Beirut 1978: The Hundred Days War That Redrew the Green Line

This episode zooms in on the Hundred Days War of 1978, a pivotal but often-overlooked chapter of Lebanon's civil war. For over three months, Syrian troops besieged Christian east Beirut, pounding the city with artillery and trying to break the Kataeb and Lebanese Forces. We trace the siege from the Syrian decision to intervene against their erstwhile allies, through the desperate defense of Achrafieh and Furn el-Shebakk, to the final ceasefire that solidified the Green Line. Along the way, we meet key figures like Bashir Gemayel, whose leadership emerged from the rubble; Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, who saw Lebanon as a chessboard; and the ordinary residents who endured daily shelling. The war redrew not just the map of Beirut, but the political alliances of the entire conflict. This is the story of how one brutal campaign made the sectarian partition of Lebanon almost irreversible.

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