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An explosion at an Amal Movement scout camp in Sidon, Lebanon, kills one person and injures seven others. According to the National News Agency the incident occurred due to an accident in a Hamas weapon depot.
2022-04-12

The Robert Koch Institute removes dozens of countries, including the United States, Canada, Austria, and Lebanon, from its travel risk list due to low COVID-19 infection rates. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas later announces that most of the countries still on the list will be removed on July 1.
2021-06-11

Lebanese justice minister says he has received an arrest warrant from Interpol against former Chairman of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, who escaped house arrest in Japan and fled to Lebanon days ago.
2020-01-2

Canadian tourist Kristian Lee Baxter, who had been held in Syrian detention since 2018, is released in Lebanon.
2019-08-9

A missile-strike in Jaramana in southern Syria kills high-ranking Lebanese Hezbollah commander Samir Kuntar and eight National Defence Force (NDF) personnel. The responsibility for the incident taken by the Free Syrian Army, though Hezbollah alleges Israeli involvement. Kuntar was the longest serving Lebanese prisoner in Israel until his release in 2008. On April 22, 1979 Kuntar and his team broke into an apartment building and kidnapped a father, 31-year-old Danny Haran, and his 4-year-old daughter, Einat, taking them to a nearby beach and killing them.
2015-12-20

Lebanon arrests nine people including seven Syrians over the recent Beirut bombings that killed at least 44 people.
2015-11-15

Eric Ding Si Yang, a Singaporean businessman, is charged with corruption for offering free sex to three Lebanese football referees to induce them to fix a match in the AFC Cup.
2013-04-7

Two people are killed in ongoing clashes in the Lebanese capital Beirut between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
2012-05-21

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Lebanon amidst concern from Israel and United States.
2010-10-13

Hezbollah warns Israel on gas fields being claimed by both Israel and Lebanon.
2010-06-13