16 entries on 16 dates · the books disagree on 2
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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February 2017
February 2017: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
President Aoun tells the UN refugee chief that Syrians cannot stay in Lebanon for good.
Aoun told UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi the refugees could not stay permanently and the world must help them home, but Lebanon would force no one back while Syria was unsafe.
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August 2017
Saturday, 19 August 2017
Since 2005 · From the books
The army launches operation 'Fajr al-Jurud' against the Islamic State on the eastern border.
On President Aoun's orders the army moved against Islamic State and al-Nusra fighters holding the arid hills of Ras Baalbek and al-Qaa, while Hezbollah attacked al-Nusra from the Syrian side, a rare tacit cooperation. The jihadists held out for several days before surrendering, and a truce let the survivors and their families go to eastern Syria.
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November 2017
Saturday, 4 November 2017
Since 2005 · From the books
Saad Hariri announces his resignation from Riyadh.
President Aoun refused the resignation Saad al-Hariri announced live from Riyadh; in the view of some Lebanese officials he was acting under Saudi duress and being held there against his will.
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Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Since 2005 · From the books
Hariri returns to Beirut and soon withdraws his resignation.
His return followed intense international mediation, especially by France.
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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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