Passage: In 1976, the then Syrian president Hafez al-Assad sent troops into Lebanon to fight PLO forces on behalf of Christian militias. This led to escalated fighting until a cease-fire agreement later that year that allowed for the stationing of Syrian troops within Lebanon. The Syrian presence in Lebanon quickly changed sides; soon after they entered Lebanon they had flip-flopped and began to fight the Christian nationalists in Lebanon they allegedly entered the country to protect. The Kateab Party and the Lebanese Forces under Bachir Gemayel strongly resisted the Syrians in Lebanon. In 1989, 40,000 Syrian troops remained in central and eastern Lebanon under the supervision of the Syrian government. Although, the Taif Accord, established in the same year, called for the removal of Syrian troops and transfer of arms to the Lebanese army, the Syrian Army remained in Lebanon until the Lebanese Cedar Revolution in 2005 to end the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. In 1994, the Lebanese government under the pressure of the Syrian government, gave Lebanese passport to thousands of Syrians. There are nearly 1.08 million registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
Did the Syrians fight the Christians or protect them? How many regions in Lebanon had Syrian troops in 1989? How many years after Syrian president Hafez al-Assad sent troops into Lebanon did the Lebanese Cedar Revolution happen? How many years are between president Hafez sending troops into Lebanon, and The Lebanese Cedar Revolution? How many years are between the Lebanese Cedar Revolution and the Lebanese government giving passports to Syrians? How many years are between the Syrian president sending troops into Lebanon to fight PLO forces, and the Lebanese Cedar Revolution? How many years between the Taif Accord and the Lebanese Cedar Revolution? How many years did these events span from? How many years passed between Hafez al-Assad sending troops into Lebanon and the Lebanese Cedar Revolution? How many years passed between the Lebanese government giving passports to Syrians and the Lebanese Cesar Revolution? How many years span these events? How many years was it from when Hafez al-Assad sent troops into Lebanon and when 40,000 Syrian troops remained in central and eastern Lebanon? How many years was it from when Hafez al-Assad sent troops into Lebanon and when the Lebanese government gave Lebanese passports to thousands of Syrians? How many years was it from when Hafez al=Assad sent troops into Lebanon and when the Lebanese Cedar Revolution was? How many years was it from when the Lebanese Cedar Revolition was and when the Lebanese government gave Lebanese passports to thousands of Syrians? What event happened later, Lebanese Cedar Revolution or the then Syrian president Hafez al-Assad sent troops into Lebanon to fight PLO forces on behalf of Christian militias? What happend first, the Taif Accord, or the Lebanese Cedar Revolution? What happened later, a cease-fire agreement that allowed for the stationing of Syrian troops within Lebanon or the Lebanese Cedar Revolution? Which groups did Syria support in Lebanon initially? Which happened first, Hal al-Assad sending troops into Lebanon, or the cease-fire agreement? Who did the Syrian troops fight against first, the PLO forces of the Christian nationalists?