1914The division of the Ottoman Empire

•The Ottoman Empire dividedoLebanon, Syria, Palestine, Transjordan and

Mesopotamia(todays Iraq)

• France had cultural, economic and religious interests

• Islamic citizens did not agree

1944Power transfution

•France agrees to trasfer power to the Lebanese governmentoAccepted the independence of Lebanon

• Kept the region under control until the end of world war 2

• 1946- The last French troops withdrew

1958Increased opposition

•Increased opposition due to the confessionalism• Civil War between Maronite Christians and Muslims

•Confessionalism:o Political representation distributedo Aimed to provide combined leadership

•Government distributed by religiono Maronite Christian Presidento Sunni Islamic Prime Ministero Shia Islamic Speaker of the Assembly

• Led to bloodshed and civil war

1990End of the Civil War

•Lasted from 1975-1990

•Lead to:• 120 000 fatalities• 1 million wounded• Huge damage on buildings and towns

1989Transfering authority

•Parliament meets in Saudi Arabia

• Transferring much of the authority and power

• Increasing the number of Muslim Members of Parlaiment

1991-present dayDissolution of all military groupso2004- Foreign troops leave Lebanono2005- Rafik Hairir assassinatedo2006- 2006 Israel-Hezbollah Waro2007- Syrian army dètenteso2011- Government collapses, Syrian spillovero2013- Hezbollah a terrorist organisationo2014- One million refugeeso2015- Restrictions of refugees

Conclusion• Many of the ongoing conflicts can be traced back to the peace settlement

•Everything ultimately revolves around religion

•The new division of the Middle-East was a European invention

Sources http://www.ucdp.uu.se/gpdatabase/gpcountry.php?id=92&regionSelect=10-Middle_Easthttp://www.cfr.org/global/global-conflict-tracker/p32137#!/?marker=15

http://globalis.no/Land/Libanon

http://www.globalis.no/Konflikter/Libanon

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14649284

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_violent_events_relating_to_the_Syrian_Civil_War_spillover_in_Lebanon_(2014%E2%80%93present)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War_spillover_in_Lebanon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spillover_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War

http://www.insightonconflict.org/conflicts/lebanon/conflict-profile/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon%E2%80%93Syria_relations

http://www.geneva-academy.ch/RULAC/current_conflict.php?id_state=126