HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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influx of Palestinian Muslim refugees
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Christians fleeing Iran following the revolution
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Border disputes with Kuwait
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The United States supporting a democratic leader
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Detailed explanation-1: -The reality of being Palestinian in Lebanon More than 90 percent of the value of the Lebanese lira has been lost, unemployment rates have skyrocketed, and around three out of every four of the country’s 6.7 million are now living in poverty.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lebanese Muslims pushed the government to join the newly created United Arab Republic, a country formed out of the unification of Syria and Egypt, while the majority of Lebanese and especially the Maronites wanted to keep Lebanon as an independent nation with its own independent parliament.
Detailed explanation-3: -The relationship between Lebanon and Syria includes Maronite-requested aid during Lebanon’s Civil War which led to a 29-year occupation of Lebanon by Syria ending in 2005. Following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, refugees began entering Lebanon in 2011.