Revolution of the cedar

The revolution of the Cedar indicates the various actions citizens which took place with the Lebanon after the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri the February 14th 2005. At the time of this “revolution”, part of the Lebanese people expressed his rejection of the presence of Syria on the Lebanese ground and its influence in the national policy.

With the elections which followed, the parties supporting the presence of Syria in Lebanon, gathered in the Block of resistance and the development (gathering the Hezbollah, Amal and the Parti social Syrian nationalist) obtained 27,4% of the voices, against 16,4% with the Free patriotic current of Michel Aoun and 56,2% with the coalition of March 14th, gathered around the Running of the Future of Saad Hariri.

Striking facts

Here a list of some striking facts:

quasi-daily demonstrations, of which the demonstration of a million people the March 14th against the Syrian presence and for the truth on the assassination of Rafiq Hariri
resignation of the government Omar Karamé
dismissal of the persons in charge of the Intelligence services
departure of the Syrian troops the April 26th
attacks with repetition
checking of the departure of the Syrian troops by a mission of the United Nations (UNO)
organization of legislative elections under observation of international organizations
return of the General Michel Aoun the May 7th
assassination of the opponent antisyrien Samir Kassir on June 2nd with Achrafieh.
release of the chief of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea the July 26th
assassination of Gebrane Tuéni on December 12th. It was one of the principal organizers of the spring of Beirut.
assassination of Walid Eido on June 13rd, 2007.
assassination of Antoine Ghanem on September 19th, 2007.

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