The Lebanese civil war lasted from 1975 to 1991. The conflict arose from the excessive power of the dominant party. Over the years the Maronites gained most of the control. Most of the friction is due to religious differences. New groups such as the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Lebanese Nationalist Movement formed. The PLO and LNM added more fuel to the fire. Another Christian group, the Phalangists, was formed by Pierre Jumayyil. Violence first began in Beirut in 1975. Four Phalangists were killed during an attempted assassination in Jumayyil. The Phalangists were convinced that the attack came from Palestinians and a few days later a bus full of Palestinian passengers was attacked and 26 people were killed. The city of Beirut was in chaos when all the fighting started. the first incident turned into an all-out war. Despite the desperate attention needed in Beirut, the government was unable to do anything. The government was inefficient and argued among themselves. The Maronites would not share power despite being the minority Christian group in a Muslim-majority country. The government debated whether the use of military force was necessary for the conflict. The Phalangists were pushed aside by Jumblatt. Despite the unpopularity, President Franjiyah remained in power. Most of the conflicts were based on religious differences, but there was more to it than just religious ideas. The Maronites and all those currently in power wanted to keep everything the same as it had been decades and decades before. The party that wanted change was the Lebanese Nationalist Movement, led by Kamal Jumblatt. They were much less organized than the old power, but they still had a strong hold in the... center of the paper nations. An embassy was destroyed in a suicide attack and 63 people died. More than 370 people were killed in the terrorist attacks. After the assassination of other presidents and prime ministers, Lebanon was left with a divided and leaderless nation, Muslim in the West and Christian in the East. Parliament met to resolve the conflict. The Ta'if Agreement began the end of the war. After peace talks with the Lebanese parliament and other Arab nations, a solution was found and a new president, Rene Moawad, was elected, who was assassinated shortly after. Elias Hrawi was elected and remained in power until 1998. The new president and Parliament made some constitutional changes. The Chamber of Deputies grew to 128 seats and was evenly divided between Christians and Muslims. The militias that had formed during the conflict slowly disintegrated and one army remained.