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An Israeli airstrike in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, kills seven people, including Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chairman of Hamas' political bureau, and two other senior Hamas military officials. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
2024-01-2

Air traffic controllers at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport in Lebanon announce they will go on strike next month due to severe staffing shortages, partially closing the airport.
2023-08-24

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Beirut, Lebanon, for the second time since the explosion to urge politicians to enact political and economic reforms.
2020-08-31

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon finds Salim Ayyash, a senior member of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, guilty of assassinating former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri in Beirut in 2005, following a five-year trial.
2020-08-18

Hundreds of protestors march across Lebanon over the government's proposal to tax numerous goods, such as tobacco and WhatsApp calls. Police respond by firing tear gas on those in Beirut.
2019-10-18

The United States Supreme Court rules that almost $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in attacks blamed on Iran, including the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
2016-04-20

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

A Lebanese man protesting against Hezbollah's role in the Syrian civil war is shot dead outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut.
2013-06-9

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

Lebanese Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah dies suddenly in Beirut.
2010-07-4