Lebanon–Syria border

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Map of Lebanon

The Lebanon–Syria border is 394 km (245 miles) in length and runs from the Mediterranean coast in the north to the tripoint with Israel in the south.[1]

Description

The border starts at confluence of the

Anti-Lebanon Mountains at about 34°13′N 36°36′E / 34.22°N 36.60°E / 34.22; 36.60. The border then turns towards the south-west, generally following the Anti-Lebanon Mountains via a series of irregular lines, until reaching Mount Hermon
.

The precise location of the Lebanese–Israeli–Syrian

Shebaa farms area on the Golan-Lebanon border.[3]

History

French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, with Greater Lebanon
in green

At the beginning of the 20th century what are now Lebanon and Syria belonged to the

mandate.[4]

In 1920 France split its mandate into several political entities, one of which was an expanded Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate referred to as '

Republic of Turkey). Both Lebanon and Syria gained full independence in the period 1943–1946.[9][10]

Relations between the two new states were often tense, and a precise border has never been fixed officially with any precision, in spite of Lebanese demands to this effect and some preliminary conducted in the 1950–1960s.

spillover from the Syrian Civil War
.

Border crossings

References

  1. ^ CIA World Factbook – Syria, retrieved 3 April 2020
  2. ^ Golan Heights profile 25 March 2019 BBC
  3. ^ Kaufman, Asher (2004). "Understanding the Sheeba Farms dispute". Palestine-Israel Journal. 11 (1). Retrieved 22 July 2006.
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    . Nujaym's formulation was to become the basis for Lebanese Christian arguments in favor of a Greater Lebanon. It stressed the national rather than economic aspects of that goal. Only extended boundaries would enable Lebanon to exist as an independent state. Nujaym told the European public that the Lebanese question required a definite solution: the establishment of an independent Christian state.
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  11. ^ "Lebanon-Syria Border" (PDF). Now Lebanon. 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  12. ^ see United Nations Security Council Resolution 1680 (2006)
  13. ^ Stout, Theodore (2002). "THE SYRIAN INTERVENTION IN LEBANON 1975-76:A FAILURE OF STRATEGY" (PDF). aiswest.com. p. 26.
  14. ^ "Retrait syrien total fin avril au plus tar" (in French).
  15. ^ a b c Paul Doyle, (2012) Bradt Travel Guide - Lebanon, pgs. 51-2
  16. ^ "Buses transporting Syrian displaced families in Lebanon reach Dabbousia and Jdeidet Yabous border crossings". SANA. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Hundreds of Syrians displaced in Lebanon arrive at border crossings of Dabboussya, Zamrani and Jdeidet Yabous". SANA. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  18. ^ Najia Houssari (14 December 2017). "Border crossing between Lebanon and Syria reopens". Arab News. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

See also

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