The Taif Agreement (Arabic: اتفاق الطائف), officially known as the National Reconciliation Accord (وثيقة الوفاق الوطني), was reached to provide "the basis...
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Lebanese Civil War (section Taif Agreement of 1989)
were also stationed in the country during this time. In 1989, the Taif Agreement marked the beginning of the end for the fighting as a committee appointed...
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following the failure of disarmament negotiations, as required by the Taif agreement, the Lebanese Army attacked Palestinian positions in Southern Lebanon...
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Lebanese Armed Forces (section 1991 Taif Agreement)
following the failure of disarmament negotiations, as required by the Taif Agreement, the Lebanese Army attacked Palestinian positions in Southern Lebanon...
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many of the provisions of the national pact were codified in the 1989 Taif Agreement, perpetuating sectarianism as a key element of Lebanese political life...
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Sectarianism in Lebanon (section Taif Agreement (1989))
1926 constitution, and in the National Pact of 1943. In 1990, with the Taif Agreement, the constitution was revised but did not structurally change aspects...
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however, and it was one of the factors in the 1975–1990 civil war. The Taif Agreement of 1989, which ended the civil war, reapportioned the Parliament to...
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must be a Sunnite, and the Speaker of Parliament must be a Shiite. The Taif Agreement helped establish a power-sharing system between the Christian and Muslim...
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Taif (Arabic: اَلطَّائِفُ, romanized: Aṭ-Ṭāʾif, lit. 'The circulated or encircled', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [atˤˈ tˤaː(j)ɪf]) is a city and governorate...
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Lebanese parliament, and whose efforts in brokering and fathering the Taif Agreement led to the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990. El-Husseini, recognized...
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Second Lebanese Republic (section Taif Agreement)
October 1989 by Lebanese political leaders and business people under the Taif Agreement. The Second Republic emerged from the slow erosion of the Lebanese Civil...
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to return. In the same month, the Lebanese Parliament agreed to the Taif Agreement, which included an outline timetable for Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon...
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end of both the Iran–Iraq War and Lebanese Civil War as well as the Taif Agreement and the release of the Kuwait 17 bombers. A new leader was thought to...
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History of Hezbollah (section End of Civil War: The Taif Agreement and Hezbollah's failure to disarm)
years, the civil war halted following successful negotiation of the Taif Agreement, which required the "disbanding of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias"...
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his tenure. He was widely credited for his role in constructing the Taif Agreement that ended the 15-year Lebanese Civil War. He also played a huge role...
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their promotion of Phoenicianism. In post civil-war Lebanon since the Taif agreement, politically Phoenicianism is restricted to a small group. Among leaders...
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contended for power over the next two years. He strongly opposed the Taif Agreement, which not only gave a greater share of power to the Muslim community...
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the plurality of the members of the Parliament of Lebanon (after the Taif Agreement, 1990). By convention, the office holder is always a Sunni Muslim. The...
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led to the Taif agreement and, on 5 November 1989, the Lebanese Parliament elected a new president, Rene Muawad. Sfeir supported the Taif proposals which...
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political agreement, as the relative demographic weight of those groups is unknown. The constitution of 1926, amended after the Taif Agreement of 1990 and...
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missiles. At the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990, despite the Taif Agreement asking for the "disbanding of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias...
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were called to defect from the Lebanese Army and made ground for the Taif agreement that ended the civil war. Berri also joined the National Unity government...
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Michel Georges Sassine (section Role in Taif Agreement)
historic turning points including the 1970 Presidential election, and the Taif Agreement in 1990. Sassine was born to a prominent Greek Orthodox family in Ashrafieh...
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sovereignty and violate international resolutions, particularly the Taif Agreement. Critics, including members of the Christian Lebanese Forces Party and...
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threats, and the agreement with the Lebanese Government to implement all of the constitutional reforms in the Taif Agreement. Under Taif, the Hezbollah...
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Liberation against Syrian Army forces on 14 March 1989, opposed the Taif Agreement, refused to recognize the newly elected presidents René Moawad and Elias...
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against General Michael Aoun. After the civil war ended following the Taif Agreement, Hobeika benefited in 1991 from an amnesty for crimes committed during...
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Mourabitoun launched a series of attacks on the Israel Defense Forces. The Taif Agreement in October 1989 ended the civil war. It provided equal representation...
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sectarian rifts increased, eventually sparking the Lebanese Civil War. The Taif Agreement of 1989 changed the ratio of Parliament to 1:1 and reduced the power...
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War. The causes of the battle laid in the PLO's refusal to accept the Taif Agreement, which required the PLO to disarm. The government's deadline for PLO...
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