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March 1976.. Lebanon War _ Photos _ Documents _ Events

March

1/76/3: Jumblatt calls for amnesty for military personnel, an expanded government that includes fighters, and the revival of the dialogue committee - A Kataeb statement notes an improvement in security, and calls for a ministerial amendment - Edde
Chamoun is accused of disturbing the calm atmosphere in Byblos - Journalist Sami Zebian is released on bail

2/76/3: Hanna Saeed, the army commander, is appointed as head of the Supreme Military Committee and the security forces are placed at its disposal - Conflicting statements about changing the government to a national unity government - Assad: Everyone in Lebanon must cooperate and we are with them.

76/3: Cancellation of the representation of the Phalanges and the Liberals in the membership of the Military Committee, and the representatives of the Syrian Army, the Lebanese Army, and the Liberation Army remained - Jumblatt confirms his alliance with the parties and demands a general amnesty for the military - The Freedom and Human Front leaves freedom to Frangieh and facilitates Syrian mediation - Edde: The Phalanges in Jbeil are arming themselves - Contradictions between the Phalanges and the Armenians and the Ararat newspaper criticizes the Maronite control - An Israeli force kidnaps three from the south.

76/3/4: The situation deteriorates in Akkar, especially Qobayat, after it was besieged by the forces of Major Ahmad Maamari, one of the parties of the Arab Lebanese Army, and a reaction in the Sarba barracks: Rebellion and blocking the Beirut road and barriers kidnapping Maamari. We are a military conscience that interacts with the national movement - Jumblatt: I am not with Karami remaining - Tripoli, - : Prime Minister - A private meeting between Frangieh and Gemayel - Edde receives Ibrahim Qleilat - Peres: Lebanon will become one of the confrontation countries.

5/76/3: 11 dead in Qobayat and reactions in Jounieh and Sarba - Army command gathers soldiers from Qobayat and transfers them to their country - Sarba rebellion moves to the naval base in Jounieh, the Jounieh Company and the Chamoun power station under the slogan (Lebanese Liberation Army) Major General Naji Jamil conveys a message from Assad to Franjieh - Jumblatt criticizes the delay in political reform - Cedar Guards wonder about the reason for the presence of regular Palestinian military crowds.

76/3/6: Deterrence forces from the Lebanese and Palestinian armies separate the combatants in Qobayat - Assassination of economist George Dabbas in his home in Al-Mashraf near Damour and killing of 7 who were in his home - Jumblatt: Whatever the circumstances, the army must be preserved - A festival in support of Capucci and Abu Teir, who are detained in Israel, (Preachers: Abu Iyad, Patriarchal Deputy Hajj, Jumblatt, Al-Sadr, Sheikh Sobhi Al-Saleh).

76/3/7: Representatives and politicians stress the need to rebuild the army - Ceremony A memorial service in Sidon on the anniversary of the assassination of Maarouf Saad: Abu Iyad: With a unified Lebanon, Jumblatt: The last solution is the military solution - Arafat arrives in Saudi Arabia - Baath Party: The northern front is an urgent necessity and the Palestinian-Syrian unity of struggle comes within the framework of these ideas.

76/3/8: A first sergeant occupies the Arnoun-Shaqif position and joins the Lebanese Arab Army and an exceptional cabinet to discuss the situation - Jumblatt: The occupation of the barracks reveals that a new wind has begun to blow and the situation has surpassed Franjieh's statement - The Phalanges attack the hesitation of the authority and put themselves at its disposal - Al-Assad: The conspiracy will not pass despite the tragedy of what happened in Lebanon, and attacks the Sinai Agreement.

76/3/9: The Rashaya Castle barracks join the "Lebanese Arab Army" led by Major Ibrahim Shahin.
Sudden checkpoints kidnap 60 people on the roads of Ghobeiry, Ain el-Rummaneh, Aley - Khaddam and Gemayel arrive in Beirut and meet with Franjieh, Karami and Sadr - Parliament extends its term for 26 months starting from May 2 76 - Jumblatt rejects the de facto government - Arafat: The war in Lebanon cost 16 thousand dead, 40 thousand wounded and attacked American policy and the Sinai agreement - Habash: We are determined to exercise our rights on Lebanese territory.

