Word: druse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Friedman guides the reader through his assignments in the Middle East, exploring the never-ending conflicts between Christian Maronites, Syrians, Israelis, Phalangists, and Druse in Lebanon and the Israelis and Palestinians in Israel...
...understand anymore what is being fought for. The country is rent into sectarian fiefdoms ruled by quarreling Christian, Muslim and Druse warlords. The once thriving economy has all but collapsed. With nine Americans and five other foreigners still held hostage by Muslim gangs, few Westerners any longer dare set foot in the country...
Aoun's bold moves to assert his authority triggered the new fighting. In March, Aoun's 20,000-man army took on the Muslims, imposing a sea blockade of five of their illegal ports, used mainly for smuggling drugs and guns. Druse warlord Walid Jumblatt's militia and 40,000 Syrian troops responded with continuous bombardments of Christian neighborhoods. Aoun's forces hit back in kind...
...have gone to west Beirut's Mar Elias camp, controlled by Druse militiamen, who have stayed neutral in the fighting around Bourj el-Barajneh and the nearby Chatilla camp...
Shiite and Druse militia officials in Beirut scoffed at the newspaper report...