Since 2005 · From the books
Double bombing in Haret Hreik kills nine.
The attack struck the Shiite district of Haret Hreik in Beirut's southern suburb.
The attack struck the Shiite district of Haret Hreik in Beirut's southern suburb.
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January 2014
Thursday, 2 January 2014
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Since 2005 · From the books
Suicide bombing in Hermel.
The suicide attack hit the town of Hermel in the northern Bekaa.
The suicide attack hit the town of Hermel in the northern Bekaa.
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Since 2005 · From the books
Suicide bombing in Haret Hreik.
A further suicide attack hit Haret Hreik in the southern suburb.
A further suicide attack hit Haret Hreik in the southern suburb.
January 2014: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
The Special Tribunal begins hearing witnesses.
Hezbollah members and accomplices in the Syrian regime were implicated in the STL trial near The Hague, where Lebanese witnesses appeared for both sides.
Hezbollah members and accomplices in the Syrian regime were implicated in the STL trial near The Hague, where Lebanese witnesses appeared for both sides.
February 2014
Monday, 3 February 2014
Since 2005 · From the books
Suicide bombing in Choueifat.
A suicide bomber struck at Choueifat, south of Beirut.
A suicide bomber struck at Choueifat, south of Beirut.
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Since 2005 · From the books
Bombing at the Iranian cultural centre in Haret Hreik kills six.
The bomb targeted the Iranian cultural centre in Haret Hreik.
The bomb targeted the Iranian cultural centre in Haret Hreik.
February 2014: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
Tammam Salam forms a 'national unity' government.
Picard: the Salam cabinet rejected any asylum policy, and Lebanon refused official camps for Syrian refugees.
Picard: the Salam cabinet rejected any asylum policy, and Lebanon refused official camps for Syrian refugees.
March 2014
March-September 2014: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
Repeated suicide attacks on Hezbollah areas in the southern suburb and the Bekaa.
Many suicide bombings between March and September 2014 were aimed at Hezbollah targets in Dahiyeh and the Bekaa.
Many suicide bombings between March and September 2014 were aimed at Hezbollah targets in Dahiyeh and the Bekaa.
April 2014
spring 2014: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
A curfew for Syrians is posted in Bourj Hammoud.
After a brawl between young Lebanese and Syrian immigrants, the municipality of largely Armenian Bourj Hammoud posted notices barring foreigners and Syrians from its streets from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
After a brawl between young Lebanese and Syrian immigrants, the municipality of largely Armenian Bourj Hammoud posted notices barring foreigners and Syrians from its streets from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
May 2014
May 2014: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
Michel Suleiman's term ends; a second presidential vacancy begins.
No head of state would be elected for twenty-nine months.
No head of state would be elected for twenty-nine months.
August 2014
Friday, 15 August 2014
Since 2005 · From the books
Ahmad al-Assir is captured.
De Clerck and Malsagne's chronology records the arrest of Ahmad al-Assir, the Salafist preacher whose followers fought the army at Abra in June 2013.
De Clerck and Malsagne's chronology records the arrest of Ahmad al-Assir, the Salafist preacher whose followers fought the army at Abra in June 2013.
2014
2014: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
New rules restrict Syrian refugees' residence and work.
Refugees, a quarter to a third of the population from 2014, neared 1.3 million a year later. Lebanon refused official camps; Syrians, once exempt, now needed an entry visa and a Lebanese sponsor (kafil), and most jobs were closed to them under 2014 decrees of the Tammam Salam government.
Refugees, a quarter to a third of the population from 2014, neared 1.3 million a year later. Lebanon refused official camps; Syrians, once exempt, now needed an entry visa and a Lebanese sponsor (kafil), and most jobs were closed to them under 2014 decrees of the Tammam Salam government.
March 2016
Saturday, 19 March 2016
Since 2005 · From the books
Beirut's rubbish is finally collected and taken to new landfills.
Quéméner notes that one of the two new landfills had been sited too near Beirut's international airport.
Quéméner notes that one of the two new landfills had been sited too near Beirut's international airport.
April 2016
April 2016: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
Refugee pressure: the labour minister asks for help; Hollande pledges aid.
In April 2016 Labour Minister Sejaan Azzi, citing 25 per cent unemployment and 1.5 million Syrians, asked the US ambassador to take the refugee burden off Lebanon. Visiting Beirut that month, François Hollande announced 50 million euros a year in refugee aid for 2016-2018.
In April 2016 Labour Minister Sejaan Azzi, citing 25 per cent unemployment and 1.5 million Syrians, asked the US ambassador to take the refugee burden off Lebanon. Visiting Beirut that month, François Hollande announced 50 million euros a year in refugee aid for 2016-2018.
