These armies were reported to have united Christian and pagan factions.

It has sought to unify Christian factions that were separated after the Lebanese civil war.

Kallara also have many churches of certain Christian factions.

Some Christians said the killing was part of the growing conflict between rival Christian factions as the presidential election approaches.

For the last week, rival Christian factions have been trading gunfire daily in their enclave north of here.

The town of 50,000 people had witnessed some of the fiercest clashes between the warring Christian factions.

The Muslim were, in fact, sought as allies by the various Christian factions against other factions.

A majority of these financiers seem to hail from Lebanon's many Christian factions.

In the 18th century, the focus shifts away from religious conflicts, either between Christian factions or against the external threat of Islam.

The result was a grisly war between Christian factions armed by Muslim rivals.