2013 News Round-up

9/1  
- Cypriot President, Dimitris Christofias, visits Lebanon and meets with the three presidents.

18/1
- Convoy of Minister of Youth and Sports,  Faysal Karami,  gets attacked by heavy gun fire.

20/1
-  President Michel Sleiman visits Russia and meets with President Vladimir Putin.

21/1
 - First civil marriage occurs in Lebanon and President Michel Sleiman emphasizes work on legalizing civil marriage in Lebanon.

- Guards in Roumieh Prison thwart an escape attempt by inmates.

23/1
- Prime Minister Najib Mikati visits Saudi Arabia.

29/1 
- Future Bloc announces boycott of parliamentary sessions.

30/1
- Israeli forces raid Gemraya in Reef Damascus.

31/1

-Former PM Saad Hariri announces an initiative which aims at holding parliamentary elections on time based on small districts, as well as the establishment of a Senate representing all religions and sects in Lebanon.

1/2 
- Army announces the Martyrdom of a Sergeant and a Captain in an ambush in Arsal while hunting a fugitive.
- Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi appointed as member of four departments in the Vatican.
- Suicide attack at the embassy of the United States in Turkey.

2/2
 - An amount of 2700 narcotic pills seized in the Bekaa.

3/2  
- President Michel Sleiman offers condolences to Bashaalani family whose son met his fate in an ambush in Arsal.

4/2
 -  Prosecutor General Judge Hatem Madi hands over to Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi a request to refer a demand to the parliament to lift immunity off MP Boutros Harb over insulting the president and accusing the judiciary of conspiring against him.
- Citizen Ahmed Diab Abu Hassan is kidnapped on Jlala Highway/Chtaura.
- Suzanne Jabbour is elected as member of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) for four years.
- Arrest warrant in absentia against General Ali Mamlouk and Chief Colonel Adnan.
- New discoveries in the caves of Kadisha Valley.

5/2
 - House Speaker Nabih Berri sents messages to Arab House Speakers urging them to take a firm stand against Israeli terrorism in Syria.
- MP Harb responds at a press conference to Prosecutor Hatem Madi's request to lift immunity off him, stating that Madi attempted to pass a deal in his assassination case in agreement with Hezbollah, announcing that he will prosecute him.
- Bulgaria accuses Hezbollah of terrorist acts on its territories.
- Iranian President Ahmadi Nijad first visit to Cairo/Egypt since 1979.

6/2
 - Maronite Patriarch Rahi delivers a speech on Fasting Day saying that Christians' faith is reflected in every church and it is spread to Muslims and other believers.
- Business man Najib Youssef is abducted in Tyr and kidnappers demand a ransom of three million dollars.

8/2
 - Maronite Patriarch Rahi officiates over a mass service of St. Maroon's Day in Tripoli.

          9/2
- Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi arrives in the Syrian capital, Damascus, to celebrate Mass on the occasion of Saint Maroun Day in the Cathedral of San Antonio in the Maronite Diocese of Damascus, and to attend the inauguration of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and of all the East, John Yazigi, in the Church of the Holy Cross.
       
           10/2
- The inauguration of John X Yazigi Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox Church at the Holy Cross church in Damascus, with the participation of Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi.
- The release of businessman Najib Yusuf, who was kidnapped in the area of Abu Asswad for four days.

 11/2
- Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation: "After reviewing my conscience before God, I have come to the conviction that I am no longer able, because of age, to do my duties to the fullest as the head of the Catholic Church."
- Speaker of the Belgian House of Representatives, Andre Flahaut, arrives to Lebanon on an official visit upon the invitation of House Speaker Nabih Berri.
- Supreme Commission for Consultancy in the Ministry of Justice takes a unanimous decision on "the legality of proving the right to civil marriage on Lebanese territory to citizens who do not belong to any denomination, and the right to choose civil law (French or otherwise) that they want to govern their family life and its consequences as a whole.

 12/2
- Drugs seized in a car with forged papers to the name of MP Boutros Harb who denied any involvement with the two men carrying the drugs, and retained his right to prosecute anyone who impersonates him.
- Iraqi airlines resume flights to Kuwait after 22 years.

