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August 1997

Monday, 4 August 1997

After the war · From the books

Patriarch Sfeir denounces the mass presence of Syrian workers.
With Hariri's boom slowing from 1996, newspapers led by Al-Nahar spoke of a million or more Syrians exploiting Lebanon; Patriarch Sfeir echoed this, reckoning foreign workers at a quarter of residents.

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1997

1997: day not established

After the war · From the books

Sheikh Subhi Tufayli leads the 'revolt of the hungry' in Baalbek.
Sheikh Sobhi Toufayli, a dissident from Hezbollah, led the 'revolt of the hungry' in Baalbek.

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February 2009

Wednesday, 11 February 2009

Since 2005 · From the books

Citizens may remove their sect from the civil register.
On 11 February 2009 Interior Minister Ziad Baroud let Lebanese have their sect removed from their civil registry entry.

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March 2009

Sunday, 1 March 2009

Since 2005 · From the books

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon opens near The Hague.
The Special Tribunal, set up under Resolution 1757, began work in The Hague; its remit covered Hariri's assassination and related attacks from 2004 on.

Sources differ: Picard's '2011' refers to first sessions, not to the opening.

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April 2009

April 2009: day not established

Since 2005 · From the books

The four generals held in the Hariri case are released.
Mustafa Hamdan, Jamil al-Sayyed, Ali Hajj and Raymond Azar had been held since August 2005.

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June 2009

May or June 2009: day not established

Since 2005 · From the books

Parliamentary elections give '14 March' a narrow majority.
Saad Hariri, named Prime Minister after the elections, did not manage to form a cabinet until November.

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November 2009

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Since 2005 · From the books

Israel seizes a ship carrying arms in the Mediterranean.
Hezbollah denied Israeli press claims that weapons found aboard a ship intercepted by Israel's navy in the Mediterranean were an Iranian delivery for it.

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Monday, 9 November 2009

Since 2005 · From the books

Saad Hariri forms a national unity government.
It took five months after the elections for Hariri to form a cabinet.

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February 2012

February 2012: day not established

Since 2005 · From the books

Fighting in Tripoli between Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen (February-December 2012).
From February to December, Tripoli's pro-regime Alawite quarter of Jabal Mohsen and its Sunni quarter of Bab al-Tebbaneh, which backed the Syrian opposition, clashed.

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June 2012

Monday, 11 June 2012

Since 2005 · From the books

The Baabda Declaration commits Lebanon to 'dissociation' from regional conflicts.
The declaration, agreed at President Sleiman's National Dialogue, pledged 'dissociation' from regional conflicts and border control, mainly towards Syria; Picard considers the promise empty from the outset.

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October 2012

Friday, 19 October 2012

Since 2005 · From the books

Intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan is assassinated.
Seven people died along with Wissam al-Hassan, head of ISF intelligence and an investigator of Hariri's assassination, in a Beirut car bombing.

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2012

2012: day not established

Since 2005 · From the books

Former minister Michel Samaha is arrested.
Picard treats the arrest as evidence that Syrian-paid agents took part in the unrest after the 2005 withdrawal.

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