The Maronites and Syrian withdrawal: from "isolationists" to "traitors"?

Middle East Policy | September 1, 2001| | Copyright

Using as a starting point the Maronite patriarch's statement (September 20, 2000) calling for the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, this article traces Maronite-Syrian relations since the eruption of the civil war in Lebanon in 1975. It examines how Syria legally entrenched its presence in Lebanon, making the country a sort of quasi-colony. Upon analysis, it becomes clear that the Maronite community has emerged as the sole loser in the period following the Taif accord, the constitutional compromise upon which the warring factions agreed to end the civil war. At the same time, ...

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