| April 19, 1986 | | The Maronite Church had a new Patriarch in the person of Mgr Nasrallah Sfeir. A triple task was waiting for him. He had to reinstate the authority of the church, clean up the inter-religious relations, and reconcile the executive power with Syria.
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| April 20, 1986 | | 38 Westerners including 35 British left Beirut. By the end of April, all Western nationals had left West Beirut fearing to be kidnapped or killed.
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| April 21, 1986 | | A serious outburst of violence plunged Beirut and its surroundings back into the anguish of blind bombardments. 4 persons were killed and 53 were injured.
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| May 3, 1986 | | While the bombardments continued in Beirut and its suburbs, the army closed all crossing points for security reasons, except the road of Hadeth Mreyjeh. Beirut was cut into two.
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| May 8, 1986 | | Starting this date, Lebanon was on the black list of terrorist countries put together by the European Community ad hoc commission. This was due to the activist bases and kidnappings that were taking place in the country.
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| May 9, 1986 | | The opening of the airport of Halate caused discontent in the country. A few minutes after President Gemayel's airplane landed in Halate coming from a three-day trip in Tunisia, the airport was severely bombed.
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| May 10, 1986 | | The Syrian President Hafez El Assad examined the possibility of modifying the tripartite agreement signed in December 1985. This treaty was one of the fundamental causes of the political and military crisis that was ravaging the country since January 15.
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| May 15, 1986 | | A general strike was observed in universities and schools in West Beirut, to protest against repeated aggressions against teachers.
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| May 21, 1986 | | On the eve of the meeting in Dar El Fatwa between the Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir and the Mufti of the Republic Sheikh Hassan Khaled, artillerymen unleashed their guns, killing 30 persons and wounding 60 others. The meeting was postponed.
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| May 23, 1986 | | A new car bomb exploded in Sin El Fil early in the morning, when the schools were opening their doors. Seven persons were killed, 111 were wounded, and 3 had disappeared. A serious gas shortage hit West Beirut while the bombardments continued in both sectors of the capital.
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| May 26, 1986 | | While the schools were closed to protest against the situation, a bomb exploded in Dora, killing a mother and her child and wounding seven persons. The conflict between the Lebanese Forces and Damascus reached its paroxysm while the camp war between Amal and the Palestinians clamed more victims.
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| June 13, 1986 | | The Muslim leaders agreed with Damascus upon the replacement of militias by regular Lebanese forces. Karameh who was back from Damascus presented the resignation of his government.
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| June 16, 1986 | | Georges Saadeh was elected new president of the Phalange Party replacing Dr. Elie Karameh.
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| June 20, 1986 | | Two French hostages, Philippe Rochot and Georges Hansen were released.
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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.
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| June 28, 1986 | | The army and the Internal Security Forces deployed in West Beirut supported by civilian Syrian observers.
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| July 3, 1986 | | The Lebanese General Confederation of Workers called for a strike to protest against the increase in prices.
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| July 4, 1986 | | 200 Commandos of the special Syrian forces helped the Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces to maintain security in Beirut.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| July 26, 1986 | | Father Martin Lawrence Jenco, a US Catholic cleric, was released. The Islamic Jihad had kidnapped him in January 1985.
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| 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?
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| July 29, 1986 | | Death hit this time in Barbir. 22 dead and 163 wounded victims were reported. The helplessness of the Lebanese was pitiful.
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| August 1, 1986 | | While inviting Syria to pursue its initiative in Lebanon, President Gemayel proposed to open a dialog within the Parliament.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| August 11, 1986 | | Fights opposed The UNIFL and Amal for 16 hours in Tyr.
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| 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.
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| August 19, 1986 | | Camille Chamoun, Joseph Hachem and Rachid Karameh met at the Villa Mansour.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| September 12, 1986 | | Another US national, James Cicippio was kidnapped on the AUB campus, therefore raising the number of Americans kidnapped to 6.
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| September 18, 1986 | | While a terrorist vague submerged France, the French military attaché, Christian Goutierre was assassinated in Mar Takla.
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| September 25, 1986 | | The UNIFL Blue Helmets repositioned themselves; they occupied three out of the 32 positions they were initially occupying.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| October 21, 1986 | | Hussein Husseini was reelected Speaker of the National Assembly. A seventh US national, Edward Tracy was kidnapped in West Beirut.
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| October 25, 1986 | | The Camps War opposing Amal to the Palestinians spread to Saida.
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