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January 8, 1989 sunday |
After the fightings in Beirut, the Amal movement and the Hezbollah continue their bloody fightings in the Iqlim-el-Touffah. |
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January 10, 1989 tuesday |
The extraordinary conference of Arab ministers of Foreign Affairs was held in Tunis without the Lebanese delegation although the conference covered primarily the Lebanese crisis. |
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January 12, 1989 thursday |
On the fifth day of a bloody duel, Amal and Hezbollah sink in the Iqlim-el-Touffah. |
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January 18, 1989 wednesday |
The great Lebanese poet and drama author, Georges Schehade, dies at the age of 81 in his Parisian house. Georges Schehade wrote in French. |
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January 20, 1989 friday |
The chief of the National Liberal Party, Dany Chamoun, met with Walid Joumblatt, chief of the Progressive Socialist Party, in Deir el Kamar. Moreover, Beiteddine was busy organizing the return of the refugees. |
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January 30, 1989 monday |
Following negotiations conducted in Damascus, the pro-Syrian Amal movement and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah sign an agreement putting an end to their armed conflict that cost the life of 400 persons in 10 months. |
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February 1, 1989 wednesday |
Presidents Hoss, Husseini, and General Aoun did not come up with an agreement in Tunis. |
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February 6, 1989 monday |
After 2 months of interruption, the Red Cross International Committee decides to resume its activities in Lebanon. |
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February 9, 1989 thursday |
Anouar Fatayri, high official of the Progressive Socialist Party and his bodyguard Mohammed Saïd Abou Mehdi are assassinated in an ambush at the entry of the Jahlieh village in the Chouf. |
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February 10, 1989 friday |
Confrontations are taking place between the Lebanese Army and the Lebanese Forces in Jdeideh. |
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February 14, 1989 tuesday |
New confrontations between the army and the L.F. were taking place in Monteverde and next to the Justice Palace in Beirut, which created a general mobilization on both sides. |
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February 16, 1989 thursday |
An agreement on military disengagement is concluded between the Army and the L.F., within in a four-party committee. |
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February 17, 1989 friday |
A general Christian assembly is held in Bkerkeh, headquarters of the Maronite patriarch, in order to treat the L.F.-Army litigation. |
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February 20, 1989 monday |
A meeting between General Aoun, Chief Commander of the Army, and Samir Geagea Chief of the L.F., takes place in Baabda. The goal of this meeting is to eliminate the differences between them. |
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February 23, 1989 thursday |
The fifth basin of Beirut harbor, controlled by the L.F. is closed and the tax checkpoints of Berbara are dismantled. |
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February 24, 1989 friday |
A permanent political-military committee Army-L.F is formed to insure the normalization in the Eastern regions. |
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March 6, 1989 monday |
Yarzeh reactivated 'The Maritime Operations Room:' instructed to watch the navigation movement in the Lebanese waters and to prevent boats from entering the illegal harbours of the country. Sami Khatib (chief commander of the army in the Western sector) closed the access to the port in retort to what was considered a blockade. |
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March 14, 1989 tuesday |
Fire exchanges in Souk-el-Gharb had to end up in an explosion. Intensive bombardments of the residential areas, the airport, and the port made 32 deaths and 145 injured. |
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March 17, 1989 friday |
An attack against a bakery in Jal-el-Dib kills 15 and wounds 140. |
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March 20, 1989 monday |
Jounieh and the Museum crossroads are bombarded. |
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March 21, 1989 tuesday |
All crossing roads are closed and a blockade is imposed against the East regions. |
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March 30, 1989 thursday |
Hit by a shell, a butane reservoir explodes in Dora resulting in 66 injured and considerable damages. |
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April 4, 1989 tuesday |
During a moving ceremony in the Lebanese embassy in Paris, 862 French apply for the Lebanese nationality. |
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April 5, 1989 wednesday |
Jean-Franois Deniau, emissary of the Quai d'Orsay, arrives in Beirut. He has to meet with General Aoun and President Hoss. |
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April 11, 1989 tuesday |
The French Secretary of State to the Human Action, Bernard Kouchner, arrives in Beirut in order to prepare and explain the arrival of the hospital ship 'La Rance' and the oil tanker 'Penhors'. |
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April 16, 1989 sunday |
The Spanish Ambassador in Lebanon, Don Pedro Manuel de Aristegui, dies in his Hadeth residence hit by a 240 mm shell. His father in law, the great Lebanese writer Toufic Aouad, as well as his sister in law are among the victims. |
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April 24, 1989 monday |
The French oil tanker 'Penhors' discharges 4700 tons of fuel at the power plant of Zouk. This unloading allows the redistribution of power at the rate of 2 hours a day. |
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April 27, 1989 thursday |
The Arab ministers meeting in Tunis wish to see a cease-fire and a deployment of Arab observers. |
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May 3, 1989 wednesday |
Lakhdar Ibrahimi, General Secretary of the Arab League, arrives in Beirut looking to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. |
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May 12, 1989 friday |
For the first time since about a month, a new ship accosts in the Jounieh port to embark and disembark passengers. It is a hovercraft. |
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May 16, 1989 tuesday |
The Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Hassan Khaled was killed during an attack that killed 10 and injured 76 in Ayche Bakkar, in West Beirut. |