76/3/10: The Lebanese Arab Army Al-Khatib, Al-Maamari seize the barracks: Marjeyoun, Al-Khiam, Arman, Al-Hammam Al-Askari, Terbol site - 250 officers sign a document of honor and demand: the trial of those who left the army, the expulsion of those with party affiliation,
the implementation of the army law - General Hanna Saeed, the army commander, calls on the soldiers to return
Because the army of the future is the army of all Lebanese - Air Force Commander Colonel George Gharib calls for amnesty for soldiers and affirms his commitment to the one homeland - Israeli force
Enter the eyes of the people.

11/3/76: Brigadier General Aziz Al-Ahdab, commander of the Beirut site, carries out a coup and declares a temporary military rule and a state of emergency, asks Franjieh and Karami to resign, and calls on the parliament to elect a new president - Franjieh sends a message on television and announces his continued defense of legitimacy - Jumblatt stands against any coup and rejects the state of emergency - Chamoun calls for standing against the Al-Ahdab movement - The Lebanese Arab Army takes control of the barracks: Nabatieh, Ghanem and Hillel in Tripoli - The commander of the northern region, Colonel Abdul Majeed Shehab, is killed on the Tripoli-Beirut road by gunfire from an armed car.

12/3/76: Al-Ahdab calls on the military to join the barracks and says in a press conference: Our intention is to save the army, the country and the people - The Zgheib Barracks, Benoit Barakat, Adloun and the Combat School join the Lebanese Arab Army - The national parties: Franjieh's resignation is a national necessity - The economic bodies support Al-Ahdab. The army commander calls on the soldiers to unite to get out of the crisis - Franjieh refuses to resign - Al-Ahdab takes control of TV 7 and Radio Beirut in Sanayeh. Channel 11 and Radio Amchit remain with Franjieh - A wave of violence and kidnapping in Beirut, the suburbs and the north. An American spokesman: The situation is dangerous in Lebanon. 3/13/76: 66 MPs sign a petition demanding Franjieh's resignation, Franjieh rejects it on the grounds that it is unconstitutional, and Al-Ahdab threatens to take a decisive step - Al-Ahdab calls Assad and Assad tells him that the events in Lebanon are an internal issue - Al-Khatib supports Al-Ahdab's movement to topple Franjieh - Al-Fayyadieh barracks declares loyalty to Franjieh led by Colonel Antoine Barakat. The military school supports Al-Ahdab - Jumblatt: Franjieh's insistence on staying will be a path to a comprehensive revolution - Al-Ahrar supports the unity of the army - Assad postpones his visit to Paris due to the situation in Lebanon.

76/3/14: The army command calls on the authority to act quickly for a legitimate framework - Coordination between Al-Ahdab and Al-Khatib after the meeting of Lieutenant Omar Abdullah with Al-Ahdab (the Reform Movement and the Arab Lebanese Army) - Communiqué No. 10 calls on the representatives to meet to consecrate the resignation and elect a new president - The Phalanges, the Liberals and the Monasteries (a priest) support Franjieh - Al-Sadr travels to Damascus - King Khalid and Prince Fahd congratulate Al-Ahdab on the birth of the Prophet - The Arab Lebanese Army besieges the town of Ain Dara, Chouf - 39 Janas in Furn Al-Shebbak and the regions and 13 dead in scattered clashes - Israel bombs Kfar Kila..