 13/2
- Construction of first artificial reef for enriching fisheries and marine tourism in the region of Abdeh north Lebanon, which is the first of its kind in the Middle East.
- Roads cut off to Syrian tanks and trucks at the Aboudiyeh and Arida crossing in both directions.

14/2

- Eighth commemoration of the martyrdom of Rafik Hariri held under the title “Truth was a dream, we will make the dream a reality,” in a celebration in BIEL, down town Beirut. Former PM Saad Hariri considers illegal arms as the mother of all problems in Lebanon.
- Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Population, Refugees,   and Migration, Kelly Clements, arrives to Beirut.

15/2
- Minister of Energy, Gibran Bassil, announces “in the name of the Lebanese state (and the Lebanese government) and in the name of Water and Energy Ministry and governing body of the oil sector, the opening of the pre-qualification for companies wishing to participate in the session of licenses for exploration and prospecting for oil and gas in the marine waters of Lebanon.
- Over 250 people injured from a meteor shower over central Russia.
- Lebanon joins the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity

 17/2
- Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour announces the abduction of two Lebanese nationals in Nigeria, Imad Indari and Carlos Abou Aziz.

 18/2
- Joint committees begin discussing the Orthodox proposal for parliamentary elections.
- Head of PSP, MP Walid Jumblatt, considers Baabda Declaration as the right road for redirecting arms instead of getting lost in Qousseir and other places.
- Secretary General of the GCC, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, delivers to the Lebanese Chargé d'affaires in Saudi Arabia Munir Aanote, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Riyadh, an official memorandum of protest from the GCC against statements given by head of Change and Reform Bloc, MP Michel Aoun, to Al Alam Channel.
- Launch of a credit card that holds the exclusive brand of mobile telecommunications Touch, and Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui declares it the first of its kind in the Middle East.

 19/2
- Joint parliamentary committees ratify a bill meeting the Orthodox proposal to raise the number of deputies in the first article from 120 deputies to 134 deputies, and the addition of an article to the proposal to allow expatriates to vote wherever they are. Members of Future and National Struggle Front withdraw from meeting in objection to the proposal, when voting begins on Article II of the proposal, which states the election of deputies of each community on the basis of the proportional system. Youth of the civil society hold sit-in in front of Beirut municipality objecting to approving the law.
- Strike by employees in public administrations, official institutions and teachers of public schools and high schools, at the invitation of the Union Coordination Committee (UCC).
-  Lebanese Basketball Federation eulogizes Rony Abou Jaoude who passed in a car accident.
- First Saudi Shoura Council that includes women swears in, in front of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abed el Aziz.
- Woman is arrested for drugging housewives and stealing them in Mount Lebanon. 

 20/2
- A child, Mohammad Awada, is abducted from Spinneys locality in Ramlet el Bayda.
-  UCC continues with its open strike, and stages sit-in in front of the VAT Building.

 21/2
- Meeting of independent Christian personalities and deputies at residence of MP Boutros Harb confirms refusal of the Orthodox Proposal.
- British Foreign Secretary William Hague visits Lebanon and meets with officials and calls for agreement on election law and respect for constitutional deadlines. He announces the allocation of a million pounds for the Special Tribunal.
-  UCC continues its strike and cuts off the road to the Education Ministry in UNESCO.
- 53 killed and 235 wounded in Mazraha road in Damascus

22/2
- UCC continues its strike and begins a sit-in in front of Ministry of Agriculture

23/2
- Official website of the House of Representatives is attacked by pirates and hackers.
- Man dies in Wadi Khaled by Syrian fire.

24/2
- Final Sunday mass by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.
- Families of apprehended Islamists in Roumieh Prison hold sit-in in Down Town Beirut.

 25/2
- Release of the child Mohammad Nabal Awada who was abducted in front of his home in Ramlet el Bayda and held for ransom.
- UCC continues second week of strikes and holds sit-in in front of Central Bank of Lebanon. Strike also closes down all schools.
- Municipality of Baalbek fires one of its members, Ali Yaghi, for accusations of treason.
- Explosion takes place inside a car in Housh region and injures its driver, head of Municipality of Yaroun.

