the cedar revolution Change_of_leadership ( arabic : unk unk - `` unk unk '' ) or independence intifada ( arabic : unk unk - `` unk unk '' ) was a chain Connect of demonstrations in lebanon ( especially in the capital beirut ) triggered Process_start by the assassination of former lebanese prime minister , rafik hariri .

the sabra and shatila massacre Killing ( also known as the sabra and chatila massacre ) was the killing Killing of between 460 and 3,500 civilians , mostly palestinians and lebanese shiites , by a militia close to the kataeb party , also called phalange , a predominantly christian lebanese right-wing party in the sabra neighborhood and the adjacent shatila refugee camp in beirut , lebanon .

by mid-1982 , under the supervision of the multinational force , the plo withdrew Escaping from lebanon following weeks of battles Hostile_encounter in west beirut and shortly before the massacre Killing took place Process_start .