76/3/15: Al-Ahdab and Al-Khatib agree to unify the army - The Arab Lebanese Army advances towards Khaldeh towards Beirut and Al-Sa’iqa tries to stop it in Khaldeh - Arafat receives a message from Al-Assad confirming Syria’s keenness to avoid any clash between the resistance factions - A Kataeb delegation in Damascus meets with Khaddam and President Al-Assad - Said Akl meets with Al-Ahdab and supports Franjieh’s resignation - Al-Asaad: We wished Franjieh to make sacrifices and the March 11 movement is to unify the army - Khreish: Violence does not solve any problem in Lebanon and calls on the army to be disciplined and to resume the Syrian initiative - Peres: Israel may be forced to intervene in Lebanon - 14 dead and wounded in clashes in the capital.

76/3/16: Al-Ahdab: With the activation of the Syrian initiative - Jumblatt attacks the Arab organizations and countries that stand in the way of the Lebanese Arab Army - Asem Qanso: Military resolution leads to division, disagreement over the method of overthrowing Franjieh is the coup of Al-Ahdab "TV" - Arafat and Abu Iyad discuss the situation with Assad - The Kataeb delegation continues its talks in Damascus - Armed men release about a thousand prisoners from the prisons of Raml, Roumieh, Jbeil, Zarif and Deir al-Qamar - The intensity of the clashes escalates in the capital and tension in Kahala, Shweir and Bikfaya - Gunfire between Qalaa on one side and the Lebanese Arab Army and the resistance on the other side and the incident is contained.

76/3/17: Al-Ahdab: The political initiative is ongoing and a military solution is possible - Arafat meets with Jumblatt and Salam - Franjieh presents to the Kataeb delegation the results of his visit to Damascus - Khaddam follows up on the situation through his contacts from Damascus and Syria calls for self-restraint - The national forces: The key to the solution is Franjieh's resignation - The Cedar Guards with Al-Ahdab - Sniping and clashes in Beirut.

76/3/18: Violent clashes between the outskirts of Aley and the suburbs of Beit Mery with artillery and clashes and explosions in hotels - Al-Ahdab: We prefer a political solution and support the Syrian initiative - Al-Sadr warns against working for mini-states at the expense of Lebanon - A parliamentary proposal to amend the constitution and remove Franjieh - The resistance: The relationship is principled with the national movement and we do not accept striking it - King Hussein cuts short his international tour due to the situation in Lebanon - Clashes on a number of fronts and Aley is bombed from Kahaleh.

76/3/19: The Syrian plane was bombed with a missile while it was at Beirut airport when it was about to be transferred. Al-Asaad, Karami and Salam to Damascus - Consensus on denouncing the incident and considering it an obstruction of the Syrian initiative - Al-Ahdab violently attacks Franjieh: He wanted to use the army as a doormat for his family - "Al-Amal" publishes a working document calling for unifying the army, issuing a pardon for the military, and reviving Karami's government and the military committee with the aim of implementing the Cairo Agreement - Al-Sadr calls on Franjieh to resign - The artillery of the Lebanese Arab Army shells Al-Qalaa - The Kataeb delegation returns to Damascus - The security situation is deteriorating further in The capital, especially in Aley, Baabda and Matn, and the Batshay-Baabda massacre.

76/3/20: Intensification of battles in the capital and suburbs, and Beit Meri-Abadiya. Kahala-Aley, and shelling of Dhour El-Shwer from Bikfaya and the north (24) dead and 13 wounded) - Foreign news agencies: (50) trucks carrying soldiers from the Palestinian Liberation Army arrive in Marjeyoun and Sidon with their vehicles - Karami, Salam and Al-Asaad travel to Damascus - Jumblatt after a meeting with Arafat and Qleilat announces the birth of Fakhr al-Din's army - Mustafa Saad (Sidon): Our coordination with Al-Ahdab to bring down Franjieh - Edde: Israel worked to break Lebanese coexistence - Egyptian statement on Lebanon warns against the interference of external elements and announces Egypt's support for the national movement and warns against attacks on Lebanon's sovereignty and the resistance.

