[1] In 1920, Maronites played a key role in the establishment of Greater Lebanon by the French Mandate.
[2] They were the largest sect at the time, and were appointed to the main political offices; the President, the Prime Minister and the Speaker.
[3] Maronites are usually associated with Phoenicianism and Lebanese nationalism, which are ideologies that reject the Arab identity of Lebanon and the Lebanese people, claiming that they are descended from Phoenicians, an ancient civilization that lived on the coast of the Eastern Mediterranean.
[4][5] القوات اللبنانية al-Quwwāt al-Lubnānīyah التيار الوطني الحرّ at-Tayyār al-Waṭanī al-Horr حزب الكتائب اللبنانية Ḥizb al-Katā'ib al-Lubnānīya تيار المردة Tayyār al-Marada حزب الوطنيين الأحرار Ḥizb al-Waṭaniyyīn al-Aḥrār
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