| April 29, 1985 | | The Israelis withdrew from Tyr and the Lebanese army replaced them.
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| April 30, 1985 | | It was hell in Beirut. Insane bombing continued in both sectors of the capital, crossing points had been closed illustrating the gravity of the situation, while 20,000 Christians from South Lebanon took refuge in the region of Marjeyoun.
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| May 2, 1985 | | The Lebanese overseas protested against the recent events in Lebanon. They occupied the Lebanese embassies and consulates in the West, in order to attract the attention of the public opinion to the fate of those living in South Lebanon.
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| May 7, 1985 | | 29 persons were killed and 89 were wounded in a crazy night of shelling in Beirut. All what the inhabitants could do was to suppress their despair, hide in buckers, and thank god the next day for being still alive.
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| May 9, 1985 | | The executive committee of the Lebanese Forces elected Elie Hobeika president and Samir Geagea chief of staff.
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| May 11, 1985 | | In a message addressed to the United Nations, John Paul II begged: 'Do not abandon Lebanon.'
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| May 20, 1985 | | After 20 hours of ferocious combats, Amal and the sixth brigade took control of the Palestinian camps.
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| May 22, 1985 | | A car bomb spread terror in Sin El Fil, killing 30 persons and wounding 172 others. Tens of houses and stores were also destroyed.
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| May 28, 1985 | | As part of the harassment to which were subject foreign nationals, the director of the American University Hospital, David Jacobsen, was kidnapped while he was leaving the Medical Gate.
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| June 6, 1985 | | Israel officially completed its withdrawal from South Lebanon. Nevertheless, several Israeli soldiers continued to occupy the Security Zone. In reality, the last Israeli armored vehicle left Lebanon on June 10 after an accident in which Israel lost 654 deaths and 3890 injured, and four disappeared soldiers.
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| June 11, 1985 | | A Boeing of the Alia airlines was hijacked by a suicide commando called Moussa Sadr, requesting the evacuation of all Palestinian fighters from Beirut. The hostages were freed the next day and the airplane was dynamited at the Beirut International Airport.
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| June 14, 1985 | | A car bomb exploded next to a checkpoint belonging to the sixth brigade in Jnah causing 13 dead and 36 injured.
A Boeing 727 from the TWA connecting Athena to Rome was hijacked over Beirut. The hijackers requested the liberation of all prisoners held in Israeli jails. One of the US passengers was shot. Nabih Berri negotiated with the hijackers, and around 40 American hostages were transferred to the Southern suburbs of Beirut. A US naval force headed to Lebanon on June 17. On June 24, Israel released 31 prisoners. On June 30, the US hostages were released. An International Red Cross convoy took them to Damascus where they boarded on a plane going to Frankfurt. |
| June 17, 1985 | | The Damascus agreement put an end to the Camps War that caused, in four weeks, 700 deaths and 2,500 injured.
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| June 20, 1985 | | As part of the war between Sunni Islamists and the Arab Democratic Party, a car bomb exploded in Tripoli killing 50 persons and wounding 110 others.
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| June 27, 1985 | | Elias Sarkis, former President of the Lebanese Republic, died at 61 years old. He was suffering from a disease that paralyzed his lymphatic and nervous system. Grandiose funerals were organized in Mar Takla church in Hazmieh.
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| July 1, 1985 | | Following the hostages' crisis, Washington called for the boycott of the Beirut International Airport.
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| July 9, 1985 | | An agreement between all Moslem leaders was concluded in Damascus to pacify West Beirut, while fights were raging in Tripoli.
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| July 10, 1985 | | An Israeli raid on the camps of Nahr El Bared and Beddaoui caused 15 deaths and 50 wounded.
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| July 30, 1985 | | Syria delivered 46 tanks to the Amal movement while surprise bombardments continued in Beirut and civilians were still being kidnapped on the crossing points.
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| July 31, 1985 | | President Sleiman Frangieh and Elie Hobeika were reconciled.
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| August 2, 1985 | | The Israeli aviation destroyed the headquarters of the Syrian Nationalist Party in Chtaura after the multiplication of car bombs in South Lebanon.
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| August 6, 1985 | | The Front of National Unity, a coalition of West Beirut parties, created a month earlier in Damascus, was born.
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| August 11, 1985 | | Greater Beirut was violently bombarded with heavy artillery. Sixteen civilians were killed and 60 others were wounded.
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| August 14, 1985 | | A new massacre occurred in Sad El Bauchrieh where a car bomb exploded causing 12 dead and 115 injured persons. This explosion was intended to maintain a climate of insecurity in the country, making the largest number of victims, and sinking the population's morale to its lowest level.
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| August 17, 1985 | | A car bomb in front of the Melki supermarket in Antelias killed 40 persons and wounded 122 others. Most of the victims died carbonized or asphyxiated.
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| August 19, 1985 | | Death was moving around in West Beirut. Two car bombs exploded at Caracol-Druze and Ghobeireh within half-an-hour, resulting in 29 dead and a hundred injured. Several Christians were kidnapped on various crossing points right after the explosions.
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| August 20, 1985 | | Shells fell on Beirut in each and every neighborhood. Thirty persons were killed and 117 wounded, while tens of houses were destroyed. A car bomb exploded in Tripoli killing 48 persons and injuring 100 others.
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| August 21, 1985 | | The bombings destroyed two MEA airplanes. The Beirut International Airport was closed to traffic.
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| August 23, 1985 | | The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (the Lebanese Forces TV) was inaugurated to celebrate the third anniversary of the election of Bechir Gemayel as President of the Republic.
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| August 27, 1985 | | Tens of persons were kidnapped at crossing points. Amal and the Lebanese Forces exchanged 22 hostages on August 29.
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| August 30, 1985 | | The Lebanese Forces ended their military presence in Zahleh and closed their offices in the town.
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| September 3, 1985 | | Beirut was cut into two. There were severe shortages of bread and gas.
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| September 4, 1985 | | 14 dead and 74 injured persons were reported in Zahleh as a result of a car bomb explosion. Three days later, the Syrians invaded the town.
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| September 5, 1985 | | Violent combats opposed Amal and the PSP in West Beirut.
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| September 10, 1985 | | Syrian observers tried to calm the situation in the Palestinian camp of Bourj Brajneh. Violent combats had opposed Amal to the Palestinians in this camp, causing 40 deaths and 120 injuries.
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| September 12, 1985 | | An isolated incident degenerated into confrontations between the Lebanese Forces militiamen in the Eastern neighborhoods.
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| September 16, 1985 | | In Tripoli, ten soldiers from the Lebanese Army were killed and 35 others wounded by shells that fell on the Bahjat Ghanem barracks.
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| September 18, 1985 | | Presidents Chamoun, Frangieh, and Helou met in Smar-Jbeil in order to launch wide Christian sittings.
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| September 24, 1985 | | A first Lebanese Forces-Amal-PSP meeting was held in Damascus.
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| September 28, 1985 | | Another dramatic day in Beirut and its surroundings where artillerymen killed 32 persons and wounded 76 others.
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