Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990); the original conflicting parties were the Lebanese national movement made up of Muslim forces and the Palestinian PLO and the Lebanese front made up of Christian; pro-Western forces. In the later course of the war; changing coalitions of different groups and several interventions from outside followed.Yasser Arafat; originally Muhammad Abd ar-Rahman; Palestinian politician; co-founder and leader of Fatah; chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); first president of the Palestinian Territories (1996-2004); Cairo; Egypt August 1929 - Clamart; France 11.11.2004.Yasser Arafat shakes hands with a boy at his headquarters in Tripoli; Lebanon.Photo; 03.12.1983