Events in Lebanon History
Events 101 - 115 of 115
- 2014-12-02 The World Food Programme suspends critical food aid to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt because of a lack of funds
- 2015-11-12 Suicide bombings in Lebanon kill 43, Isis claim responsibility
- 2016-10-31 Lebanon parliament elects Michel Aoun President after 2 1/2 years without a leader
- 2017-08-16 Lebanon parliament abolishes article 522, which exempted rapists from prosecution if they married their victim
- 2017-11-04 Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigns in a shock TV broadcast from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, amid concerns he is being forcibly detained
- 2019-01-31 New government in Lebanon finally formed by Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri nine months after elections
- 2019-10-14 Hundreds of forest fires break out in western Lebanon, killing three and prompting calls for international help
- 2019-10-21 Lebanon government approves economic reforms after 5 days of protests, largest in a decade
- 2019-10-29 Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigns after two weeks of nationwide protests and an economic crisis
- 2020-08-04 Huge explosions at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, kill more than 200 and leaves over 6,000 thousand people injured
- 2020-08-10 Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announces his government is resigning, less than a week after massive industrial explosions devastated Beirut
- 2021-08-15 Petrol tanker explosion kills 27 and injures 79 in al-Tleil, Lebanon, amid the country's continuing economic crisis
- 2022-09-19 Banks in Lebanon close for three days after a series of hold-ups by people trying to obtain their own money, frozen amid the country's economic crisis [1]
- 2022-10-12 Lebanon reports its first death from Cholera since 1993, spreading from neighbouring Syria [1]
- 2024-02-14 Israel launches air strikes in Lebanon in an escalation of conflict along the border, killing four, in a retaliation after a Hezbollah rocket killed an Israeli soldier in Safed [1]