3/21/76: Security situation explodes: Heavy shelling between West and East Beirut, Joint Forces (National) occupies Hu Leday Inn, shelling reaches Keserwan. Kahala - Aley - Al-Ahdab forms a leadership council of 14 officers - Abu Al-Lutf praises the Al-Ahdab and Al-Khatib movements - Statement on a meeting in the palace (Franjieh, Chamoun, Gemayel Qassis) says that Syria considered the Kataeb working paper as a basis for resolving the crisis - Karami, after his return from Damascus, expects a breakthrough - Armed clash between Al-Sa'iqa and the Rejection Front in Beirut and Nabatieh, and Al-Sa'iqa announces: We do not wish to clash with any party. The Mufti, Al-Sadr, and Sheikh Al-Aql visit Damascus.

76/3/22: The security situation deteriorated in the mountain, especially Aley - Kahala, and the scope of the clashes expanded and Hammana was surrounded, storming operations in commercial markets, and a shelling war in Beirut (10) dead and 30 wounded, and the opening of the Kfar Shima - Laylaki front - A message from Assad to King Khalid about Lebanon - Al-Sa'iqa denies the clashes with rejection - A Council of Ministers in Baabda to approve the amendment of Article 73 of the Constitution to advance the election of the President of the Republic - Jumblatt insists on Franjieh's resignation without conditions -
Kissinger: America is keen on Lebanon but cannot do anything and warned us against any intervention - .

76/3/23: Bombing of the Republican Palace - Mountain clashes on the following axes: Monteverde - Beit Mery - Brummana, Aley, Kahala, Bdadoun Qamatiyeh - and the Phalangists talk about the Mteen - Aintoura axis - Shelling war and raids in Beirut (120) dead and 250 wounded) - Kissinger: Syria is trying to play a calming role in Lebanon - The Pope calls on the parties to stop the fighting - Hamid Franjieh demands Franjieh's resignation - Edde: Either a conditional resignation or the end of his term immediately after the election of a replacement - Sadat calls on Franjieh to take a decisive step to stop the civil war - Jordan calls for supporting Syrian mediation. 3/24/76: The joint forces are engaged in fierce battles on the following axes: Al-Matin - Tarshish, Ras Al-Matn - Baabdat, Aley - Kfar Shima, and Zgharta is being bombarded, and the siege on the Hilton and Normandy hotels in Beirut is tightened - Jumblatt: A ceasefire is out of the question and the siege on our brothers besieged in the mountains must be lifted - The Syrian Baath: Some national forces are participating in establishing the partition as a fait accompli - Saudi Arabia praises the Syrian initiative and a message from Khaled to Al-Assad - Washington: We have not received a request from Franjieh to intervene in Lebanon - Israeli crowds on the Lebanese border - A Druze delegation in Damascus without Jumblatt.

76/3/25: Franjieh moves to Zouk Mikael after the intensification of the shelling of Baabda Palace and announces: I will complete my term and will not resign - Karami: The conspiracy is big - Salam appeals to the Maronites and the Lebanese Gemayel holds himself responsible for the decline "to save Lebanon and calls on everyone to carry arms. Edde advises Franjieh to resort to Bkerke to submit his resignation and Jumblatt supports him in this and confirms the existence of a Syrian invitation for him to visit Damascus - Damascus newspapers: What matters is the interest of Lebanon and not the interest of a person and indicates a positive position from the National Movement and says: Lebanon's security is linked to Syria's security and we reject division Habash visits Damascus. Waldheim calls for an immediate cessation of fighting Fighting from house to house in Mtein and the siege of Aintoura, the shelling war continues, violent fighting in the north (200) dead and 500 wounded). 76/3/26: The National Movement: We are fighting within a democratic horizon far from sectarianism and the continuation of military deterrence for Franjieh's resignation without conditions - Battles in the heart of Aintoura and the intensification of the missile war in Beirut - Karami: The Syrian initiative is the only way out. Edde violently attacks Franjieh - Gemayel calls for preventing division and calls for a Christian-Muslim meeting.

