Geagea freed under amnesty after the Cedar Revolution

On 26 July 2005, months after the anti-Syrian March 14 bloc won parliament in the wake of Rafik Hariri's assassination and the Syrian withdrawal, parliament granted Samir Geagea an amnesty and freed him after 11 years in jail. He resumed leadership of the Lebanese Forces, which became a principal Christian party of the March 14 camp.

Referenced entities

Parties

Lebanese Forces

Politicians

Samir Geagea party-leader

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Geagea freed under amnesty after the Cedar Revolution [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/668da720-062f-4c1d-b21f-111c8e62117a

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Geagea freed under amnesty after the Cedar Revolution." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/668da720-062f-4c1d-b21f-111c8e62117a.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-668da720-062f-4c1d-b21f-111c8e62117a,
  title     = {{Geagea freed under amnesty after the Cedar Revolution}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/668da720-062f-4c1d-b21f-111c8e62117a},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2005-07-26. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2005-07-26. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.