Since 2005, 2020

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.

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

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.

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.

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.