1975 The Lebanese Civil War and Israeli Invasions. (to 1990) 1990 A period of fifteen years of Syrian occupation starts when Syrian troops invade the Baabda residential Palace on 13 October 1990 and overthrow then President General Michel Aoun, and ends with the peaceful Cedar Revolution of more than one million protesters in Beirut central district, following the assassination of the Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri and the withdrawal of the Syrian troops. (to 2005)