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June 24, 1986 A buffer force from the Lebanese Army deployed around the Palestinian camps. Calm was back for good on June 28.
June 28, 1986 The army and the Internal Security Forces deployed in West Beirut supported by civilian Syrian observers.
July 3, 1986 The Lebanese General Confederation of Workers called for a strike to protest against the increase in prices.
July 4, 1986 200 Commandos of the special Syrian forces helped the Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces to maintain security in Beirut.
July 14, 1986 The Israeli aviation launched a raid on Baissour, Aitate, and Chemlane. The target was PSP, PFLP, and DFLP positions; 5 persons died and 11 were injured in the operation.
July 19, 1986 A killing attempt was perpetrated against a bus transporting AUB students and employees from West to East Beirut. Four dead including three students and five wounded including two doctors were reported. This massacre constituted a challenge to the pacification plan.
July 26, 1986 Father Martin Lawrence Jenco, a US Catholic cleric, was released. The Islamic Jihad had kidnapped him in January 1985.
July 28, 1986 A bomb set in a Mercedes car exploded in Ain El Remmaneh killing 31 persons and injuring 128 others. How long will innocents of all religions be paying the price of a war that had lasted for too long?
July 29, 1986 Death hit this time in Barbir. 22 dead and 163 wounded victims were reported. The helplessness of the Lebanese was pitiful.
August 1, 1986 While inviting Syria to pursue its initiative in Lebanon, President Gemayel proposed to open a dialog within the Parliament.
August 8, 1986 After three explosions in Dora, Jal el Dib and Bourj Hammoud, terrorism moved to Tarik Jdideh where a car bomb killed 13 persons and wounded 106 others.
August 10, 1986 Rival factions from the Lebanese Forces fought in the Eastern regions. The previous commander of the Lebanese Forces, Fouad Abounader was injured in Dora.
August 11, 1986 Fights opposed The UNIFL and Amal for 16 hours in Tyr.
August 14, 1986 A car parked next to a hospital in Dora exploded killing 24 persons and wounding 84 others. No words were sufficient anymore to denounce the massacres that spared no one and reduced human beings to a chess pawn on a chess game where the players did not respect any rule and were manipulated by nothing else then hatred.
August 19, 1986 Camille Chamoun, Joseph Hachem and Rachid Karameh met at the Villa Mansour.
September 2, 1986 The first meeting of the Dialog Committee was held at the Beirut racecourse. The ten members of the government met for the first time since November 1985. The Ministers decided to elaborate a new National Pact.
September 4, 1986 The war against Westerners had new targets now. It was the turn of UNIFL soldiers to be aggressed. Three French Blue Helmets were killed in Jouaya in South Lebanon. The UN Security Council called for urgent security measures in favor of the UNIFL.
September 10, 1986 The Islamic Jihad kidnapped Frank Reed, director of the Lebanese International College and Victor Kanho, governor of the Lion's Club in Lebanon and Jordan.
September 12, 1986 Another US national, James Cicippio was kidnapped on the AUB campus, therefore raising the number of Americans kidnapped to 6.
September 18, 1986 While a terrorist vague submerged France, the French military attaché, Christian Goutierre was assassinated in Mar Takla.
September 25, 1986 The UNIFL Blue Helmets repositioned themselves; they occupied three out of the 32 positions they were initially occupying.
September 27, 1986 500 fighters led by Elie Hobeika entered Achrafieh where they fought ferociously with Geagea's men. The Lebanese Forces and the army rebuffed the infiltration. 65 persons lost their lives in the operation while 200 others were wounded.
September 29, 1986 Colonel Khalil Kanaan was assassinated in his home in Hazmieh. A French journalist, Jean-Marc Sroussi, was kidnapped in the Southern suburbs of Beirut.
October 16, 1986 During a raid against Palestinian positions, an Israeli F16 was shot in Saida. One of the two Israeli pilots was captured while Israel saved the second in a helicopter operation.
October 21, 1986 Hussein Husseini was reelected Speaker of the National Assembly. A seventh US national, Edward Tracy was kidnapped in West Beirut.
October 25, 1986 The Camps War opposing Amal to the Palestinians spread to Saida.
October 30, 1986 The Lebanese Pound reached a historical exchange rate record with the dollar. One dollar was equivalent to 52.25 to 53 Lebanese Pounds.
November 2, 1986 An American, David Jacobsen, detained by the Islamic Jihad since the 27th of May 1985, was finally released.
November 5, 1986 The reactivated and broadened Lebanese Front held its first sittings.
November 10, 1986 Two French hostages, Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari were released.
November 25, 1986 The armed conflict between Amal and the Palestinians spread to Maghdoucheh. Ferocious combats took place in this Christian strategic town. Ultimately, it fell partially in the hands of Palestinians and its residents were forced to flee from their homes.
December 2, 1986 A general strike paralyzed the country. The Lebanese were unable to cope with the increase in prices. The leaders couldn't find any solution to the crisis. The popular discontent was on the rise.
December 5, 1986 Abou Melhem died. The great TV comedian, whose real name was Adib Haddad, became famous for playing, for many years, the character of a villager famous for his common sense. The grandfather of all the Lebanese had disappeared.
December 13, 1986 The Camps Car continued. After ten hours of violent combats, the Chatila camp was 90% destroyed and tens of deaths were reported.
December 19, 1986 Violent combats opposed in Tripoli the Syrian Army to Islamist militiamen. The fights made 12 dead and 35 injuries. The Syrian Army launched an Islamists hunting at the end of which one of the major leaders of the Islamic Unification Movement was arrested.
December 24, 1986 Aurel Cornea, one of the Antenne 2 journalists kidnapped on June 21, was released by the Organization of Revolutionary Justice.
December 26, 1986 The dollar crossed the 80 Lebanese Pounds threshold. It continued its rise to reach the fateful three digit numbers. According to statistics, consumer products had increased by 204% in a year and the Lebanese Pound had depreciated by 365%.