January 2012
01/01/2012
Three terrorists fail to escape Roumieh prison.
03/01/2012
State Council decides not to approve the latest salaries decree.
Unidentified persons steel large amounts of sand from Tyre’s beach.
01/09/2012
The parliamentary defense committee hears Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn’s “information” about the presence of Al-Qaeda members in Arsal.
10/01/2012
40 thousand illegal drug pills seized while trying to smuggle them into Syria.
11/01/2012
Army Intelligence arrests one of the oldest collaborators with Israel.
13/01/2012
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visits Lebanon and meets with state heads and a number of political figures.
14/01/2012
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu meets state heads, Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, and Head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Mohammad Raad.
One dead, four wounded in a clash between Zuaiter family members in Hadath Baalbek.
Information Branch arrests Rami Dabbous accused of selling illegal drugs and of other fraud operations, after a long pursuit.
15/01/2012
Building collapses in Fassouh Street - Ashrafieh where at least 12 were injured, 27 were killed and a number of people were missing.
17/01/2012
Minister of Public Works and Transportation, Ghazi Aridi, announces that the crew of the Ethiopian plane that crashed after taking off from Rafik Hariri International Airport in January 2011 was to be blamed for the crash.
18/01/2012
Cabinet approves the wage increase draft based on the Baabda consensual agreement between the Trade Unions and the General Labor Confederation. The project of Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas falls after refusing to sign the cabinet’s transportation allowance decree.
21/01/2012
Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri suffers fracture in his left leg while skiing in the French Alps and undergoes successful surgery in the American Hospital in Paris.
Syria arrests three Lebanese fishermen after shooting at their boat in Al-Arida area and then releases them at night. One of the fishermen gets killed in the shooting and once the news is spread, the residents of Al-Arida immediately cut off the international Lebanese-Syrian highway.
22/01/2012
Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour calls before the Arab Foreign Ministers Council meeting to lift the suspension of Syria's membership in the Arab League.
25/01/2012
STL’s Attorney General Daniel Bellemare visits Lebanon and meets with President of the Republic Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Najib Mikati and a number of political and security leaders.
Audit Bureau starts questioning directors general of oil facilities in Zahrani and Tripoli on the diesel dossier.
26/01/2012
Wage adjustment decree issued in the Official Gazette’s annex, and will come into force in February.
Machine guns and rocket-propelled used in Qusaya clashes between gunmen from the camp and others who moved to it after crossing the Syrian borders.
February 2012
01/02/2012
Cabinet sessions suspended after dispute over appointments.
02/02/2012
Former Minister Nassib Lahoud dies.
03/02/2012
President Amine Gemayel announces that the Information Branch had foiled a plan to assassinate MP Sami Gemayel in a specific time and place.
04/02/2012
Lebanese Army carries out a landing operation in Wadi Khaled with three helicopters and sweeps up the area after information about the presence of elements of the Free Syrian Army, in combination with tanks deployment on the northern borders.
05/02/2012
Syrian businessman Mohammed Al-Jabi released after his kidnapping on the road to Al-masnaa.
07/02/2012
Islamic-Christian summit at Beirut Maronite Archbishopric calls on officials to join efforts for Lebanon’s peace and stability and for the unity of its people amid the difficult situation and the tricky conditions.
10/02/2012
President Michel Sleiman announces that measures will be taken against Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas if he keeps refusing to sign the transportation allowance decree.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati visits France and meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Mikati stresses the position of Lebanon to stay aloof from all the developments and President Sarkozy praises "the efforts exerted by Mikati to maintain stability in Lebanon."
Armed clashes in Tripoli leave three soldiers wounded, and the army responds to the shooters and arrests a number of perpetrators.
Lebanese Army deploys at the northern borders and run patrols in the area. The region’s Deputies and residents welcome this matter.
11/02/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati is in Paris and visits Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.
Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi visits the four Maronite villages in Turkish Cyprus whereby he confirms that efforts should be made to find a solution to the issue of Maronites in Cyprus.
Four Syrians kidnapped on Al-masnaa road in the Bekaa and kidnappers demand ransom for their release.
12/ 02/2012
Change and Reform bloc member, MP Michel Aoun, warns that tampering with Minister Charbel Nahhas would topple the government.
13/02/2012
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri still insists not to mediate -in the governmental because the decision of Prime Minister Najib Mikati “to suspend the sessions is unjustified and Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas’ refusal to sing the transportation allowance decree is a violation to the cabinet’s institution."
17/02/2012
MP Walid Jumblatt visits Turkey and meets with Davutoglu.
Lebanese citizens wounded in shooting from the Syrian side of Masharii Al-Qaa.
19/02/2012
President Michel Sleiman stresses that insulting the President and the presidency is unacceptable.
Youth and Sports Minister, Faysal Karami, says that the file of the Islamist detainees of the sons of Tripoli and the North is a humanitarian issue that must not be undermined.
21/02/2012
Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas puts his resignation from the government in the hands of Change and Reform bloc Head, MP Michel Aoun, and President Michel Sleiman considers that “doing so does not make it official as the concerned authority which is the Prime Minister has not received any resignation yet.” MP Michel Aoun declares that addressing the resignation is the cabinet’s job.
A car and the UNRWA clinic in Shebriha camp – Tyre burned as a Lebanese patient married to a Palestinian man died three days after her admission to the UNRWA clinic got rejected.
22/02/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati receives from Energy Minister Gebran Bassil the resignation of Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas and, after consultation with the President of the Republic, decides to accept it.
23/02/2012
President Michel Sleiman signs the resignation of Charbel Nahhas and then signs the transportation allowance and the scholarships signed earlier by Acting Minister of Labor Nicolas Fattoush.
Parliament decides to permanently raise the value added tax on diesel, red and green. Side meetings at the parliament lead to the formation of a committee assigned with solving the problem of the $ 11 billion and other controversial topics.
24/02/2012
Salim Jreissati assigned as new Labor Minister.
27/02/2012
Cabinet convenes again.
28/02/2012
President Michel Sleiman meets his Romanian counterpart.
The British and French journalists who were wounded in Baba Amr are transferred to Lebanon and a Spanish journalist coming from Homs as well.
Store clerk killed in Sidon and security forces arrest the murderer.
29/02/2012
President Michel Sleiman arrives in Prague: to complete the implementation of the Taef agreement by setting an electoral law that guarantees just representation.
Son of Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani, goes under attack and the Future Movement denies any involvement.
Lebanese football team is drawn to the World Cup’s second round of qualifiers despite having suffered a 4-2 loss to the Emirati team.
March 2012
02/03/2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy thanks the Lebanese authorities for what was done to contribute to the return of some French journalists back to France.