 26/2
- Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rahi leaves to Moscow upon an invite by the Patriarch of Russia Kirill I.
- UCC and teachers rally in front of Ministry of Economy.
- 14 dead, 3 wounded, and 4 missing in a hot air balloon crash in Luxor.
- Lebanese achievement in mechanical sports.
- Michel Saleh and his copilot Ahmad Ghaziri win championship title in group N of the fourth phase of the Kuwait Rally Championship.
- Registering the first project in Lebanon to benefit from Clean Development Mechanism.
- Three minors disappear from Qaber Shmoul, Qmatieh and Shiyeh.

 27/2
- Pope Benedict greets the faithful in his final appearance at St. Peter's Square.
-  Lebanese youth team wins 14 medals in the Arab Championship for boys and youth under 15 years in fencing, held in Jordan, and comes in first place, recording a new achievement for Lebanese fencing.
- First Iraqi plane in 21 years takes off to Kuwait.
- UCC rallies in front of the Grand Serail in Beirut and carries out a protest march from Barbeer to the Serail.
- Avalanche in Qurna al Sawda kills one and injures three.

28/2
- Pope Benedict XVI bids farewell to the Cardinals on his last day in the Vatican.
- UCC in front of the headquarters of the Directorate of imports of the Ministry of Finance in Bechara El Khoury, and the strike reaches its tenth day.

1/3
- Imam of Sidon’s Bilal Bin Rabah mosque, Ahmad Assir, holds sit-in in Abra, prompting Sidon's security sub-council to mobilize to prevent any armed manifestation in the city and to pledge strict reaction to any attempt to shake security.
- Union Coordination Committee UCC continues strike and holds sit-it in front of Labor Ministry.

2/3

- Union Coordination Committee announces open-ended strike following meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
    

3/3
- Municipal and mayoral elections kick off in a number of towns. Zahle town of Nasseriya and Hermel village of Sherbine witness first municipal polls ever.
- Bilal Bin Rabah mosque's Imam, Ahmad Assir, and fans, stage sit-in in downtown Sidon after army and security units prevented them from gathering at Karama roundabout at the city's southern entrance.
         

4/3
- President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman, signs regulation hereby summoning electorates in different districts.
- Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi heads to the Vatican to participate in the election of a new pope.
- Maronite Bishops voice keen concerns over ailing condition and authority of the state, holding government accountable for waned socio-economic juncture.
- UCC continues strike and protests in front of Industry Ministry.
         

5/3
- MPs of the majority meet at Parliament to object to the President's call upon electorate as per "dead" [1960] poll law. "Summoning electorates as per a dead law is a black day in the history of the executive power!"
- Union Coordination Committee holds sit-in at entrances of Baabda presidential palace.
        

6/3
- Cuba's government announces death of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.
- Union Coordination Committee holds sit-in at Energy and Water Resources Ministry.

7/3

- Maronite Patriarch Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi and two cardinals picked by draw to assist Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone for three days, before the date of conclave reunion is set.
- Union Coordination Committee goes on its 17th sit-in in front of Tenders Department in Verdun then at UNESCO with MPs and ministers partaking.
- Ministry of Public Health announces seizure of smuggled drugs container; airport inspectors foil two attempts of forged money and narcotics' smuggling.
         

8/3
- Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Marwan Charbel, issues circular hereby allowing candidacies to 2013 legislative polls.
         

9/3
- Minister of Finance, Mohammad Safadi, forwards public budget draft to Cabinet.
- Union Coordination Committee protests in front of Vehicles Registration Authority in Dekwaneh.
- Scores of women, parties' members, and citizens, organize "national mourning day" over ailing situation in the country, at UNESCO Palace.
        

11/3
- Union Coordination Committee protests in front of Ogero in Bir Hassan.
         

