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| {{Infobox country|name=Lebanese Republic|native_name=الجمهورية اللبنانية|image_flag=Lebanon flag.svg|image_coat=Lebanon COA.svg|capital=Beirut|largest_city=Beirut|leader_title1=Prime Minister|leader_name1=[[Najib Mikati]]|image_map=Lebanon map.svg|map_width=260|official_languages=Arabic|area_km2=10,452|population_estimate=5,592,631|population_estimate_year=2021}} | | {{Infobox country|name=Lebanese Republic|native_name=الجمهورية اللبنانية|image_flag=Lebanon flag.svg|image_coat=Lebanon COA.svg|capital=Beirut|largest_city=Beirut|image_map=Lebanon map.svg|map_width=260|official_languages=Arabic|area_km2=10,452|population_estimate=5,592,631|population_estimate_year=2021}} |
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| '''Lebanon''', officially the '''Lebanese Republic''', is a country in [[Western Asia]] bordered by [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syria]] and the [[State of Israel|Zionist Entity]], with a western coast on the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. [[Hezbollah]] is part of Lebanon's elected government and a member of the [[Axis of Resistance]] against [[United States imperialism|US imperialism]], [[Zionism]], and [[Islamic State|ISIS]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[The Grayzone]]|title=How the US helped push Lebanon to the brink of collapse, and now threatens more sanctions|date=2020-08-13|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/13/us-lebanon-sanctions-regime-change/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719202231/https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/13/us-lebanon-sanctions-regime-change/|archive-date=2022-07-19|retrieved=2022-11-01}}</ref> | | '''Lebanon''', officially the '''Lebanese Republic''', is a country in [[Western Asia]]. [[Hezbollah]] is part of Lebanon's elected government and a member of the [[Axis of Resistance]] against [[United States imperialism|US imperialism]], [[Zionism]], and [[Islamic State|ISIS]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[The Grayzone]]|title=How the US helped push Lebanon to the brink of collapse, and now threatens more sanctions|date=2020-08-13|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/13/us-lebanon-sanctions-regime-change/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719202231/https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/13/us-lebanon-sanctions-regime-change/|archive-date=2022-07-19|retrieved=2022-11-01}}</ref> |
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| == History == | | == History == |
| | [[State of Israel|Israel]] occupied southern Lebanon for more than 20 years. It killed over 2,000 people in 2006 when it bombed Lebanon.<ref name=":0" /> |
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| === Ottoman rule ===
| | After the assassination of Prime Minister [[Rafiq Hariri]] in 2005, his son [[Saad Hariri]] came to power as leader of the [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|Saudi]]-backed [[Future Movement]]. He is supporting [[Jihad|jihadist]] groups including [[al-Qaeda]] to be used against the [[Axis of Resistance]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=William Van Wagenen|newspaper=The Cradle|title=Saad Hariri and the collapse of Lebanon|date=2022-09-12|url=https://thecradle.co/Article/Investigations/15577|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915002315/https://thecradle.co/Article/Investigations/15577|archive-date=2022-09-15|retrieved=2022-09-15}}</ref> |
| By the beginning of the 20th century the [[Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)|Ottoman Empire]] was becoming increasingly subservient to western [[imperialism]] with [[French Republic (1870–1940)|France]] in particular having a keen interest in Lebanon. When the [[First World War]] began in 1914 the Ottomans abolished Lebanese autonomy, imposed recruit levies and enforced compulsory labour. In October 1918 Anglo-French troops occupied Lebanon, essentially starting the process of Lebanon becoming a French [[Colonialism|colony]] with a French high commissioner being put in place to govern the territory.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|author=S. P. Kiktev|year=1979|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Lebanon|chapter=Lebanon|section=From the early 16th century to independence}}</ref>
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| === French rule ===
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| In 1920 the French declared the creation of the state of Greater Lebanon under a French mandate, which was later confirmed by the [[League of Nations]] in 1922. In May 1926 a constitution was introduced which proclaimed Lebanon a republic but France continued to control Lebanon's foreign relations and defence whilst subordinating its economy to French monopoly capital.<ref name=":1" />