04/03/2012
Lebanese hold counter sit-ins in Martyrs' Square. The first called forth by Sheikh Ahmad Al-Asir in support of the Syrian people facing Annahar news paper building, while 200 meters away, in Azarieh square, supporters of the Baath Party stage sit-in in support of the Syrian regime.
06/03/2012
The family members of former Syrian Vice President Shibli al-Aisamy, along with some of Aley’s parliamentary representatives, partisans, and residents block Aley roundabout and block the international highway in protest against the continuing abduction al-Aisamy for the tenth month.
07/03/2012
"Future Movement" launches its political document.
08/03/2012
Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi arrives in Jordan on a pastoral visit, during which he meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan.
09/03/2012
The first wounded Syrian to enter Lebanese territories through Bkayaa border crossing, whereas 4 others enter through the Bekaa region and Wadi Khaled crossings.
10/03/2012
Dispute erupts between students representing the Phalange party, the National Liberal party, and the internal security forces during a demonstration protesting against the Lebanese history book draft.
14/03/2012
March 14 celebrates the 7th anniversary of the "independence uprising" and launches its document titled "From the independence uprising of 2005 reaching the peace uprising of 2012".
16/03/2012
Army announces the arrest of the mastermind of Bekaa kidnappings in the Bekaa.
Security Forces arrest two people on charges of importing expired meat to Lebanon.
17/03/2012
Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi arrives to Egypt.
Pope Shenouda III dies.
3 students die after the collapse of their school building wall in Bhanin.
22/03/2012
The ministers of tourism, economy, agriculture, and health discuss food security with Lebanon’s tourism syndicates after seizing huge amounts of expired meat in various Lebanese areas.
23/03/2012
Army seals 3 warehouses belonging to members importing spoilt food.
24/03/2012
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel visits Roumieh prison and hands checks those who served their sentences but cannot afford bail.
25/03/2012
Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara holds spiritual meeting in Bkirki marking Our Lady of the Annunciation anniversary.
26/03/2012
Lebanese army seizes 20 barrels of expired olive oil in Sidon, and finds rotten food thrown in Al-Mahaleb Valley in the district of Rashaya.
28/03/2012
Cabinet agrees to lease power generating ships and approves tenders to build power plants.
29/03/2012
President Michel Sleiman returns to Beirut after taking part in Iraq’s Arab summit, where he confirms that Lebanon’s dissociation policy from Syrian developments is for the sake of national stability.
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rahi begins visit to Turkey and meets with Turkish President Abdullah Gul.
April 2012
2/4/2012
Spiritual and administrative closed meeting takes place at Bkerke, on the occasion of electing Beshara Rahi as the Patriarch for Maronites.
3/4/2012
Gunfire injures 3 military personnel while fired at an army patrol in al-Sharawneh neighborhood, Baalbek.
Metn residents block Jal-el-Dib highway in protest against the government’s failure to endorse an alternative project for the bridge, so as to ensure a replacement exit or entrance.
General Fayez Karam released from al-Rihaniyya police detention department.
4/4/2012
Lebanese Forces party reports gunfire at the residence of Samir Geagea in Meerab.
6/4/2012
Air aviation movement stops at Beirut International Airport, from 3:15 p.m. till 3:45 p.m. due to the dense fog emanating from the sea to the west, reaching 500 meters above airport area.
8/4/2012
Pope Benedict XVI urges, on the occasion of Easter, halting bloodshed in Syria and condemns discrimination and oppression against Christians in the Middle East and Africa.
9/4/2012
Al-Jadeed television photographer, Ali Shaaban, killed in shooting at the Lebanese-Syrian borders.
11/4/2012
Ahmed Ben Bella, the first Algerian President following the Independence, passes away.
15/4/2012
Lebanese President, Michel Sleiman, begins his visit to Australia.
Unidentified persons open fire at reporter Mustafa Jeha’s vehicle, on al Damour highway.
16/4/2012
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman pays a state visit to Australia.
UAE summons Iran’s Ambassador denouncing Iran’s President’s visit to Abu Musa Island.
17/4/2012
Maronite Patriarch Mar Beshara Rahi visits al Makassed Philanthropic Islamic Association of Beirut and informs them about the modern tutoring methods during a chat with students.
National News Agency’s website hacked.
EDL contractual workers and bill collectors hold strike in protest against a decision to sign new agreements with workers, as stated by a statement for workers.
Burning tires and vandalizing stores in Baalbeck in protest against the killing of security forces member, Mohammad Aqid Saleh, and his uncle Mohammad Nadim Baqbouq.
First Kuwaiti plane lands in Iraq ever since the invasion of Kuwait.
19/4/2012
After a three-day parliamentary session, the Lebanese Cabinet was granted confidence by 63 MPs. 3 other MPs withheld their confidence and March 14 MPs walked out of the session after Kataeb MP Sami Gemayel called for the vote.
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri visits the custodian of the two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, in Rawdat Khuraim.
Riot control members of the ISF end a mutiny which prisoners held in Baalbek jail, following a 6-hour revolt during which detainees threatened to set themselves on fire, in protest against the delay in holding trials and releasing those who finished their time.
The primary understanding on regulating the work mechanism of the UN observers in Syria was officially signed.
Security forces arrest one of the most perilous wanted persons, with 72 arrest warrants including firing at military persons.
20/4/2012
Cabinet sets the price of bread and approves rent law.
22/4/2012
Maronite Patriarch Mar Beshara Rahi leaves Lebanon on a tour to Mexico, Canada and the U.S.
National Struggle Front Head, MP Walid Jumblatt, arrives in Jeddah on a first-of-a-kind visit to Saudi Arabia after the Lebanese government’s formation.
Roads blocked in Tripoli, in protest agianst shooting demonstrators.
23/4/2012
Bomb explodes outside a restaurant in the southern city of Tyre, injuring four people.
The Lebanese Army intelligence services confiscate a truck heading towards the Lebanese-Syrian borders loaded with weapons.
25/4/2012
Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, kicks off a two-day official visit to Belgium and the EU.
ISF arrests two Iraqis charged with kidnapping Saudi nationals and holding them inside an apartment in Dohat El Hoss.
26/4/2012
Lebanese public drivers protest, block roads across different Lebanese regions.
Scholar Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah’s website gets hacked.
27/4/2012
Bomb explodes near Arab Tawhid party headquarters in Bekaata.
Lebanese navy intercepts Lutfullah II ship, and confiscates a large consignment of arms and ammunition it was carrying, near the coast of Batroun. The ship’s crew, comprised of ten people, was arrested.
