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The influx of Palestinian fighters into Lebanon upset the delicate balance between Muslims and Christians in the country and, in 1975, led to civil war ... Bashir Gemayel. In June 1982, Israeli ...

Patrice Secora: On August 23th, Bashir Gemayel was elected President of Lebanon giving the people of that country new hope that he could bring stability to a worn torn country, but within three ...

Damascus is also accused of involvement in the assassination of Bachir Gemayel, the most powerful Christian commander in the first half of the Lebanese civil war who was killed days after being ...