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Lebanon was one of the six founding members of the Arab League on March 22, 1945. The position of secretary general was held by Assad al-Assad from 1990 until 1991.
The Arab League was involved in the Lebanese Civil War with the military intervention of the Arab Deterrent Force in 1976. This military force consisted of 25,000 Syrian troops and 5,000 from other Arab nations such as Saudi Arabia, Sudan, UAE, and Libya. The official existence of this force ended in 1983 when the Lebanese government failed to renew its mandate.
Lebanon has hosted two Arab League summits, the first one which was an unofficial summit was held from 13 till 15 November 1956. The second official summit was between 27 and 28 March 2002, where the Arab peace initiative was first introduced.