End of Civil War: The Taif Agreement and Hezbollah's Failure To Disarm
After 16 years, the civil war halted following successful negotiation of the Taif Agreement, which required the "disbanding of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias" and required the government to "deploy the Lebanese army in the border area adjacent to Israel."
Despite this agreement, Syria, in control of Lebanon at that time (with the support of Iran), allowed Hezbollah to maintain their arsenal, control the Shia areas in Southern Lebanon along the border with Israel.
The continued existence of Hezbollah's military wing after 1990 is considered by the UN to violate the Taif Agreement.
Hezbollah, however, justifies maintaining its militia on the basis of Israel's continued presence in Sheba Farms, which the UN considers Syrian territory and the Lebanon government has not made moves to disarm Hezbollah as it considers it a legitimate resistance organization.
Read more about this topic: History Of Hezbollah, Hezbollah During The Lebanese Civil War (1982-1990)
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