14 entries on 14 dates · the books disagree on 1
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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April 2013
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Since 2005 · From the books
The Interior Ministry registers Lebanon's first civil marriage contracted in the country.
The civil marriage of Nidal Darwich and Khouloud Soukkarieh was signed off by Interior Minister Marwan Charbel.
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May 2013
May 2013: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
Qusayr falls to the Syrian army and Hezbollah.
With over a thousand Hezbollah fighters from Hermel, who lost heavily, the Syrian army seized FSA- and Nusra-held Qusayr; the regime took Homs in July and Yabroud, chief town of the Qalamoun, early in 2014.
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June 2013
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Since 2005 · From the books
Army fights the followers of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir at Abra, Sidon.
At least 18 soldiers and several of al-Assir's followers died in two days of fighting at Abra, near Sidon, after the Salafist preacher's armed supporters attacked the army.
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August 2013
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Since 2005 · From the books
Car bomb in Beirut's southern suburb kills 27.
The car bomb struck the southern suburb, a Hezbollah stronghold.
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Friday, 23 August 2013
Since 2005 · From the books
Twin car bombs at two Tripoli mosques kill 40.
Two car bombs exploded at two mosques in Tripoli.
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November 2013
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Since 2005 · From the books
Double suicide attack on the Iranian embassy in Bir Hassan.
The Iranian cultural attaché was among the dead. Responsibility was claimed by the Abdallah Azzam Brigades, an al-Qaeda-linked group that objected to Hezbollah fighting in Syria.
Sources differ: 23 dead (de Clerck & Malsagne) against nearly 30 (Quéméner).
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2013
2013: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigns.
He resigned over a disagreement with Hezbollah.
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January 2025
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Since 2005 · From the books
Army commander Joseph Aoun is elected President.
His election ended more than two years of vacancy. De Clerck & Malsagne call him Washington's preferred candidate.
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Monday, 13 January 2025
Since 2005 · From the books
Nawaf Salam is designated Prime Minister.
Named prime minister, the ICJ president Nawaf Salam was tasked with putting together a cabinet.
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Sunday, 26 January 2025
Since 2005 · From the books
Israeli troops stay in the South past the deadline; 22 civilians killed.
After the sixty-day period, Israeli troops remained in South Lebanon and 22 Lebanese civilians were killed. De Clerck and Malsagne's chronology ends with this entry.
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