12/3
- President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman, heads to Africa in a tour in Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria.
- The 112-cardinal conclave begins reunion to elect new pope after Benedict XVI, the first pope to ever resign since seven centuries.
- Eleven injured in Ain-el-Hilwe camp clashes.
- Catholic Church in Egypt creates Ibrahim Isaac as patriarch.
- Union Coordination Committee holds 22nd strike in front of Education Ministry, with the participation of students and their parents.
- One General Security inspector killed and two other injured during attempt on the convoy of the head of anti-narcotics forces in Bekaa.
         

13/3
- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentine elected as new Pope. Named after Saint Francis, the Pope is the first Jesuit and the first American to assume the Supreme Pontiff post.
- UCC protests in front of Baabda Serail.
        

14/3
- UCC begins sit-in in front of Beirut seaport and Zaitunay Bay. Protesters in Saoufar reach international highway and block it in both directions.
- Syria considers that "the decision of France and Britain to gear up the armed terrorist groups without the mandate of the European Union is blatant violation of international law."
- 18 killed in series of bombings in Bagdad.
- Pope Francis chairs first mass service after his election.
- Three diesel citterns carrying Syrian plates set ablaze in Tripoli amid armed manifestations.
         

15/3
- Nine killed and 29 injured in Pullman flip-over accident in Kahhaleh.
- UCC holds sit-in at airport premises with participation of students and their parents.
- More tanks burned in Tripoli.
    

16/3
- Locusts found in number of Lebanese regions.
- Young men gather in front of Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut in support for Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani.
- UCC protests in front of Revenues Office affiliated with the Ministry of Finance in Beirut.
- One killed and five injured in individual dispute in Burj Chmali camp.
         

17/3
- Tripartite meeting in Rome between House Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi.
- Attack on two Sheikhs from Dar-al-Fatwa, namely Mazen Hariri and Ahmad Fakhran, in the Beirut locality of Khandaq-al-Ghamiq, and on two other Sheikhs in Chiyyah. Roads blocked in Beirut and Masnaa. Army apprehends five assailants.
         

18/3
- Second meeting in Rome between Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi, House Speaker Nabih Berri, and Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
- 30 legacy architectural pieces looted from Byblos Fortress Museum.
- Syrian jets shell outskirts of Kherbet Younine and Wadi-al-Khayl towns in Arsal.
- Israeli warplanes launch more than 30 thermal balloons over the sea off Naqoura.
        

19/3
- Ordination ceremony of Pope Francis at Saint Peter palace in the Vatican.
- UCC protests in front of Ministry of Justice and Justice Palace, where trials were suspended and navigation movement at airport stopped for two hours.
- Russian Foreign Ministry announces that it has information that Syrian opposition groups have used chemical weapons in Aleppo.
          

20/3
- Five missiles sourcing from Syria hit border town of Qussair.

21/3
- Cabinet forwards salary scale to Parliament.
- UCC holds central strike in Baabda and airport suspends navigation in solidarity with civil servants' demands.
- Tripoli clashes kill and injure many.
         

22/3
- Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigns.
- Many killed and injured in continuous clashes and sniping in Tripoli.
- Blast targets Syria's Scholar Mohammad Saeed al-Bouti in Damascus.
- UCC suspends open-ended strike after salary scale Okayed.
- Lebanese national football team beats Thai counterpart within 2015 World cup Asia qualifications.
        

23/3
- Clashes on all fight fronts in Tripoli, including use of light and medium weapons.
- Samir Abi Lamaa assumes post of Maronite League Head, with Maurice Khawam as his deputy.
         

24/3
- Tit-for-tat abduction of citizens in Arsal, with Jaafar family demanding release of their son Hussein.

25/3
- Early morning tension soars in North Bekaa over tit-for-tat abductions; Evening swap deal leads to release of Hussein Jaafar and Arsal abductees.
     

26/3
- 24th Arab Summit kicks off in Qatar, with President Michel Sleiman heading Lebanon's delegation and Syrian opposition attending as Damascus representative.
- Jaafar family members snatch pick-up truck passengers in Labwe.

