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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 2015

Sunday, 18 January 2015

Since 2005 · From the books

Israeli strike near Quneitra kills Hezbollah fighters, including Jihad Mughniyeh.
An Israeli helicopter strike near Quneitra, on the Syrian-held Golan, killed six Hezbollah men, including local military chief Jihad Mughniyeh, and Iranian military personnel; Hezbollah hit back at an Israeli convoy in the Shebaa enclave.

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Friday, 30 January 2015

Since 2005 · From the books

Nasrallah declares that Hezbollah no longer recognises separate battlefields.
Nasrallah said Hezbollah reserved the right to confront the aggressor whenever, wherever and by whatever means it chose.

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May 2015

Sunday, 24 May 2015

Since 2005 · From the books

On the anniversary of Israel's 2000 withdrawal, Nasrallah says Hezbollah will fight wherever needed in Syria.
Nasrallah said Hezbollah would be wherever in Syria the battle required, speaking on the fifteenth anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from the South.

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July 2015

Friday, 17 July 2015

Since 2005 · From the books

Rubbish collection stops in Beirut: the garbage crisis begins.
Sukleen's collection contract expired on 17 July and the post-war dump, meant to last five or six years, was overflowing; with politicians unable to agree on a new site, rubbish piled up.

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summer 2015: day not established

Since 2005 · From the books

The heights between Qaa and Ras Baalbek become a front of the Syrian war.
Pushed out of the Qalamoun, groups claiming al-Nusra, FSA or, later, Islamic State allegiance used Sunni villages of the eastern Bekaa as rear bases.

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August 2015

Saturday, 22 August 2015

Since 2005 · From the books range

'You Stink' protests fill central Beirut (22-23 August).
Protests called by the citizens' collective 'You Stink' denounced government incompetence; clashes between more than ten thousand people and police left dozens injured. Reder says the movement helped bring about the Beirut Madinati list.

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November 2015

Thursday, 12 November 2015

Since 2005 · From the books

Double suicide bombing in Burj al-Barajneh, the deadliest since the civil war.
Two suicide bombers struck in quick succession beside a community centre and a bakery in Burj al-Barajneh, in the Shi'i southern suburb; the Islamic State claimed responsibility. Parliament had sat that day for the first time in months.

Sources differ: Dead: 43 in de Clerck and Malsagne's chronology, 44 in their epilogue and Quéméner's calendar, 50 in his narrative, which also places the attack in 'Dbaiyeh', evidently a slip, since the calendar says Burj al-Barajneh.

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