Word: druzes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have been evacuated for security reasons. Waite had ample reason, moreover, for not wanting to spend any more time than necessary in Beirut. Last November he was trapped for several hours in a building there that came under withering cross fire in a street battle between Shi'ite and Druze militiamen...
...headed by Elias Hobeika, who fled to Paris and then to Damascus. The fight stems from Gemayel's rejection of a Syrian-brokered agreement that was supposed to have brought an end to Lebanon's eleven-year-long civil war. The accord was signed by leaders of Lebanon's Druze and Shi'ite Muslim militias and even by Hobeika, but was turned down by Gemayel because it would have reduced the Christian community's political power. The enraged Syrians told Gemayel, following his eleventh meeting with Syrian President Hafez Assad, "There will not be a twelfth summit." Renewed fighting immediately...
Still, the Soviets were taking no chances. On Friday they evacuated more than 100 embassy dependents and nonessential staff to Damascus, where they were to be flown back to Moscow. The bus and truck convoy that transported the frightened Soviets was guarded by heavily armed Lebanese Communist and Druze militiamen. A well-informed source in Beirut said that the Soviets may have trained some Druze fighters and now have a sizable KGB station in Mukhtara, the mountain home of Druze Chieftain Walid Jumblatt...
...eastern part of Lebanon. President Hafez Assad sought to extend that influence last month when Lebanese Muslim leaders, meeting in Damascus, drew up a 16-point plan that would increase their political power. Lebanese Christian politicians predictably denounced the Damascus accord, and new bickering broke out between them and Druze Chieftain Walid Jumblatt and Shi'ite Amal Leader Nabih Berri. On Aug. 14 a car bomb exploded in a northern Christian enclave. Three days later an even bigger explosive device killed 55 in a suburb of predominantly Christian East Beirut. The Christian radio station Voice of Lebanon blamed the Muslims...
...Beirut time, 10:45 a.m. in Washington, the freedom ride finally began along the mountainous 75-mile road to Damascus. Accompanying the hostages were armed escorts from Amal and from another Lebanese faction, the Druze. Also in the caravan were representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian army officers and security agents, which helped emphasize the pivotal role Syria had played in arranging the release of the long-waylaid passengers and crew of TWA Flight...