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1982
 
     
Israeli Minister of Defence Ariel Sharon heads Israel's invasion of Lebanon to expel the PLO        
1982
 
    
Yasser Arafat and the PLO move to Tunisia, after being driven out of Lebanon by Israel       
1982
 
   
Christian militiamen massacre Palestinian refugees in the Sabra and Chatila camps in Lebanon      
1982
 
   
Hezbollah emerges in Lebanon as an Iranian-sponsored resistance movement against the Israeli occupation of the southern part of the country      
2000
 
  
Israel completes the withdrawal of its troops from southern Lebanon     
2000
 
     
Hafiz al-Assad dies and is succeeded by his son Bashar as president of Syria        
2005
 
   
Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri is killed when a massive bomb is detonated as his car passes in Beirut      
2005
 
    
Following local and international pressure after the death of Rafik Hariri, Syria withdraws the last of its troops from Lebanon       
2006
 
   
Hezbollah takes two Israeli soldiers hostage, provoking the renewal of air and rocket warfare on the Israel-Lebanon border