Yarze () is a town in

Baabda District Baabda District (, transliteration: ''Qada' Baabda''), sometimes spelled ''B'abda'', is a district (''qadaa'') of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, to the south and east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The region is also popularly known as "Sou ...

southeast of

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. The headquarters of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense is located in Yarze. This facility includes the

Lebanese Military Museum The Lebanese Military Museum (Arabic: المتحف العسكري ''Al Mathaf al-askari'') is part of the Lebanese Armed Forces and dedicated for the preservation of old Lebanese military antiques. The museum is currently located at the Ministr ...

. In October 1990, following General Michel Aoun’s defeat in his ill-fated

War of Liberation (1989–1990) The War of Liberation (Arabic: حرب التحرير) was a sub-conflict within the Lebanese Civil War#Fourth phase (1984–1990), final phase of the Lebanese Civil War between 1989 and 1990, in which the Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanese Army loya ...

, the Syrian army took over the Ministry of Defence building in Yarze and removed all the ''Deuxiceme Bureau'' (Military Intelligence) files. The city also has the famous Hope for Peace Monument designed and gifted to Lebanon in 1995 by

Arman Arman (November 17, 1928 – October 22, 2005) was a French and American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave (''cachets'', ''allures d'objet'') t ...

which was specially commissioned by the Lebanese government to commemorate 50 years of their military's service.Image of ''Hope for Peace''
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{{Baabda District Populated places in Baabda District