May 2016
Sunday, 8 May 2016
Since 2005 · From the books
Beirut municipal elections: Hariri's list beats the civil-society list Beirut Madinati.
Saad Hariri's list won Beirut's council over Beirut Madinati ('Beirut, my city'), a civil-society slate that proposed deliberative urban planning and fielded engineers, architects, artists and researchers; Reder links it to the 2015 'You Stink' protests. Some 80 per cent of voters abstained.
Saad Hariri's list won Beirut's council over Beirut Madinati ('Beirut, my city'), a civil-society slate that proposed deliberative urban planning and fielded engineers, architects, artists and researchers; Reder links it to the 2015 'You Stink' protests. Some 80 per cent of voters abstained.
Art and memory
- artwork A 111101 project presents the 2016 Beirut municipal vote interactively, from the results and the electoral rolls (/Projects/Municipalities/results-beirut.php and voters-beirut.php).
July 2016
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Since 2005 · From the books
A Syrian refugee camp is burned in Akkar.
A small Syrian refugee camp in Akkar, a poor Sunni region, was set on fire on the night of 5-6 July.
A small Syrian refugee camp in Akkar, a poor Sunni region, was set on fire on the night of 5-6 July.
summer 2016: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
Beit Beirut, the memory museum in the Barakat building, is inaugurated but stays closed.
The municipality inaugurated Beit Beirut, the old snipers' building on the demarcation line, but kept it shut; its 2008-2016 restoration saw repeated quarrels among the municipality, architect and scientific committee. Paris's mayor visited in September.
The municipality inaugurated Beit Beirut, the old snipers' building on the demarcation line, but kept it shut; its 2008-2016 restoration saw repeated quarrels among the municipality, architect and scientific committee. Paris's mayor visited in September.
Art and memory
- memorial Beit Beirut, the old Barakat building on the demarcation line, was the municipality's planned museum of the city's memory. Reder finds that in 2016-2019 artists and NGOs, not the municipality, kept it alive.
October 2016
Monday, 31 October 2016
Since 2005 · From the books
Michel Aoun is elected President after twenty-nine months of vacancy.
Aoun, 81, ended a vacancy of over two years. A surplus envelope voided the last two of three rounds held before his election, Quéméner notes.
Aoun, 81, ended a vacancy of over two years. A surplus envelope voided the last two of three rounds held before his election, Quéméner notes.
November 2016
Thursday, 3 November 2016
Since 2005 · From the books
Saad Hariri is designated Prime Minister.
Hariri was named three days after Aoun's election.
Hariri was named three days after Aoun's election.
January 2018
January 2018: day not established
Since 2005 · From the books
The United States returns five antiquities looted from Eshmoun.
One of the returned pieces was a life-size white marble bull's head from the Eshmoun sanctuary north of Sidon, plundered during the war.
One of the returned pieces was a life-size white marble bull's head from the Eshmoun sanctuary north of Sidon, plundered during the war.
May 2018
Sunday, 6 May 2018
Since 2005 · From the books
First parliamentary elections in nine years.
Postponed for five years, the vote drew low turnout amid mistrust. Activists from the waste protests ran on independent lists; one unaffiliated candidate won a seat.
Postponed for five years, the vote drew low turnout amid mistrust. Activists from the waste protests ran on independent lists; one unaffiliated candidate won a seat.
November 2018
Monday, 12 November 2018
Since 2005 · From the books
Parliament adopts Law 105 on the missing and forcibly disappeared.
Wadad Halwani, head of the committee of families of the kidnapped and disappeared, whose husband was taken in 1982, broke down as deputies applauded. The law created a commission to trace detainees believed alive in Syria, identify remains in mass graves and investigate wartime forced disappearances.
Wadad Halwani, head of the committee of families of the kidnapped and disappeared, whose husband was taken in 1982, broke down as deputies applauded. The law created a commission to trace detainees believed alive in Syria, identify remains in mass graves and investigate wartime forced disappearances.
Sources differ: Estimates differ. The most quoted figure, 17,415, comes from the Committee of the Kidnapped and Disappeared (founded 1982); NGOs count 5,000 to 8,000 forced disappearances (Hassoun Abou Jaoudé; de Clerck & Malsagne p. 419).
Art and memory
- testimony Wadad Halwani founded the Committee of the Families of the Kidnapped and Disappeared after her husband was abducted in 1982. He is still missing; the vote renewed her hope.
- film De Clerck and Malsagne cite Daniele Rugo's documentary The Soil and the Sea (2023), co-produced with Carmen Hassoun Abou Jaoudé, among war-memory works inspired by the missing.