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June 12, 1989 monday |
The EEC gives its full support to the committee composed by the three Chiefs of State (Algerian, Saudi Arabian, and Moroccan) constituted during the Casablanca Summit in order to find a solution to the Lebanese crisis. |
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June 15, 1989 thursday |
Electricity, fuel, and flour are the daily preoccupation of Lebanese. Once again, the power plant of Zouk announces that it cannot supply power more than 2 hours a day. |
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June 26, 1989 monday |
A new fuel rationing system, based on coupons, is enforced in the Eastern regions. |
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June 30, 1989 friday |
The pounding of Achrafieh continues and causes a large number of victims. |
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July 5, 1989 wednesday |
In a joint declaration from Paris, Presidents Mitterand and Gorbatchev call for an immediate cease-fire. |
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August 18, 1989 friday |
The Delegate Minister in charge of Francophony, Alain Decaux, arrives in Beirut and meets with General Aoun, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, Walid Joumblatt as well as many other diplomats. |
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September 6, 1989 wednesday |
2000 angry demonstrators have besieged the American Embassy. Twenty-four hours later, 30 American diplomats, including the Ambassador John Mc Carthy, leave Lebanon. |
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September 15, 1989 friday |
The UN delivers a 200,000 dollars check to the human organization 'Save the Children' in favor of war victims in Lebanon. |
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September 21, 1989 thursday |
The Sunnite Deputy of the West Bekaa and former Minister, Nazem Kadri (74 years old), is killed in Verdun. |
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September 22, 1989 friday |
A cease-fire was officially observed while general Aoun answered favorably to the Arab peace proposals. |
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September 24, 1989 sunday |
Crossing roads are finally opened and the flights at the International Beirut Airport resume. Even the maritime blockade against the Eastern regions is lifted. |
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September 27, 1989 wednesday |
Lakhdar Ibrahimi announces that the parliamentary meeting will take place in Taef (in Saudi Arabia) on September 30th. |
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October 5, 1989 thursday |
October 5, 6, 7, 8 Not much is happening in Taef where efforts are being deployed in order to come up with a consensus on the national agreement document. |
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October 9, 1989 monday |
Time to go back to school after a long interruption. It is in fact a continuation of the annual program because the 88/89 program has not been achieved. |
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October 15, 1989 sunday |
October 15, 16, 17, 18 In Taef, an agreement on the reforms was practically reached after few days of uncertainty. The only subject that had not been brought up was the withdrawal of the Syrian troops from the Lebanese territories. |
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October 22, 1989 sunday |
58 deputies approve the final text of the compromise rejected by General Aoun. |
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October 24, 1989 tuesday |
While the Arab Troïka rushes the Chamber to elect a President before November 7th, tens of thousands of Lebanese say 'no' to the Taef agreement through a giant demonstration that goes from Hazmieh to Baabda. |
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November 1, 1989 wednesday |
The five permanent members of the Security Council are in favor of the Taef agreement. |
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November 4, 1989 satruday |
At the last minute, the deputies decided not to return to Lebanon to meet with general Aoun. At 5 o'clock in the morning, Aoun decided to dissolve the Chamber and asked the members of parliament to adjourn their vote. |
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November 5, 1989 sunday |
The 'dissolved' National Assembly met at the military base of Kleyate and elected Rene Moawad new President of the Republic. Angry demonstrators invaded the patriarchal office of Bkerke. The Patriarch took refuge in Dimane. He came back later at the request of General Aoun. |
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November 8, 1989 wednesday |
A car bomb explodes on Abou Taleb Street in Hamra one hour before the arrival of President Moawad to West Beirut. |
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November 17, 1989 friday |
While Selim Hoss is asked to form the new government, retaliations take place against some deputies from Eastern regions. |
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November 22, 1989 wednesday |
As soon as the ceremonies celebrating Independence Day ended, and after President Moawad left the Governmental Serail in Sanyeh, his car was destroyed by an important load of explosives. |
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November 24, 1989 friday |
Elias Hraoui is elected President of the Republic by an Assembly reunited at the Chtaura Park Hotel, on the eve of the National Funerals of the defunct President. |
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November 26, 1989 sunday |
The government created by Selim Hoss gets the Parliament's confidence. |
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November 28, 1989 tuesday |
Several reports mentionned important Syrian movements towards the Eastern fronts. In response to General Aoun's call, thousands of Lebanese went to Baabda and watched the Palace day and night. |
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November 29, 1989 wednesday |
November 29, 30 French opposition deputies go to Baabda to express their solidarity. |
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December 4, 1989 monday |
Violent combats between Amal and the Hezbollah in the West of the Bekaa end with the expulsion of Amal from the villages in the region. |
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December 10, 1989 sunday |
After being shut down for two weeks, schools and universities open again in the Eastern regions. |
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December 18, 1989 monday |
Over 300,000 persons participate in the 'flag walk' in the courtyard of the Presidential Palace in Baabda. |
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December 24, 1989 sunday |
The two hours meeting between General Aoun and Samir Geagea seem to have pacified their relations. |
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