28/4/2012
Sheikh Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine, the highest spiritual authority amongst the Druze community, lays to rest in Baaqline.
30/4/2012
Explosion in Idlib kills 8 and wounds around 100 persons.
May 2012
1/5/2012
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffry Feltman, arrives in Lebanon for talks with senior officials.
2/5/2012
Cabinet approves minimum wage increase and salary scale transfer for civil servants.
Iranian Vice President, Mohammad Reza Rahimi, arrives in Lebanon and meets with top officials.
Two brothers killed, father injured as members of Taleb and Kik families trade fire in Fnaydek in North Lebanon.
3/5/2012
Navigation movement at Beirut airport stops in solidarity with General Labor Confederation's strike.
5/5/2012
One wanted severely injured and his mother-in-law killed in a broil with Anti-Narcotics Bureau personnel in Hermel.
6/5/2012
Ballot boxes open in 40 Lebanese towns to elect 39 municipal councils and one mayoral body.
Francois Hollande elected as President of France.
7/5/2012
Former Premier Saad Hariri visits Qatar and meets with Prince Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
Legislative elections run in Syria.
Pastor of the Church of Aid in Baalbeck, Father Walid Gharios, kidnapped, then released soon after.
8/5/2012
Judges Antoine Daher and Souheir Harake win membership at Higher Judicial Council.
EDL contract workers stage sit-in demanding full-time employment at the state-owned facility.
Interpol issues arrest warrant against Iraqi Vice President, Tariq al-Hashemi.
9/5/2012
Former Premier Saad Hariri meets with Saudi Crown Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz in KSA.
Army thwarts attempts by Israeli enemy to advance into Lebanese territories at Fatima Gate in Kfar Kila, as part of separation wall building works by Israel along borders with Lebanon.
EDL contract workers close the facility's entrances in Corniche-el-Nahr, preventing employees from entering and leaving the building.
10/5/2012
Syrian Interior Ministry confirms twin terrorist explosion has killed 55 and injured 372 among civilians and soldiers; unidentified human remains gathered in 15 bags.
11/5/2012
Fire erupts at Byblos carpets and rugs factory in Safra, causing the building to collapse.
5.5 magnitude earthquake rocks several Lebanese regions.
12/5/2012
Tripoli citizens block the city's roads with enflamed tires and cars in objection to the arrest of Shadi Mawlawi; two protesters wounded in gunfire at Abdul Hamid Karami Square.
13/5/2012
Fierce clashes erupt between Bab el-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen in Tripoli, leaving many dead and injured; army counters fire sources.
14/5/2012
Displacement reported from Tripoli into Donieh as clashes continue in the northern city.
Military Judge Saqr Saqr presses charges against six detainees, among which Shadi Mawlawi, for belonging to an armed terrorist group, committing crimes against people, and tampering with the State's authority and prestige.
EDL contract workers and bill collectors toss garbage at the facility's entrance in Corniche-el-Nahr, close road with chains, and burn tires inside the building in objection to a decision by the Justice and Administration parliamentary committee hereby turning down their demand for full-time employment.
15/5/2012
Army deploys in Syria Street in Tripoli between belligerent Bab el-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen areas; death and injuries toll rises as clashes renew in the afternoon.
Protesters close roads leading to Abdul Hamid Karami Square in outrage at keeping Shadi Mawlawi in detention and Islamists detainees without trials.
State employees' cooperative ranks first at the United Nations Public Service 2012 Award.
16/5/2012
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi confirms from Detroit Muslim-Christian coexistence formula in Lebanon, and calls for national conference to bridge gaps between rival March 8 and 14 camps.
Clashes renew in Tripoli between Bab el-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, as Interior Minister Marwan Charbel arrives in town.
EDL contract workers force employees to leave the building, leveling threats to burn the facility's offices unless Justice and Administration parliamentary committee approves their full-time employment demand.
Phoenician skeletons and site aged 5th and 6th centuries B.C. discovered.
17/5/2012
Universities and learning institutions close in Tripoli as clashes continue in the city; Prime Minister Najib Mikati tasks security chiefs to set checkpoints in Tripoli streets.
General Security announces three involved in Estonians abduction were handed over by Syrian authorities.
Customs Department seizes exorbitant money amounts in Arab currencies, smuggled in a public tourism vehicle at border Jdeidet Yabous terminal.
One citizen killed in Aarsal town in a broil with Lebanese army during an arms smuggling operation into Syria; military confiscates load of various weapons, arrests one smugglers.
Explosive bomb found on a vegetables carrier at the entrance of Ain-el-Hilwe camp; army confiscates quantity of explosives, and arrests number of people.
Algerian diva Warda passes away.
18/5/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati confirms government fully assuming its duty in fighting terrorism, and controlling security and long-stretching borders with Syria, in response to a question about Syrian UN envoy Bashar Jaafari's message to UN Chief, Ban Ki-moon.
19/5/2012
Booby-trapped car explodes in the Ghazi Ayyash neighborhood of Deir Az-Zor, leaving many victims.
Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour calls Qatar and UAE to reconsider decision hereby asking their nationals to leave Lebanon.
20/5/2012
Killing of Sheikh Ahmad Abdel Wahed and his companion Mohammad Hussein Merheb sparks tension in several Lebanon regions; Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani eulogizes slain Sheikh and announces Dar-al-Fatwa closure for mourning; Qobba locals block roads leading to their town with burning tires and iron barriers.
Six wounded in clashes between local organizations in the vicinity of the Beirut Arab University.
21/5/2012
Roads blocked in many Lebanese regions following the killing of Sheikh Ahmad Abdel Wahed; Beirut MPs hold urgent meeting and call for resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati; Premier's press office replies: "Everybody knows what the Prime Minister has been doing to assuage fire."
Government commissioner before military court, Judge Saqr Saqr, orders arrest of three officers and 19 soldiers for interrogation over Kweikhat incident.
Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry calls citizens not to travel to Lebanon and nationals to leave country.
22/5/2012
Shadi Mawlawi released on bail, celebrations run throughout Tripoli.
Citizens block roads in Southern Suburb and many Lebanese regions with burning tires in protest against the abductions of 13 Lebanese pilgrims in Aleppo.
Education and Higher Learning Minister, Hassan Diab, inaugurates first digital interactive classroom in Lebanon at Dhour Shoueir High School.
23/5/2012
President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman, condemns abduction of Lebanese pilgrims in Aleppo, contacts Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz and Qatari Prince Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and clarifies Syrian UN envoy Bashar Jaafari's message unfounded.
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bshara Boutros Rahi arrives in Rome coming from US.
