Lebanon timeline
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Sinking of HMS Victoria
The disaster occurred in clear sunny weather on June 22, 1893, during fleet maneuvers off the coast of Syria. The officer in command, Vice Admiral... Read more
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Arab-Israeli War
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known by the Israelis as the War of Independence and War of Liberation, and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe, was the... Read more
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1958 Lebanon Crisis
The 1958 Lebanon crisis was a Lebanese political crisis caused by political and religious tensions in the country. It included a U.S. military... Read more
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Kiryat Shmona massacre
On 11 April 1974, three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command crossed the Israeli border from Lebanon.... Read more
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South Lebanon conflict: Operation Litani
The 1978 South Lebanon conflict (code-named Operation Litani by Israel) was an intervention in Lebanon up to the Litani River carried out by the... Read more
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1982 Lebanon War
The 1982 Lebanon War, called by Israel the Operation Peace of the Galilee, and later colloquially also known in Israel as the First Lebanon War,... Read more
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The Lebanon War
Osama bin Laden dates his hatred of America to the Lebanon War of 1982. During the war the American Sixth Fleet helped the Israelis invade Lebanon... Read more
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Sabra and Shatila massacre
The Sabra and Shatila massacre (or Sabra and Chatila massacre) was a massacre of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians carried out between September... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Orders Marines to Withdraw from Lebanon
American peacekeeping forces in Beirut, a part of a multinational force during the Lebanese Civil War who had been earlier deployed by Reagan, were... Read more
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Madrid Conference
The Madrid Conference was hosted by the government of Spain and co-sponsored by the USA and the USSR. It convened on October 30, 1991 and lasted... Read more
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Operation Accountability/Seven-Day War
On July 25, 1993, Israeli forces launched a week-long attack against Lebanon named Operation Accountability in Israel and the Seven-Day War in... Read more
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Operation Grapes of Wrath
Operation Grapes of Wrath is the Israeli Defense Forces code-name (Hezbollah calls it April War) for a sixteen-day military blitz against Lebanon... Read more
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Israel withdraws troops from southern Lebanon in compliance with U.N. Resolution 425
On March 19, 1978, five days after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 called on Israel to withdraw... Read more
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"Blue Line" border demarcation published by United Nations
The Blue Line is a border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining... Read more
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Hezbollah cross-border raid
On October 7, 2000, three Israeli soldiers were abducted by Hezbollah while patrolling the Israeli occupied side of the Syrian-Lebanese border. The... Read more
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United Nations Security Counicil Resolution 1559 adopted
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 was a resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on September 2, 2004. It called... Read more
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Samir Geagea, the Lebanese Forces Leader, is Released After Spending Eleven Years in a Solitary Confinement
The Lebanese Parliament passed an amnesty bill on 18 July 2005 to free Samir Geagea. It was subsequently signed by President Émile Lahoud. Geagea... Read more
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2006 Lebanon War
The 2006 Lebanon War, known in Lebanon as the July War and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War, was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon and... Read more
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Start of Armed Clashes and Fighting in Lebanon
On May 8, 2008, minutes after Nasrallah's comments referring to pro-government actions as "a declaration of open war", heavy street battles began.... Read more
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Pro-West March 14 Coalition Wins in Surprise Victory over Hardline March 8 Coalition in Lebanese Parliamentary Elections
An American-backed alliance appeared to retain control of the Lebanese Parliament on Sunday in a hotly contested election that had been billed as a... Read more
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Crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration ET-ANB performing flight ET-409 from Beirut (Lebanon) to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) with 82... Read more