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Israel carries out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, allegedly targeting Hezbollah's site.
2025-12-8

An Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese Ba'ath Party headquarters in Ras el-Nabaa, Beirut, Lebanon, kills seven people, including Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif. Sixteen others are wounded. Three people are also killed and 29 more injured in another airstrike in Mar Elias.
2024-11-17

The United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, urges its citizens to leave the country amid increasing tensions in the Middle East.
2024-08-3

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

Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber announces criminal proceedings are underway against an unnamed Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS) board member for spreading jihadist propaganda. ICCS reports the individual is their head of multimedia, Naim Cherni, who released a videotape of his trip to Syria which included interviews with Islamist leaders. [https:--www.reuters.com-article-us-swiss-investigation-islamic-council-idUSKBN0U20C520151219 (Reuters)] [http:--www.dw.com-en-swiss-investigate-top-member-of-largest-islamic-organization-for-jihadist-propaganda-a-18929810 (Deutsche Welle)] [http:--www.blick.ch-news-schweiz-bern-wegen-video-ueber-syrien-reise-strafverfahren-gegen-izrs-vorstand-eroeffnet-id4479957.html (Blick)] (de)
2015-12-19

Syrian air strikes near the Lebanese border town of Arsal killed three people.
2014-02-28

Five hundred people are killed in inter-factional fighting between an alliance of secular rebels and moderate Islamists against radical Islamists.
2014-01-11

In Lebanon, Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah rejects the indictment and arrest warrants served by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon three days earlier against the party's four senior members.
2011-07-3

Omar Bakri Muhammad is sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court in Lebanon.
2010-11-12

Lebanon grants Palestinian refugees the right to work legally.
2010-08-17