Three Lebanese female pilgrims killed and 11 wounded in bomb explosion in Bagdad.
EDL bill collectors start open-ended sit-in at the facility's entrance.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov,warns of spillover of Syria's conflict into Lebanon.
Individual disputes in Caracas, Beirut, kill one and injure many.
24/5/2012
Citizens in Dekwaneh protest the killing of Elie Joseph Naaman.
Army announces injury of one officer and 3 soldiers in a fire shooting in Caracas, Beirut.
Iranian Navy saves US cargo ship from pirates attack in Aden Gulf.
25/5/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati receives phone call from Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, with the latter confirming abducted Lebanese pilgrims were safe and en route for Beirut.
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon expresses concerns over Syrian crisis spillover into Lebanon.
Information Branch arrests two suspects in killing Elie Naaman in Jdeideh.
26/5/2012
Turkish diplomat says abducted Lebanese pilgrims not in Turkey.
Syrian Customs authorities announce confiscation of seven kilograms of pure gold smuggled into Syria aboard a Lebanese vehicle, at Arida border crossing.
27/5/2012
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani congratulates Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, upon Liberation Day.
Union Coordination Committee recommends boycott of official exams' corrections.
One killed and another injured by Syria-sourced fire in the outskirts of Kfarqouq village.
Citizens in Besharri cut off road protesting the killing of a man at Madfoun checkpoint.
28/5/2012
President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman, calls to convene national dialogue committee on June 11.
International peace envoy, Kofi Annan, arrives in Damascus for talks with Syrian officials.
Mall fire in Doha kills 19, including 13 children.
29/5/2012
One Lebanese killed and five injured in fire shooting at Lebanese-Syrian borders.
Syrian President, Bashar Assad, tells peace envoy, Kofi Annan, the success of his plan depends on ceasing terrorist acts and arms smuggling.
Spain and Italy expel Syrian ambassador, while Switzerland says Syrian envoy persona non grata.
UK and Washington expel Syrian Chargé d'Affaires.
EDL contract workers ask employees to leave Corniche-el-Nahr-based offices, ahead of the facility's full closure.
Syndical Coalition List wins Editors' Syndicate elections.
30/5/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrives in Istanbul, accompanied by Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour and Interior Minister Marwan Charbel, for meeting with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the issue of Lebanese abducted pilgrims in Syria, and participating in a conference on civilizations dialogue; meeting with UN Chief Ban Ki-moon at the conference's sidelines.
EDL contract workers block highway in Corniche-el-Nahr after security forces banned them from entering the facility; One protestor set himself ablaze, and fellows rush to help him; State Prosecution orders investigation into "attacking EDL properties."
Japan and Turkey call Syrian diplomats to leave; Syria expels Dutch Chargé d'Affaires.
British Supreme Court approves to hand over founder of whistleblowing WikiLeaks, Julien Assange, to Sweden, which seeks to prosecute him for sexual attack and rape case.
Farmers snatched in Abboudiyeh and led into Syria; Syria-sourced fire shooting on Hisheh village injures three Syrians.
Union Coordination Committee decides to suspend correction of official exams.
31/5/2012
Energy and Water Resources Minister, Gebran Bassil, deprecates EDL part-timers' mobilization as 'disobedience,' and suggests rendering 700 workers full-timers.
Aridah locals block international highway between Lebanon and Syria in solidarity with Abboudieh citizens after Lebanese were kidnapped by Syrian troops.
Portugal declares Syrian ambassador persona non grata.
One citizen kidnapped from Aarsal at the Lebanese-Syrian borders.
International peace envoy, Kofi Annan, arrives in Lebanon for talks with senior officials.
Egypt lifts 30-year-long emergency state.
MP Farid Habib passes away.
June 2012
01/06/2012
5 injured in fire shooting in Tripoli.
State employees, coop members, stage sit-in.
Abboudieh residents continue sit-in under tents they set up on the Lebanese borders in Abboudieh, Dabboussieh and Arida, against abduction of citizens.
President Michel Sleiman visits KSA and meets Saudi Monarch Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz.
Human Rights High commission warms of comprehensive conflict in Syria placing the whole region in danger.
Editors Syndicate Council elects Elias Aoun as Chief State.
Shoura Council suspends culture Minister’s decision of merging the Southern part of heritages of Mina Al-Hosn.
02/06/2012
More than 60 killed and injured due to continued clashes in Tripoli. Security, parliamentary and ministerial meeting takes place at PM Najib Mikati’s residence.
Syrian monk wounded on Lebanese Syrian borders.
Life imprisonment sentence for Egyptian President Hosni Moubarak.
03/06/2012
President Michel Sleiman visits Kuwait and holds summit with Kuwait’s Emir.
Lebanon’s football team loses against Qatar’s in the Asian qualifying games for Brazil World cup
04/06/2012
Kidnapped Mahmoud Ibrahim released on the Lebanese borders of Abboudieh.
05/06/2012
Burning shops in Tripoli.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry declares US, Canada, Turkey, Britain, and Switzerland’s Ambassadors “persona non grata”.
STL declares that the main legal representative that has been appointed by the bureau chief to represent those harmed by February 14, 2005, in Ayyash’s case, took the oath.
06/06/2012
President Michel Sleiman discusses bilateral ties with UAE and Qatar.
Syrian President Bashar Assad designates Riad Hjab to form new government.
07/06/2012
Young man and women kidnapped on Zahle highway and released after raping the women and taking their car.
Fire devastates 20 tents inhabited by displaced Syrians in Burj Al-Arab.
State Employees Coop members suspend their sit-in.
France calls for respecting Lebanon’s sovereignty.
08/06/2012
Ghassan Tueni and Former MP Ahmad Sweid pass away.
Syndicate Coordination Committee suspends decision to boycott exams observation.
09/06/2012
President Michel Sleiman receives from March 14 salvation initiative and stance towards dialogue.
Blocking Wadi Khaled road, arresting Syrian laborers in objection to kidnapping a Lebanese citizen in Akkar Field
11/06/2012
National Dialogue Table launches dialogue at Baabda Palace under the chairmanship of President Michel Sleiman, and issuing Baabda declaration with copies of such declaration being delivered to each of the Arab States League and the United Nations.
12/06/2012
Korea’s football team plays against Lebanon’s in the context of the World cup qualifiers.
13/06/2012
State Employees Coop members announce sit-in.
14/06/2012
PM Najib Mikati receives call from US Foreign Affairs Minister who voices support for the Lebanese government’s adopted measures.
Joint committees approve conditioned full-time job for EDL’s daily workers. Bloc of Reform and Change members withdraw from session.