76/3/27: Jumblatt visits Damascus and meets with Assad for 9 hours and says: I am optimistic - A Maronite summit in Bkerke attended by Franjieh and an agreement to resume Syrian mediation and a call to stop the fighting Khreish is absent from Lebanon - The Islamic meeting does not take place - Al-Asaad: Hope in the Syrian initiative - The servants of Vinogradov: The imperialist powers are trying to blow up the situation - Kuwait calls for an Arab summit and Lebanon threatens with a world war - The battle of the mountain towards Poland. The clashes in Beirut continue. The Zahle front opens up again. The Lebanese Arab Army occupies the Carmelite and fights on the Zgharta road. The National Forces besiege Deir al-Mukhlis and confiscate weapons.

76/3/28: Gemayel appeals to Muslims to save the Lebanese formula - Arafat returns from a meeting with Assad calling for a halt to the fighting - Jumblatt: The Syrian mediation did not fail and we may be forced to liberate all areas. What is required is amending the constitution and developing the political system - Karami attacks the national parties and accuses them of working to divide - The joint forces purge the Normandy and Hayton hotels, repel an attack from Zgharta and fight outside Aley - Al-Khatib renews the Monday Morning goals of his movement: Arabizing Lebanon and transforming the army into a force Egypt Striker Calls for Sending Armed Arab Forces to Stop Fighting and for Joint Arab Mediation.

76/3/29: Washington warns Syria and Israel against intervention and supports UN intervention Jumblatt meets with the Mufti, Sheikh Al-Aql, the Egyptian Ambassador, and George Habash and talks about warnings directed at him to cease fire and stipulates the implementation of the parties' program and welcomes Arab mediation - Helou meets the Pope - Michel Debray asks the French Foreign Minister to present the Lebanese issue to the UN Security Council - Chamoun calls for a referendum on amending the constitution - Karami: The crisis arose under the pretext of limiting the resistance activity by right-wing militias and was intertwined with factors of class, Arab, and international conflict and the solution is the Syrian initiative The Arabs are informed of the Egyptian initiative - The missile war continues in Beirut - The joint forces control the commercial markets and Al-Zaytouna, and the Tarshish axis - Al-Matin, Aintoura, and battles in Aley - Al-Kahala (49) dead) Washington: Our fleet is ready to transport American citizens.

3/30/76: Waldheim draws the attention of the Security Council to the seriousness of the situation in Lebanon and does not call for the Council to convene - Jumblatt: Internationalization is a grave mistake and we have friends in the Security Council and we will take over power after 16 months if Franjieh wants to stay - Karami calls on the Arabs to support Syria in its initiative and attacks those who elected Franjieh and are calling for his downfall now - Al-Sadr calls on the Phalange to open the Hazmieh road and threatens to defend the Shiite Council - Moscow supports peaceful efforts to resolve the crisis - The joint forces refuse to cease fire before opening the Kahala-Dhour El-Shweir road, and the clashes continue.

31/3/76: The Baath Organization in Lebanon attacks Jumblatt and accuses him of sabotaging the Syrian initiative and partition and calls on the resistance to take a stand on Jumblatt. American Dean Brown arrives in Beirut and announces that he will submit a report to Ford and confirms support for the Syrian initiative - France calls for a ceasefire - American Jackson calls for sending American forces - Jumblatt expresses his hope in Brown's mission, admits the mistake of refusing to Arabize the crisis and confirms the independence of the national movement Karami to Al-Safir: Force does not decide in Lebanon and they want to impose their will by force - A parliamentary statement rejects internationalization and Gemayel, Chamoun and Franjieh are optimistic about the intervention of the United Nations - Calls by Khreish, the Mufti and Al-Sadr to stop the fighting - Battles
A storming of the Kahala front and battles in the north.

The martyr of the press Adnan Abdul Sater... Qansuh

Al-Assad's meeting with the late Jumblatt on 3/27/1976