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Memory and Creation / Lebanon

Chronology / 1975

43 events in 1975

The assassination of four young Phalangists on the Fanar road provoked horrible killings in the streets of Beirut.

The capital was rapidly set ablaze. It was the apocalypse. Militias launched street fights resulting in tens of innocent victims. Violence was at its peek and nothing seemed to end this thirst for blood.

After a week of dreadful combats, the first phases of the 18th cease-fire agreement were executed with the evacuation of the towers and big hotels in the capital.

Thousands of armed elements attempted to invade Zahleh

The army riposted and hundreds of shells, mortars and rockets, fell on the Town. Simultaneously, bloody fights were reported in Tripoli.