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| The people of Lebanon were committed to fighting French colonialism and over the next few years several rebellions broke out against French rule. The people of Lebanon worked together with Syria, also occupied by the French under the [[Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon]], to oppose French imperialism. In 1924 the [[Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party]] was established by Syrian and Lebanese [[Communism|communists]] to lead the [[national liberation]] struggle.<ref name=":1" />
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| Under pressure from the independence movement, France concluded a treaty in November 1936 with the Lebanese, granting independence within three years but with French armed forces staying in Lebanon and giving France the right to intervene in Lebanon as it saw fit. However, when [[Édouard Daladier]] came to power in France in 1938, his government blocked the treaty.<ref name=":1" />
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| Following the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] in 1939, martial law was declared, parliament dissolved and the communist party banned. After France's surrender in June 1940, Lebanon came under [[German Reich (1933–1945)|German]] and [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Italian]] rule who used the territory as a base for operations in Western Asia and for exporting [[Agriculture|agricultural]] products. The [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] imposed a blockade on the country deepening an economic crisis before Anglo-French forces entered Lebanon on June 8,1941, liberating Lebanon from [[Fascism|fascist]] rule. Forced to accept the demands of the liberation movement, on November 26, 1941, French general [[Georges Catroux]] announced on behalf of France that Lebanon would be independent.<ref name=":1" />
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| === Independent Lebanon ===
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| On November 8, 1943, the Lebanese government removed all articles from the consitution that granted the French Mandate control in Lebanon. France responded to this by imprisoning President [[Bishara al-Khuri]], Prime Minister [[Riyad al-Solh]] and the rest of the Lebanese government as well as dissolving the parliament and declaring the constitution no longer in effect. However, on November 22, France was pressured into restoring the legal government by the people of Lebanon. The [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] government was then able to consolidate its position, declare war on the Axis and join the [[United Nations]] and [[League of Arab States]].<ref name=":2">{{Citation|author=S. P. Kiktev|year=1979|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Lebanon|chapter=Lebanon|section=Independence}}</ref>
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| Even after independence France still continued to try and maintain its position in Lebanon with a new contingent of French troops arriving in May 1945. The French representative demanded that Lebanon sign a treaty guaranteeing France's imperial interests but the Lebanese refused and a resistance movement began with [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] support. In December the French concluded a treaty with the British to keep troops occupying Lebanon indefinitely but the UN intervened and forced the imperialists to withdraw their troops, which was completed on December 31, 1946.<ref name=":2" />
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| === Modern Lebanon ===
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| "Israel" occupied southern Lebanon for more than 20 years. In July 1993, it began bombing southern Lebanon and created 300,000 refugees.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Michael Parenti]]|year=2000|title=To Kill a Nation|page=12|chapter=Hypocritical Humanitarianism|publisher=Verso|pdf=https://leftychan.net/edu/src/1614706295182-3.pdf}}</ref> Israel killed over 2,000 people in 2006 when it bombed Lebanon again.<ref name=":0" />
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| After the assassination of Prime Minister [[Rafiq Hariri]] in 2005, his son [[Saad Hariri]] came to power as leader of the [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|Saudi]]-backed [[Future Movement]]. He is supporting [[Jihad|jihadist]] groups including [[al-Qaeda]] to be used against the Axis of Resistance.<ref>{{Web citation|author=William Van Wagenen|newspaper=The Cradle|title=Saad Hariri and the collapse of Lebanon|date=2022-09-12|url=https://thecradle.co/Article/Investigations/15577|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915002315/https://thecradle.co/Article/Investigations/15577|archive-date=2022-09-15|retrieved=2022-09-15}}</ref> | |
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| [[Category:Asian countries]] | | [[Category:Asian countries]] |
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