Egyptian Constitutional Court orders dissolving Egyptian people’s Assembly.
15/06/2012
The implementation of a smoking prohibition law takes effect.
16/06/2012
Death of Saudi Crown Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz
5 new bishops elected.
A group of men blocks roads in different Lebanese regions protesting electricity cut-off.
17/06/2012
Syria complains to UN against Arab States League Council’s decision of stopping its satellite broadcast, considering it to be violating the principles of media freedom.
18/06/2012
Talks over Iran’s nuclear program start between grand forces and Iran in Moscow.
Families of kidnapped in Syria block Airport Road by burning tires.
The Army fires in air against guys throwing stones against checkpoint, in the surrounding of Ain El-Helweh Camp, and Beddawi people block interior roads of Beddawi Camp.
19/06/2012
Release of 7 arrested Islamists and handing 2 Palestinians to the General Security.
21/06/2012
Pope Benedict XVI warns of comprehensive dispute in Syria entailing the whole region
Sweden, Bulgaria and Poland’s Foreign Ministers start their visit to Lebanon and meet senior officials.
Syrian warplane chief lands in a military air-base in Jordan, calling for political refuge.
Injuries reported due to dispute between 2 families in Musharrafieh.
22/06/2012
PM Najib Mikati gives Lebanon’s word at a UN conference for permanent development in Brazil.
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi meets with delegation of March 14 Christian members in Bkirki
23/06/2012
Damascus affirms the fall of Turkish military plane over Syrian regional waters.
24/06/2012
Mohammad Mursi declared as Egypt’s President
Turkey warns Syria of war and calls for Atlantic meeting.
7 injured in a dispute in Menieh- Donniyeh region.
25/06/2012
National Dialogue Committee convenes under the chairmanship of President Michel Sleiman and affirms commitment to Baabda declaration.
Veiled armed members shoot fire against Al-Jadeed TV building anf burn tires at the building’s entrance.
26/06/2012
President Michel Sleiman leaves to Bahrain.
Public Administrations employees stop work for 2 hours in objection against the cabinet’s failure to approve the salary scale.
27/06/2012
President Michel Sleiman summons security seniors for meeting over roads blocking in Beirut in objection to the arrest of Wissam Aladdine accused of attacking Al Jadeed TV.
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi leaves on a pastoral visit to Turkey.
Sheikh Ahmad Assir announces starting his sit-in in Sidon until finding solution to illegitimate weapons.
The sub-committee – emanating from Bkerki Gathering and tasked to study new election law – convenes.
Interior and Municipalities Minister, Marwan Charbel, launches from the Southern Suburb of Beirut a security plan to involve all other Lebanese regions.
State Employees Coop members suspend their strike.
28/06/2012
Radio Lebanon wins a Golden Award in the context of a radio song competition in Tunisia.
29/06/2012
Israeli Infantry Forces kidnap a shepherd in the liberated Shehel region of Shabaa Farms.
July 2012
02/07/2012
The Lebanese General Security announces being subject to fire shooting in al-Bkayaa as the Syrian army chases armed men who launched a rocket from Lebanon towards Syria.An Israeli aircraft targets with an air-ground missile a listening device which was planted in a valley between Tair Falsieh and al-Zrerieh.
Gunmen kidnap 5 people from the Tofailis inside their family shop in Hermel.
Cabinet approves granting full time jobs to EDL day-workers and bill collectors, provided that they pass Civil Service Council examination.
04/07/2012
The Union Coordination Committee and Employees Association stage sit-in protesting the cabinet’s failure to approve the salary scale.
05/07/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany.
Assassination attempt on MP Boutros Harb at his Badaro office thwarted.
Civilians cut several roads in Akkar in protest against the release of soldiers and officers implicated in the case of Sheikhs Ahmad Abdul Wahed and Hussein Meraab.
06/07/2012
Residents cut both sides of Abdeh-Tripoli highway in protest against the release of soldiers and officers implicated in the case of Sheikhs Ahmad Abdul Wahed and Hussein Meraab.
08/07/2012
The Foreign Ministry files a complaint against Israel at the United Nations after its troops kidnapped a Lebanese citizen.
Batroun enters "Guinness" for preparing the world's largest glass of lemonade.
09/07/2012
Council of Ministers approves a study prepared by the Army Command planning deployment along the Lebanese northern borders.
10/07/2012
Two injured in an armed robbery at Byblos Bank - Choueifat branch.
Earthquake measuring 3.5 strikes Tyre and Nabatiyeh.
11/07/2012
President Michel Suleiman visits France and meets French President Francois Hollande.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces after a meeting by the Council of Ministers the ratification of the final budget figures and the transfer of STL dues, as well as STL’s confirmation of having received 26,927,270 Euros as part of Lebanon's contribution to the 2012 budget.
12/07/2012
Assistant Secretary of State William Burns visits Lebanon and meets with officials.
Masked gunmen storm the Bank in Ashrafieh.
14/07/2012
The Union Coordination Committee announces its decision to halt all activities including the correction official examinations unless the cabinet approves the salaries& ranks scale.
The re-arrest of the three officers implicated in the killing of Mohammed Abdul Wahid and Hussein Meraab in Kweikhat.
15/07/2012
Government holds parliamentary by-elections in Koura.
16/07/2012
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel declares the victory of MP Fadi Karam in Koura by-elections.
The Moroccan Foreign Ministry says that the Syrian ambassador is unwelcomed “persona non grata”, and Damascus announces that the Moroccan ambassador is unwelcomed too.
EDL supporters pelt EDL day workers with stones in rejection of “the occupation of public utilities.”
17/07/2012
President Michel Sleiman visits Turkey and meets with Turkey’s President and Prime Minister to seek a solution for the Lebanese abductees’ issue.
Information Minister Walid Daouk praises the positive role played by some audio-visual and written media organizations, especially in terms of their voluntary and responsible commitment covering local events without fueling strife.
Ambassador Fouad Al-Turk lays to rest.
Iraq summons its nationals residing in Syria after the increasing wave of attacks.
A group of young men block Nahr al-Mawt road leading to Jal el-Deeb with burning tires - a thing which leads to stifling traffic - at the backdrop of re-arrest the officers implicated in the killing of Mohammed Abdul Wahid and Hussein Meraab in Kweikhat. Another group of Lebanese youth gathers at al-Sayyad roundabout and brandishes banners in support of the Lebanese Army.
18/07/2012
National Security building bombed in Damascus killing Defense Minister Dawoud Rajeha, his deputy Asef Shawkat, Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani, and injuring Interior Minister and security leaders.
