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1958 Lebanon crisis

15 July 1958 (ended 1958) · Lebanon

Part of: Arab Cold War

Wikidata classes on our event-class list: political crisis, war (all its classes: Wikidata item)

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The 1958 Lebanon crisis was a political crisis in Lebanon caused by political and religious tensions in the country that included an American military intervention, which lasted for around three months until President Camille Chamoun, who had requested the assistance, completed his term as president of Lebanon. American and Lebanese government forces occupied the Port of Beirut and Beirut International Airport. With the crisis over, the United States withdrew.

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