... area in 1948. The influx of Palestine immigrants fueled the conflict between the Christians and Muslims in Beirut. When in April 1975 a bus full of Palestinians was ambushed, the Lebanese Civil War was triggered and well under way. The Lebanese Civil War, which involved many Middle-Eastern countries, was caused by numerous political and religious factors. The Christian Maronites of Lebanon had unwisely associated themselves with the crusaders to protect themselves from Muslim Arab assaults. Through the centuries, they spread to the south of Lebanon, through Beirut, into the lands of the Druzes in the Chouf and into the lands of the Muslims Shiites in the lower Bekaa. As a result of the Christian influx, tensions were building up between the various religious communities. In 1860, a Civil War broke out between Christians and Druzes. More than 12,000 Christians were massacred, promping France's intervention to protect the ...

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