21/07/2012
Islamic spiritual summit held in Dar Al-Fatwa at the invitation of Mufti of the Republic Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani, calls for adherence to civil peace and support to the military.
13 injured in Bab al-Tabbaneh.
22/07/2012
Arab foreign ministers hold meeting in Doha to discuss the situation in Syria.
23/07/2012
National dialogue postponed till August 16.
Campaign begins to damage cannabis in Alak valley located in Bodai, Baalbek. A member of the internal security forces gets shot dead by unidentified men in Bodai during the cannabis damaging process.
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora confirms to a presidential envoy the Future Movement’s continuing boycott of national dialogue.
Protesters block EDL’s sea gate for being deprived from the monthly salaries.
Syrian gunboat shoots Lebanese fishing boats off Arida coast.
91 killed in Iraq in the bloodiest day in two years.
24/07/2012
EU rejects Israel's request to include Hezbollah in its blacklist.
25/07/2012
Union Coordination Committee carries out a general strike and stages sit-in facing the Grand Serail revealing an intention to continue its boycott of all activities including the correction of official exams pending the approval of the salaries scale.
27/07/2012
Lebanon wins first prize in the "Sixth International Conference for Environmental Sciences" in Texas.
28/07/2012
Many people get wounded in overnight clashes between the regions of Bakar and Jabal Mohsen in Tripoli.
30/07/2012
EDL day-workers block all the company’s gates with chained metal, burn tires inside EDL premises, prohibit employees from entering, and block Mar Mikhail internal roads with their bodies. EDL management announces that the institution is closed forcibly.
August 2012
1/08/2012
Maronite Bishops issue “August 1, 2012 plea," touching on the economic situation and warn from the worst to come if issues are not tackled properly.
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Asir ends 35-day sit-in in Sidon.
02/08/2012
The General Security announces its decision to expel Syrians imprisoned in Lebanon for criminal acts and offenses committed during their presence in Lebanon, and wishes this act stays away from the political and media bazaar.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces the resignation of Kofi Annan from his international mediating mission for Syria.
03/08/2012
EDL day-workers announce their decision to suspend their sit-in, while GLC head Ghassan Ghosn announces an agreement to grant them their salaries and preserve their right in the Civil Services Council’ examinations.
Clashes erupt between security forces and gunmen in Yamuna region after ISF damages cannabis planted in the region.
04/08/2012
Entrance to Yamuna region blocked to prevent the damaging process of cannabis.
48 Iranian pilgrims kidnapped in Damascus.
Airport security foils an attempt to smuggle 8 kilos of heroin to Belgium.
5/08/2012
Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab defects from Syrian regime.
6/08/2012
Families of Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria block airport road, demanding immediate measures to ensure their release.
07/08/2012
Cabinet approves a 13-district proportionality-based electoral law, which the National Struggle Front ministers reject.
08/08/2012
Four wounded in an individual dispute in Sidon.
Clashes between members from Mount Akrum and al-Hurana leave many people dead and wounded.
09/08/2012
ISF Information branch arrests former Deputy and Minister Michel Samaha on charges of planning to plant explosives in several Lebanese regions.
Appointment of Wael Nader as Syria’s Prime Minister.
10/08/2012
Families of the Lebanese kidnapped in Syria stage sit-in facing the Embassy of Qatar.
11/08/2012
The Government’s Commissioner at the Military Court Judge Sami Sader files law suit against former minister Michel Samaha and Syrian army brigadier Ali Mamlouk on charges of forming an armed gang to commit various crimes against the people and the Lebanese state.
13/08/2012
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi begins his pastoral visit to Akkar and stresses the importance of participation in national dialogue.
15/08/2012
Syrian and Turkish nationals get kidnapped by al-Mokdad family in response to the abduction of Hassan Mokdad in Syria.
The Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri demands that all Saudi nationals leave Lebanon immediately, at the backdrop of threats to kidnap Saudis by al-Mokdad family. The United Arab Emirates also warns its nationals not to travel to Lebanon, and calls on those present therein to leave immediately.
16/08/2012
A group of youth blocks Al-Masnaa road- Rashaya in protest against the blockage of the airport road the previous night.
17/08/2012
A Turkish national and Lebanese businessman Raja Zuhairi get kidnapped.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry issues travel warning to Lebanon.
The U.S. Embassy issues travel warning to Lebanon.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius visits Lebanon and relays 3 French messages of cooperation, support and friendship.
UN announces the appointment of former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi, an international envoy in Syria.
18/08/2012
5 Syrians kidnapped from different Lebanese regions.
20/08/2012
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri "appeals to the mind in a moment of madness" in objection to the growing spate of kidnaps.
Syrian national gets kidnapped in Mreijeh and another disappears in Ashrafieh.
21/08/2012
6 dead and 62 wounded in Tripoli clashes.
22/08/2012
Agreement reached to cease-fire in Tripoli.
23/08/2012
The House of Parliament’s General Secretariat receives a letter from Justice Minister Shakib Kortbawi, requesting that immunity be lifted off MP Mouein Merabi for verbally attacking the army.
25/08/2012
House Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati get informed by the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu about the release of the Lebanese kidnapped in Syria Hussein Ali Omar.
Attempt to smuggle a prisoner of Fatah al-Islam from Roumieh prison foiled.
Kuwaiti citizen kidnapped in Bekaa.
27/08/2012
The kidnapped Kuwaiti citizen gets released..
31/08//2012
President Michel Sleiman returns from Tehran after taking part in a two-day Conference by the Non-Aligned Movement.
Security forces cordon off the center of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Hamra after attacking one of its elements.
September 2012
1/9/2012
A Syrian force enters the Dora district of el Qa’a projects in Hermel and kidnaps Lebanese citizens.
4/9/2012
President of the Republic Michel Sleiman receives from Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora “March 14” memorandum.
6/9/2012
Cabinet endorses the salary scale with a retroactive effect as of 1/7/2012, provided that salary differences are to be paid in installments over five years.
7/9/2012
Release of the three officers implicated in the killing of Sheikh Mohammed Abdul Wahid and Hussein Meraab in l-Kweikhat on bail.
10/9/2012
President of the Republic Michel Sleiman confirms in an interview with the "National News Agency" that "Lebanon is not in chaos and it is the best in its surrounding region.”
One killed, three injured in an explosion of a power generator in Sabtiyeh region.
11/9/2012
Lebanese Army frees Syrians kidnapped by Al-Mokdad family.
Lebanon Football team wins over the Iranian team in the FIFA World Cup Asian qualifications for the World Cup in Brazil 2014.
13/9/2012
Security General Forces receive the Turkish driver who was kidnapped.
