Taif

All militias were supposed to be disarmed after the 1989 Taif Accord that ended the civil war, but Hezbollah was exempt because it was fighting Israeli forces occupying southern Lebanon.

The last infection occurred in the city of Taif and involved a patient who had contact with camels.

It fell to foreign powers to end Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war through the Taif peace agreement backed by Saudi Arabia, and again in 2008 when a deal mediated in Qatar halted a slide to conflict.

Meanwhile, the paralysis is prompting new questions about the future of the political system established by the Taif agreement that ended the civil war.

Among the Taif provisions was an even division of parliament seats, cabinet posts and senior civil servant jobs between the main Christian and Muslim groups.