Civil Administration of the Mountain

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First phase: 1975–1977 Bus massacre Black Thursday Battle of the Hotels ASALA insurgency Black Saturday Karantina massacre Damour massacre 1976 Syrian intervention Tel al-Zaatar massacre Chekka massacre Aishiyeh massacres Second phase: 1977–1982 Chouf massacres St George's Church attack Hundred Days' War 1978 South Lebanon conflict Battle of Kaukaba Ehden massacre Qaa massacre Battle of Qnat At Tiri incident Safra massacre Battle of Zahleh 1981 Israeli bombing Iraqi Embassy bombing Third phase: 1982–1984 1982 Beirut bombing 1982 Lebanon War 1982 kidnapping of Iranian diplomats Multinational Force in Lebanon Assassination of Bachir Gemayel Sabra and Shatila massacre PLO withdrawal U.S. embassy bombing Barracks bombings Mountain War Battle of Tripoli February 6 Intifada 1984 Sohmor massacre Fourth phase: 1984–1990 U.S. embassy annex bombing War of the Camps 1985 Beirut car bombings Bourj Hammoud massacre January 1986 Lebanese Forces coup Assassination of Rashid Karami War of Brothers War of Liberation Dahr al-Wahsh massacre War of Elimination Assassination of René Moawad Battle of Sidon Cantons and puppet states East Beirut canton People's Republic of Tyre Fatahland Civil Administration of the Mountain State of Free Lebanon Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon Administration

First phase: 1975–1977

Second phase: 1977–1982

Third phase: 1982–1984

Fourth phase: 1984–1990

Cantons and puppet states

The Civil Administration of the Mountain, sometimes referred to as Jabal al-Druze, named after the Druze region in Syria, was a Druze-dominated geopolitical region that existed in Lebanon from 1983 until its gradual erosion following the Taif Agreement and the end of the country's civil war. It was one of the wartime state-like territories (known as cantons) which was controlled by the People's Liberation Army (PLA). The PLA controlled most of the Chouf district and some parts of Aley and Baabda. It bordered the East Beirut canton to the north, which was controlled by a rival Christian militia, the Lebanese Forces.

Voice of the Mountain

Although its beginning was in 1983, the broadcasting of the Voice of the Mountain officially began operations on 1 February 1984. It operated from the Chouf Mountains. Ghazi Aridi worked as the director of the station until 1994 when it was closed.

References

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