14/9/2012
Pope Benedict XVI begins a visit to Lebanon and signs the Apostolic Exhortation in St. Paul Basilica in Harissa.
Protesters against a movie that offends Islam break and burn “KFC” in Bahsass.
15/9/2012
Pope Benedict XVI visits the Presidential palace on the second day of his visit to Lebanon and President Michel Sleiman hands the Pontiff the first issue of the special commemorative stamp of the visit.
17/0/2012
Secretary General of “Hizbullah" Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah makes a rare personal appearance among crowd to participate in the rally of loyalty to the Prophet Mohammad in the southern suburb of Beirut (Dahiyeh).
18/9/2012
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi leaves to India on a pastoral visit.
Prosecuting six (6) detainees of Al-Mokdad family and two (2) Syrians on establishing an armed organization
19/9/2012
Release of Fouad Daoud at Tel EL-Abyed region in Baalbek, after clashes between members of the Lebanese army and the kidnappers
20/9/2012
National dialogue table convenes at the Presidential palace with calls to build up on the atmosphere of stability, which the Pope's visit consecrates, among all political parties.
22/9/2012
Citizen kidnapped in front of his home in Maxeh village.
24/9/2012
Army Command announces the death of Colonel Abbas Joumaa who died after suffering a serious injury while on a security mission in Ghubairi region on 09/21/2012
Kidnapped Ali Mansour released after paying a ransom of 600 thousand US dollar.
25/9/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, at the UN headquarters, and confirms that various Lebanese political parties have reached consensus to maintain stability in Lebanon and keep it away from the repercussions of the current incidents in the region; in turn, Clinton praises the role of the Lebanese government in maintaining stability and applying laws.
Kidnapped Awad Ibrahim released in Syria.
26/9/2012
In an assessment of his apostolic visit to Lebanon, Pope Benedict XVI considers Lebanon "an example for the entire region,” wishing his messages help in achieving peace.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with French President Francois Hollande, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah at the United Nations
27/9/2012
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expresses during his meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the United Nations concern that "the situation in Syria, if worsens, may affect neighboring countries, including Lebanon," praising "the policy of dissociation which the government adopts and the current National Dialogue under the auspices of President Michel Suleiman."
MP Mohammad Qabbani launches the "transparency" initiative by lifting banking secrecy on his accounts "to activate the battle against corruption."
28/9/2012
Armed persons attack and disarm a patrol by the Interior Security Forces while banning tree-cutting violations in Almat, Jbeil.
30/9/2012
The President of the Republic, Michel Suleiman, leaves to Peru to preside over the Arab side in the Arab - Latin American Summit.
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rahi begins a visit to Hungary and Rome; he says "if we really want to live a true partnership, we must not go back to the 60’s (electoral) law”.
Aattack against 4 guys in Majdelyoun wounds two after an attempt to kidnap them fails.
October 2012
3/10/2012
President of the Republic Michel Sleiman arrives in Argentine.
3 killed, 9 wounded by a Syrian mortar shell that fell in Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces that his Country shelled targets located inside the Syrian territories, in response to the falling of shells inside Turkish territories from Syria.
5/10/2012
President of the Republic Michel Sleiman- from Uruguay- considers that the Arab Spring shall not be achieved if democracy is not imposed on Israel and Palestinian rights are not restored.
7/10/2012
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi partakes in the mass service of the inauguration of the works by the Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome.
10/10/2012
Cabinet approves a series of judicial appointments, notably the appointment of Judge Jean Daoud Fahd as First Chief to the Court of Cassation, and Judge Hatem Moustapha Madi as Vice Deputy at the Court of Cassation.
Demonstration and strike at the invitation of Union Coordination Committee (UCC), in protest against failure to approve salary scale.
Turkey intercepts Syrian passengers' airliner while traveling from Moscow to Damascus, claiming it is "transporting ammunition and military equipment to Damascus."
11/10/2012
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah declares that "the resistance in Lebanon dispatched a plane towards the sea, flying hundreds of kilometers above the sea... and then penetrating Israeli iron procedures flying over sensitive and important installations for tens of kilometers, to be discovered by the enemy near Dimona. Israeli Air Force then intercepted the plane putting it down."
Syrian Foreign Ministry dismisses claims that "the aircraft which Turkish warplanes forced to land was carrying munitions."
12/10/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo, chairing Lebanon's delegation to the Francophone XIV Summit.
3 members affiliated to Fateh Islam flee from Roumieh jail.
15/10/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati leaves to Qatar on an official visit.
17/10/2012
Joint Special Representative of the UN and the Arab League in Syria Lakhdar Brahimi meets with President of the Republic Michel Sleiman, House Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
18/10/2012
Public administrations and schools stage a strike at the invitation of Union Coordination Committee (UCC), to press ahead for the ratification of ranks and salaries' scale.
Mikati wished UCC will reconsider its position, since matters are moving towards a solution.
19/10/2012
Head of Information Branch, Major General Wissam Hassan, and his Bodyguard Ahmed Sahiouni got martyred in a booby-trapped car explosion in Aschrafieh. A number of persons got martyred in the explosion in addition to hundreds of wounded. March 14 holds Prime Minister Najib Mikati "the responsibility of the blood of al-Hassan and Ashrafieh innocent citizens."
20/10/2012
National mourning day for Ashrafieh explosion martyrs.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati suspends any decision of his resignation, pending
President of the Republic Michel Sleiman's deliberations with dialogue pillars.
Various roads blocked in condemnation of Ashrafieh crime.
21/10/2012
Clashes occur between demonstrators and Grand Serail security men during the funeral of General Wissam al-Hassan and Ahmad Sehiouni. Roads blocked in the various Lebanese areas. Clashes renew in Tripoli.
22/10/2012
UN Special Coordinator in Lebanon Derek Plumbly declares- after meeting with President Michel Sleiman- condemnation of any attempt to shake stability and support of the government.
A number of persons wounded in clashes in Tareek Jadeeda.
Fire shooting in Qasqas.
23/10/2012
President of the Republic Michel Sleiman signs the decree of referring the assassination crime of General Wissam al-Hassan and other victims who fell in Ashrafieh explosion to the Justice Council.
Lawsuit filed against an anonymous person in the foiled assassination attempt against "Change and Reform" Bloc Head Michel Aoun in Sidon.
Prince of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Ben Khalifa II visits Gaza strip.
24/10/2012
Pope Benedict XVI appoints Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rahi a new Cardinal in the church.
26/10/2012
Azaz Coordinatory Committee affiliated to "Syrian Revolution" declares the detention of Journalist Fida Itani.