27/3

- Foreign Ministry takes note of kidnapping of three Lebanese in Lagos.
- House Speaker Nabih Berri receives March 14 petition on extending the term of security chiefs.
- Parliamentary blocs of Loyalty to the Resistance, Development and Liberation, Change and Reform, Marada, and Tashnag agree to urge House Speaker to convene Parliament to endorse Orthodox Gathering poll law proposal.
     

28/3
- Release of number of kidnapped in North Bekaa.
         

29/3
- Fire from Syrian side hit outskirts of a number of Akkar border regions.

30/3

- First flight between Cairo and Tehran in more than 30 years.

 31/3
- Rockets from Syria side reach three Akkar towns.

1/4
- President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman, receives phone call from France's François Hollande who voices support for his Lebanese counterpart.
- Rabieh hosts meeting between Change and Reform and Hezbollah officials; conferees next head to Ain-el-Tineh.
- Syrian workers kidnapped in Wadi Khaled.
         

3/4
- Christian leaders meet in Bkerki at the behest of Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi to discuss election law.
- Historical temple discovered in Tripoli.
         

4/4
- President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman, asks Army Chief, General Jean Qahwaji, to submit to Foreign Ministry copy of security reports on Syrian choppers shelling outposts in Arsal.
- March 14 forces name Tamam Salam to form new government.
         

5/4
- President Michel Sleiman begins binding parliamentary consultations to designate the head of the new government.
- Families of Azaz hostages shut down stores and shops for Syrians in Hay-el-Sellom.
         

6/4
- President of the Republic Michel Sleiman designates Tamam Salam to form new Cabinet.
- President Michel Sleiman signs amendment of regulation summoning electorates, postponing call to June 16, 2013.
- Army seizes weapon and explosives cargo in Labwe.
        

7/4
- Army botches attempt to deliver weapons in Ain Zhalta, apprehends eight individuals.

 8/4
- Families of Azaz hostages prevent Syrian workers from entering factories where they work in Shoueifat.
- Signature of bilateral cooperation agreement between Lebanon and China on the level of media and information, in an effort to exchange expertise with Chinese stations and bolster ties between both countries.
- Deadly suicide bombing in central Damascus kills and injures scores.
- Lebanese author Elisabeth Suzanne Kassab reaps Sheikh Zayed 2013 book prize for development and state building, for her piece on modern Arab thinking.
- Iraq inspects Iranian shipping aircraft en route to Syria, at Bagdad airport.
- Locals of the Akkar region of Kherbet Daoud hold members of Jaafar family, after truck driver was caught by the family.
         

9/4
- House Speaker Nabih Berri postpones legislative session, devoted to examine amendment of electoral deadlines.
- Prime Minister-designate Tamam Salam starts unbinding parliamentary consultations to form new government.
- French President François Hollande and Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi meet behind closed doors over regional situation, with the head of France confirming holding onto Lebanon stability and understanding among Lebanese.
- Hostages of Jaafar family and Kherbet Daoud released.
- Rockets fall on Dbabiyeh, injure boy.
- Bomb found in Khellet Fouar between Bedias and Hallousiyeh.
- International Constantine Organization of Saint Georgios Knights decorates Bekaa Melkite Catholic Archbishop Issam Yuhanna Darwiche with the Great Cross Knight title.
- Families of Azaz hostages prevent Syrian workers from reaching their workplace in Dahieyh.
- Iraq forces Iranian plane en route to Syria to land for inspection.
          

10/4
- Foreign Ministry sends memo to Syrian embassy in Lebanon, at the behest of President Michel Sleiman.
- Parliament approves law proposal on suspending electoral deadlines, in absence of National Struggle Front's lawmakers, after the objection of PM Najib Mikati, Ministers Ahmad Karami and Nicolas Fattoush, and MP Boutros Harb.
- Meeting between Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi and former Premier Saad Hariri in Paris, with the latter maintaining that holding elections on time is crucial for Lebanese entity.
- Syrian jets fire five rockets on Ajram region in Arsal terrains; Shelling reach Dbabiyeh.
         

11/4
- Special Tribunal for Lebanon condemns fresh attempt to obstruct course of justice as names of claimed witnesses were published.
- Tit-for-tat abductions retake on between Jaafar family and Arsal locals.
         

