الحرب اللبنانية في صور ( ٥٨ )

31 - The establishment of the Freedom and Human Front in Kaslik - the Maronite University in Jounieh, and it was later called the "Lebanese Front". Lieutenant Ahmed Al-Khatib revolts and forms the Arab Lebanon Army.

February

6- Gemayel declares that the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon must
To distribute to the Arab world.
7- Franjieh visits Damascus.
14- Franjieh announces the constitutional document on television.
18- Sectarian kidnapping resumes in Beirut.
22- Khaddam returns to Lebanon.

March

4- Attacking Qobayat, the Maronite stronghold in Akkar.
8- The beginning of the barracks war. The Lebanese Arab Army takes over the Arnoun barracks and the Rashaya castle (May 9), the Khiam and Marjayoun barracks (May 10), the Sidon and Tyre barracks, and the military bath (May 13).
11- Brigadier General Aziz Al-Ahdab carries out a military coup and gives Franjieh 48 hours to resign. The Lebanese Arab Army supports Al-Ahdab on May 15.
13- Fighting resumed in the hotels area and the Tripoli al-Qobba front. 14- A proposal signed by 70 members of the Lebanese Parliament, requesting Franjieh's resignation.
15 - Units of the Lebanese army, led by Brigadier General Antoine Barakat, declare their allegiance to the constitutional legitimacy.
17- Resumption of fighting on all fronts in Lebanon. The leftist forces launch an attack on the upper Metn, announcing the start of the "Mountain War".
20- The Left Alliance announces general mobilization.
21 - The Filipino and leftist forces occupy the Holiday Inn Hotel.
23 - Bombing the presidential palace in Baabda. Franjieh flees to Zouk Mikael, then moves to the Kafours.
25 - The Brigades declare general mobilization and form the Lebanese Forces Command Council headed by Bashir Gemayel.
26 - Palestinian and leftist forces occupy Tarshish, Al-Mateen and Aintoura.
29- Indiscriminate shelling of residential areas in Beirut.. Tanks were used for the first time.

31 - The Syrian Baath Party in Damascus accuses Jumblatt of "working against Lebanon".

April

1- The arrival of the American envoy, Dean Brown, to Beirut.
4- Jumblatt says that the Syrian forces entered Lebanon illegally in the clothing of the Thunderbolt Forces.
8 - The arrival of the French envoy, Georges Fors, to Lebanon. Banks in Lebanon were looted.. Beirut port was looted and burned.
9- Syrian forces occupy Al-Masnaa center on the border.
10- The House of Representatives amended Article 73 of the Lebanese Constitution in a session that did not last more than 11 minutes
12- The Syrian forces control the back of the threshing floor, which is located on the main road between Damascus and Beirut.
14- The Kataeb forces regain Dahour al-Shwer.
15 - The Phalange Party announces its intention to establish a local administration that includes police forces, courts, and postal services in the area controlled by Christian forces. Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel, announces that Israel has decided to take a red line that the Syrian forces should not cross in southern Lebanon, otherwise Israel will have to work to prevent it from crossing it.
16- Arafat will visit Damascus for talks that will lead to an agreement between Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
17- Fighting resumed in Beirut and the mountains.
22 - The Palestine Liberation Army is stationed at the museum intersection, which is the only road on the Green Line.
28- Elias Sarkis ran for the presidency, and he was met by Raymond Edde, who was supported by the leftist parties.

May

4 - Violent fighting to seize the port of Beirut. The Palestine Liberation Army moves to the commercial area. Christian and Palestinian forces show their solidarity along the Allenby Street front in Beirut.
8- Sarkis was elected president by a majority of 66 votes in the second round of the election, while mortar shells were raining on Mansour's palace. The temporary headquarters of the Lebanese Parliament at the Green Line.
12- Clashes broke out between the Thunderbolt and the leftist forces, opening a new front in the mountain between Faraya and Oyoun El Siman. army
Arab Lebanon seizes Radio Lebanon.
16- Heavy bombing in Beirut. Edouard Saab, editor-in-chief of L'Orient-Le Jour newspaper, was killed by a sniper's bullet at the museum intersection.

17 - Abdul Salam Jalloud, Prime Minister of Libya, arrives in Beirut to mediate. In a period of 48 hours in Beirut, 400 dead and a thousand wounded fell.
21- The resignation of the first Brigadier General Ahdab.
23- Abu Iyad, the second leader in Fatah, says the road to Palestine starts from Aintoura, Al-Mateen and Jounieh.
25- Raymond Edde was wounded in the foot when gunmen shot him in the Christian area while he was on his way from Jbeil to Beirut.
20 - Units of the Sixth Fleet evacuate 300 Americans and foreigners from West Beirut through the military bath.
21- The first (Syrian-Libyan) division of the Arab peacekeeping force.
22- The Maronite forces launch an attack on Tal al-Zaatar camp, Jisr al-Basha, and the Nabaa area.
23 - Beirut airport reopened after it was closed due to guided missiles. mechanism . Israel opens a clinic off Kafr Kila on the Lebanese-Israeli border.
26 - Shelling... 10 shells hit Beirut in four days, at a rate of 3,000 shells per day. Beirut lives without water and electricity.
27 - A Middle East Airlines Boeing plane was bombed after it landed on the airport runway, killing its pilot, pilot Mikati. Close
Beirut Airport .
28- Christian forces control the refugee camp in Jisr Al-Basha.

July
1- The arrival of reinforcements in the Arab peacekeeping force. (1300 Saudis and Sudanese).
E - Leftist and Palestinian forces attack Shikka and Hamat in northern Lebanon in operations to save Tal al-Zaatar. The Christian forces retake Chekka the next day and launch a counterattack in which they occupy the Koura area in 10 Tamour.

19- The Christian forces launch an attack on the areas of Al-Mateen and Aintoura.
22- In an artillery shelling on the museum area, three soldiers of the Arab peacekeeping forces were injured. Seven Sudanese soldiers were wounded in the same place on 25 July.