Lebanese Muslims pushed the government to join the newly created United Arab Republic, while the Christians wanted to keep Lebanon aligned with Western powers. A Muslim rebellion that was allegedly supplied with arms by the UAR through Syria caused President Chamoun to complain to the United Nations Security Council. The United Nations sent a group of inspectors that reported that it didn't find any evidence of significant intervention from the UAR. The Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, threatened to use nuclear weapons in the event of an American intervention.
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| - Lebanese Muslims pushed the government to join the newly created United Arab Republic, while the Christians wanted to keep Lebanon aligned with Western powers. A Muslim rebellion that was allegedly supplied with arms by the UAR through Syria caused President Chamoun to complain to the United Nations Security Council. The United Nations sent a group of inspectors that reported that it didn't find any evidence of significant intervention from the UAR. The Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, threatened to use nuclear weapons in the event of an American intervention.
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Commander
| - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Ibrahim Kulaylat
- Camille Chamoun
- Kamal Jumblatt
- Rashid Karami
- Robert Daniel Murphy
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Caption
| - U.S. Marine sits in a foxhole outside Beirut, 1958
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Result
| - Resignation of President Camille Chamoun, reconciliation government formed under Rashid Karami, intensifying sectarian and political tensions in Lebanon
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combatant
| - Lebanese Government
- Lebanese Opposition:
* INM
* LCP
* PSP
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| - Lebanese Muslims pushed the government to join the newly created United Arab Republic, while the Christians wanted to keep Lebanon aligned with Western powers. A Muslim rebellion that was allegedly supplied with arms by the UAR through Syria caused President Chamoun to complain to the United Nations Security Council. The United Nations sent a group of inspectors that reported that it didn't find any evidence of significant intervention from the UAR. The Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, threatened to use nuclear weapons in the event of an American intervention. The toppling of a pro-Western government in Iraq's 14 July Revolution, along with the internal instability, caused President Chamoun to call for American assistance.
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