12/4
- President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman, signs draft law on suspending electoral deadlines.
- Families of Azaz hostages protest in Martyr Square and announce open-ended strike in front of Turkish embassy.
- Syria-sources shelling on Noura and Dbabiyeh.
         

13/4
- Tit-for-tat abductions between Jaafar family and Arsal locals drawn to end as twelve individuals freed.
- Rocket falls on Qasr and two others on Sahlat-al-Maa.
         

14/4
- Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi carries on pastoral tour in Argentine.
- Two killed and others injured in Hermel region of Qasr and Hosh Sayyed Ali due to Syrian shelling.
- Fans of Ahmad Assir close road at Bahaaeddine Hariri mosque.
         

15/4
- Night mobilization by families of Azaz hostages to prevent Turkish trucks from discharging cargo in Quarantine.
- Blast during Boston Marathon claims lives of many.
   

16/4
- House Communication Committee convenes over election law.
- Families of Azaz hostages erect tents in front of Turkish embassy and hold PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan responsible for pilgrims' detention.
         

17/4
- Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani chairs first session for winning members of the Higher Islamic Sharia Council; former PMs consider Mufti has breached laws and regulations.
- Pope Francis appoints Father Antoine Torbey from the Lebanese Maronite Congregation as bishop of Sidney's Saint Maroun Parish, and Father Habib Shamiyeh as apostolic official for Saint Charbel parish in Argentine.

18/4

- House Communication Committee meets under chairmanship of MP Robert Ghanem.
- Families of Azaz hostages protest in front of Turkish Cultural Center and airlines traveling agencies; delegation bound to Parliament.
    

19/4
- Families of Azaz hostages carry on sit-in in front of Turkish Cultural Center and airlines offices in Downtown Beirut. Turkish Diaspora and Lebanese-Turkish Friendship Associations in Lebanon address President Michel Sleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, caretaker PM Najib Mikati, and Premier-designate Tamam Salam with open letter hereby voicing solidarity with pilgrims' relatives.
- Rockets sourcing from Syria fall on Sahlat-al-Maa, Qasr, and central Hemrel.
         

21/4
- Army states seven rockets have fallen in Hermel in four and a half hours.

22/4
- Orthodox Bishops Boulos Yazegi and Yuhanna Ibrahim kidnapped in Aleppo.
- Families of Azaz hostages block road off Turkish Cultural Center in Beirut.
- Ahmad Assir announces formation of Free Resistance Brigades in Sidon, calling "everyone who sees they are threatened by Hezbollah to form cells of five individuals for each brigade for self-defense purposes." He also issued Fatwa hereby calling Lebanese residing and expatriate youth to fight in defense of Syria's Qusayr.
     

23/4
- MP Robert Ghanem suspends House Communication Committee sessions.
- State Prosecutor Hatem Madi requests Parliament, through Justice Minister, to lift immunity off MP Mouein Merehbi against the backdrop of opening fire in air above the heads of security elements in Tripoli, using an unlicensed machinegun and his attempt to take over military vehicle.
- First-time apparition of sea seal on Tyre shore.
- Two rockets hit Hermel.
-  Spokesperson of the Supreme Pontiff, Federico Lombardi, announces, "Pope Francis is praying for the release of the two Orthodox Archbishops Boulos Yazegi and Yuhanna Ibrahim." Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi performs prayers at the Orthodox Archbishopric in Buenos Ares for the release of the two prelates.
- Families of Azaz hostages protest at the entrance of Quarantine fish market and disallowed Turkish trucks from discharging cargo.
         

24/4
- Families of Azaz hostages protest in front of Turkish Airlines in Downtown Beirut.
- Renowned caricaturist Pierre Sadeq passes away.
- Eleven injured in explosion of bomb from Nahr-el-Bared battles' remnants.
- Five rockets from Syria hit outskirts of Dbabiyeh and Menjez.
         

25/4
- President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman, felicitates the Lebanese via Twitter on the registering of the first-ever civil marriage in Lebanon. "Felicitations for Khouloud and Nidal on their now registered marriage," he tweeted.
- First Iraqi plane at Frankfurt airport after more than 22 years of severance.
- Hezbollah denies having sent any UAV into Occupied Palestine airspace.
         

