Lebanon Recent Events and Political Developments
The assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in 2005 sparked off major anti-Syrian protests calling for withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanese soil. Syria complied with UN orders and withdrew its troops in the same year.
The same year saw the election of Fouad Sinoria, Hariri?s ally, as Lebanon?s PM who vowed to rebuild Lebanon?s relations with Syria. Meanwhile the spate of high profile killings continued unabated.
July 2006 witnessed Israeli aggression against Lebanon over mortar attacks by Hezbollah, the armed Shia group, inside Israel. The fighting lasted for a complete month and resulted in a thousand Lebanese casualties. In 2007 Hizbollah-led opposition called for the government?s resignation for its failure to stand up to Israeli aggression.
The protests took a violent turn in May 2008 when clashes broke out between Hezbollah and the government forces leading to 80 deaths. In the same year army chief Michel Suleiman was elected Lebanese President and he re-appointed Siniora as PM of the unity government.
President Suleiman visited Syria in the same year and the two countries pledged to restore full diplomatic ties between them.
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Italy earthquake toll reaches 207
- 07 Apr 2009
and Lebanon. During the news conference, Berlusconi also gave
Blast kills senior Palestinian official in Lebanon
- 23 Mar 2009
their convoy near a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, Lebanese army... in Lebanon Abbas Zaki, was killed in the blast near the Miyeh Miyeh camp... at Lebanon's 12 refugee camps. TV footage showed Medhat's vehicle
UK Tory leaders react angrily to exiled hate preacher's Islamic rant - 21 Mar 2009
home in Lebanon, Bakri, who was kicked out of Britain four years ago, gave his
95 million year old fossils reveal earlier origin for modern octopus - 18 Mar 2009
by palaeontologists in Cretaceous rocks in Lebanon, which have astonishingly preserved
7 in 10 Pakistanis consider religious extremism to be a major threat - 14 Mar 2009
was asked to the citizens of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Lebanon
US unhappy with UK decision to reach out to Hizbullah - 14 Mar 2009
posters in Lebanon celebrating Imad Mughniyeh, an accused terrorist mastermind
9/11 suspects admit that they are "Terrorists To The Bone" - 11 Mar 2009
of "...attacking us in Palestine and Lebanon..." And they ask, "...was it not you
Jade Goody will go to hell because she's Christian, say Muslim fanatics - 10 Mar 2009
is now based in the Lebanon. "The Christian faith to which she now turns
IAEA chief seeks Arab help on Iranian nuclear crisis
- 10 Mar 2009
in trouble spots such as Syria, Lebanon, Iraq or the Palestinian territories.
Global jihad could be behind rocket attacks on Israel, claim terror experts - 23 Feb 2009
of rocket fire and border attacks directed against Israel from southern Lebanon and Gaza in recent days. When I look at the Katyusha attack from southern Lebanon, my... radical Sunni jihadi groups stationed in southern Lebanon and Hizbullah. Sunni
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