28/10/2012
3 officers and 3 military men arrested at the backdrop of a dispute at Zahle Prison.
30/10/2012
Hurricane "Sandy" reaps a number of dead in New York and power cuts in Canada.
31/10/2012
Families of the kidnapped in Syria stage a sit-in in front of the Turkish Embassy.
November 2012
1/11/2012
22 killed and more than 111 injured in fuel tank explosion in Riyadh.
1/11/2012
Fuel tank explodes in Riyadh killing 22 and wounding more than 111 persons.
Journalist, Fida’ Itani, gets released.
4/11/2012
France’s President, Francois Hollande, arrives in Beirut, and holds talks with his Lebanese counterpart, Michel Sleiman. Hollande warns of bids to quiver Lebanon’s stability and Sleiman stresses the need to return to dialogue is a must.
6/11/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati visits Hungary and holds talks with senior officials.
Bishop Tawadros II is elected as the new pope of the Coptic Orthodox.
7/11/2012
Lebanese cabinet assigns the oil sector management committee.
Barack Obama re-elected as the President of the U.S.
8/11/2012
Public administrations and institutions hold strike in protest against the Cabinet’s non-approval of the ranks and salary scales.
11/ 11/2012
Israel begins ‘’Operation Pillar of Cloud’’ aggression on Gaza.
16/11/2012
Al-Qassam Brigades announces shooting down an Israeli aircraft.
20/11/2012
The Progressive Socialist Party launches an initiative to “maintain stability and civil peace, returning to state institutions and developing the economy.’’
21/11/2012
France’s Francois Hollande receives Lebanese Premier, Najib Mikati. Holland says France shall not interfere in Lebanese affairs and voices respect for Lebanon’s disassociation stance.
22/11/2012
Lebanon celebrates Independence Day.
Lebanese President leaves to Rome to partake in the consistory Pope Benedict XVI is chairing for the appointment of Maronite Patriarch Mar Beshara Rahi as Cardinal.
Katyusha rocket, set for launching, found in Az-Zeffateh area.
24/11/2012
Maronite Patriarch Mar Beshara Rahi receives Cardinal insignia, during a consistory chaired by the Supreme Pontiff at the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, in
presence of the Lebanese delegation, comprised of 1500 persons, headed by President Michel Sleiman.
26/11/2012
Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan arrives in Beirut.
Head of the "National Struggle Front" MP Walid Jumblatt presents his initiative "to maintain peace and stability."
27/11/2012
Union Coordination Committee shuts down Lebanon’s public institutions and schools for two days, in protest against the non-approval of the ranks and salaries scale.
28/11/2012
President Michel Sleiman notifies Cabinet about postponing national dialogue session till January 7, 2013.
30/11/2012
March 14 lawmakers gather at MP Boutros Harb's residence and avow the Constitutional right to boycott the Cabinet.
Anxiety and vigilance linger over Akkar region, in the wake of announcing the names of killed persons in Talkalakh incident.
December 2012
4/12/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrives in Italy on an official visit.
Clashes and snipping in Tripoli kills and wounds many.
False drugs dossier referred to the Public Prosecution of Appeals.
5/12/2012
Roman Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and the entire East, Ignatius IV Hazim, passes away.
Clashes proceed in Tripoli causing injuries and deaths.
6/12/2012
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman bound to Greece on a state visit.
MP Okab Sakr responds to accusations of supporting insurgents in Syria.
Clashes proceed in Tripoli causing injuries and deaths.
Woman finds a mortar shell wrapped in explosives in Tareeq el-Jdide, Beirut.
7/12/2012
Tripoli witnesses heavy clashes in Al-Tebbaneh, Al Qubbah, Jabal Mohsen, al-Baqqar, al-Mankoubin and al-Hara al-Baranieh neighborhoods. B7 and B10 missiles as well as Energa shells were launched.
Relatives of kidnapped persons in Azaz stage a sit-in before the Interior Ministry.
8/12/2012
Lebanese army frees abducted Syrian in Britel.
9/12/2012
Three bodies of Talkalakh victims arrive to Lebanon.
Clashes proceed in Tripoli.
10/12/2012
Army deploys extensively in Tripoli.
March 14 lawmakers gather at MP Boutros Harb’s residence, confirm that their boycott aims at rescuing Lebanon and reiterate the need to have the government resign.
11/12/2012
Prime Minister Najib Mikati says the army shall remain in Tripoli to preserve security.
Syrian issues arrest warrants against former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and MP Okab Sakr.
12/12/2012
Cabinet refuses to give full telecom data.
Military Investigative Magistrate Riad Abu Ghida decides to call defendants, Ali Mamlouk and Adnan, to the session scheduled on January 14 so as to listen to their testimonies in the case of former Minister Michel Samaha.
Union Coordination Committee strikes and carries out a demonstration from Barbir to the Grand Serail.
Maronites Bishops’ Council calls for abiding by Baabda Declaration.
Damascus blast targets the Interior Ministry.
13/12/2012
House Speaker Nabih Berri meets March 14 delegation. MP Marwan Hmadeh says the meeting was a ‘’good effort’’ to communicate and draw an electoral law that satisfies all the Lebanese.
16/12/2012
Lebanon receives four bodies of Talkalakh victims.
17/12/2012
John X Yazigi elected as the new Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Levant and Antioch and successor to the late Ignatius IV Hazim.
Bombing in Iraq’s Samarra kills one Lebanese pilgrim and wounds 4 others.
20/12/2012
Judge Madi receives FBI report on assassination of Major General Wissam Hassan.
22/12/2012
Lebanon receives last batch of bodies killed in Talkalakh.
23/12/2012
UN-Arab peace envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, arrives in Lebanon to meet with senior officials.
Families of Lebanese pilgrims held in Syria’s Azaz stage sit-in in front of the Turkish Embassy and threaten to pressure Lebanese-Turkish interests.
24/12/2012
Maronite Patriarch Mar Beshara Rahi addresses the Lebanese on Christmas and calls on feuding parties to be peacemakers and speed up drawing a modern electoral law.
March 14 MPs approve of House Speaker Nabih Berri’s proposal in terms of activating the works of the electoral committee.
25/12/2012
President Michel Sleiman meets Maronite Patriarch Mar Beshara Rahi and says “he who refuses dialogue let him present alternatives” and that “any law was better than not having elections at all.”
Relatives of the kidnapped in Syria block the road leading to Baabda palace.
26/12/2012
House Speaker Nabih Berri says positive atmospheres prevailed over the meeting of the electoral law sub-committee.
29/12/2012
International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi heads to Moscow to seek solution to the Syrian crisis.
