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February 1999

February 1999: day not established

After the war · From the books

Students march into the occupied village of Arnoun.
In February 1999 dozens of students led by Communists briefly 'liberated' the Israeli-held village; for Picard, proof that public opinion now carried real weight.

After the war · From the books

The state recovers the Beiteddine palace from Walid Jumblatt.
Under Syrian pressure Jumblatt let the palace resume its role as presidential summer residence. Lahoud had Kamal Jumblatt's statue and the PSP martyrs' monument removed; Kamal's museum was emptied in 2004.

After the war · From the books

Lahoud and Hoss stay away from King Hussein's funeral, following Syria.
Assad, whose announced boycott had kept Lahoud and Hoss away from the funeral, went after all, and the two Lebanese leaders were humiliated before their foreign counterparts.

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May 1999

late May 1999: day not established

After the war · From the books

Israel withdraws from the Jezzine region.
The pull-out was the first concrete step of the 'Lebanon first' option.

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June 1999

June 1999: day not established

After the war · From the books

Israeli night raids strike Lebanon's infrastructure.
Roads and power stations were bombed and civilians killed, as in the raids of 1997, 1998 and February 2000.

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1999

1999: day not established

After the war · From the books

Families of the disappeared widen their campaign.
In 1999 the Committee of the Families of the Kidnapped and Disappeared, set up by Wadad Halwani in 1982, created a Friends group and brought in activist Paul Ashqar; a war memorial and a 13 April national day joined its calls for an inquiry and family aid. 'Right to Know' dates from 1999; SOLIDA, for Lebanese held in Syria, from 1997.

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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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January 2020

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Since 2005 · From the books

Hassan Diab forms a government.
Protesters rejected the cabinet over Hezbollah's role in forming it and its ties to the old political class; six women among twenty ministers changed little.

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February 2020

Tuesday, 11 February 2020

Since 2005 · From the books

Parliament votes confidence in Diab's government despite road blocks.
84 MPs reached parliament and 63 voted in favour.

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June 2020

Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Since 2005 · From the books

The US Caesar Act against Syria comes into force, hitting Lebanon's economy.
The new US sanctions on Syria hurt Lebanon's trade and deterred Western investors just as its financial crisis worsened.

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August 2020

Tuesday, 4 August 2020

Since 2005 · From the books

Explosion at the port of Beirut.
More than 240 people were killed and thousands injured when a massive explosion destroyed Beirut's port and devastated much of the city, already reeling from financial collapse and Covid-19.

Sources differ: Deaths: more than 240 in the chronology; 244, with over 6,500 injured, in the introduction, which cites a 2022 article naming the victims.

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Tuesday, 18 August 2020

Since 2005 · From the books

The Special Tribunal finds an alleged Hezbollah member guilty of Hariri's murder and sentences him in absentia.
After ten contested years, the tribunal convicted one alleged Hezbollah member in absentia. Hezbollah, which never cooperated, called the court politicised and a Western tool; de Clerck and Malsagne say Lebanese taxpayers paid 800 million dollars for it.

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