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1990s

1990

January 31War of Cancelation: General Michel Aoun wages a war against the Lebanese Forces to take over the Christian leadership.

October 13: Syrian air force attacks Michel Aoun from the presidential palace at Ba'abda. Michel Aoun takes refuge in the French Embassy, then chooses exile in Paris.

December 24: Omar Karami heads a government of national reconciliation.

 

1991

April: The national assembly order that all militias be dissolved by April 30. The assembly permits Hezbollah to remain active. The SLA refuses to disarm.

May 22:  Treaty of Brotherhood, Co-operation and Co-ordination is signed in Damascus by Lebanon and Syria.

July 1: The Lebanese army defeats the PLO in Saida. The army now faces the SLA and the Israelis in Jezzine, just north of the SLA's so-called security zone.

August 26: The national assembly grants amnesty for all crimes committed during the civil war. Aoun gets a presidential pardon and heads for exile in France.

November 8 : AUB College Hall Explosion : A car stuffed with explosives attacked College Hall, morning of that day, while the University was preparing for the 125th Anniversary of the University .