1958 Lebanon crisis

1958 Lebanon crisis
	Part of the Cold War and the Arab Cold War
	; American Marine in a foxhole outside Beirut
Date	15 July – 25 October 1958 ; (3 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Location	Port of Beirut, Beirut Intl. Airport, Lebanon
Result	Opposition's goals achieved ; President Camille Chamoun forced to step down; Formation of Second Cabinet of Rashid Karami, which included opposition elements;
Belligerents
Government Lebanese Armed Forces; Kataeb Party; Syrian Social Nationalist Party; ARF;	Opposition Najjadeh Party; Progressive Socialist Party; Lebanese Communist Party; Al-Mourabitoun;
Supported by: United States;	Supported by: United Arab Republic;
Commanders and leaders
Camille Chamoun; Naim Moghabghab; Gen. Fouad Chehab; Pierre Gemayel; Dwight D. Eisenhower	Rashid Karami; Saeb Salam; Adnan Al-Hakim; Kamal Jumblatt; Ibrahim Kulaylat; Gamal Abdel Nasser

The 1958 Lebanon crisis was a political crisis in Lebanon caused by political and religious tensions in the country that included an American military intervention, which lasted for around three months until President Camille Chamoun, who had requested the assistance, completed his term as president of Lebanon. American and Lebanese government forces occupied the Port of Beirut and Beirut International Airport. With the crisis over, the United States withdrew.