Bus Massacre

The Bus Massacre, also known as the ‘Ain el-Rammaneh incident’ (or Massacre), was the collective name given to a short series of armed clashes involving Lebanese Christian and Palestinian elements in the streets of central Beirut, which is commonly presented as the spark that set off the Lebanese Civil War in the mid-1970s.

Lebanese Civil War

First Phase

  • Bus massacre
  • Hotels
  • Black Saturday
  • Karantina
  • Damour
  • Tel al-Zaatar

Second Phase

  • Hundred Days' War
  • 1978 South Lebanon conflict
  • Ehden
  • Safra
  • Zahleh campaign

Third Phase

  • 1982 Lebanon War
  • Sabra and Shatila
  • US Embassy
  • Barracks bombing
  • Mountain War

Fourth Phase

  • War of the Camps
  • 1985 Beirut car bombing
  • Geagea-Hobeika Conflict
  • October 13 massacre

Read more about Bus Massacre:  Background, The Bus Attack, Consequences, Controversy

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