26/4
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhael Bogdanov, visits Lebanon and meets with top politicians and security chiefs.
- Dismantling of wire-tied bomb in Tora village.
         

27/4
- Release of seven Syrians after being held hostages by al-Ahmed family in Hisheh.
- Rockets reach outskirts of Noura, Dbabiyeh, and Fraides in Akkar.
         

28/4
- Martyrdom of an ISF officer and injury of four members, in addition to the killing of two and wounding of more than ten in Wadi Nahle in Beddawi over squatter removal.
         

29/4
- Syrian Prime Minister, Wael al-Halqi, survives attempt on his life in blast that targeted his convoy in the Damascus region of Mezzeh.
- Six rockets fall on Masharih-al-Qaa station in the Eastern Range of Lebanon Mountain.
        

1/5
- Families of Azaz kidnapped stage sit-in at martyrs square in presence of Deputies and parties’ representatives.
- Rocket falls at outskirts of Qasr village.
         

2/5
- Families of Meqdad detainees in Roumieh prison stage sit-in before headquarters of Loyalty to the Resistance MPs.
- Rockets from the Syrian side fall at Abboudieh, Jennin, Qashlaq and Noura.
- Golden owl appearance after the seal off Tyre coast.
- Arrest of Hussein Hujeiri pursued on charges of kidnapping Estonians.
- Five injured in explosion at Ain al-Helweh camp.
         

3/5
- President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman visits the Vatican to congratulate Pope Francis on his election as Head of the Catholic Church.
         

4/5
- Families of Azaz kidnapped stage sit-in before Turkish Airlines bureau and Turkish Cultural Center.
         

5/5
- Israeli rockets attack against Scientific Research Center in Jamaraya, in Damascus Countryside.
- Rockets fall at Dabbabieh and Noura towns in Akkar and a Katyusha rocket hits the center of Qasr village.
         

6/5
- Meeting in Maarab between Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, caretaker Water and Energy Minister Gebran Bassil and former Deputy House Speaker Elie Ferezli in presence of Deputies Georges Adwan and Elie Kayrouz.
          

7/5
- Families of kidnapped in Azaz pursue their sit-in before Turkish Cultural Center and Turkish Airlines bureau in Beirut Downtown.
- United Nations file a complaint against Israel for its excessive flights over Lebanon.
         

8/5
- Families of kidnapped in Azaz stage sit-in before Turkish Airlines bureau.
- Egyptian duck appears in Nabatieh after the seal and the golden owl in Tyre.
         

9/5
- Families of kidnapped in Azaz suspend their sit-in upon the request of General Security Chief, Major General Abbas Ibrahim.
- Rockets fall at Wadi Assi at the entrance of Shawaghir village.
        

10/5
- Israeli mock raids over Marjaayoun and Eqlim Tuffah.
- Rocket falls at Hermel.
        

11/5
- Five rockets fall at Hermel and Wadi Assi hills.
         

12/5
- Two injured in Qasr as two rockets hit the village outskirts.
         

13/5
- Emirati Foreign Ministry calls upon its nationals not to travel to Lebanon “due to the developments in the region and the current situation in the country.”
         

14/5
- Three rockets fall at Qaa village hills.
- Bad weather conditions lead to power outage in Lebanon.
         

15/5
- House Speaker Nabih Berri suspends session devoted to discuss the elections law out of keenness on consensus, and brings the sub-committee and the communications committee back to life.
         

16/5
- House Speaker Nabih Berri heads parliamentary sub-committee’s meeting to tackle elections law.
         

17/5
- Parliamentary Communications Committee holds its fifth session under the chairmanship of House Speaker Nabih Berri. In the evening, it holds its sixth session.
         

18/5
- Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi addresses a new call from the Colombian capital, Bogota, to officials: “Lebanon is not a toy in your hands. If you fail to draft an electoral law that fits our country, you will face disappointment.”
-  The Parliamentary Communication Committee holds session under the chairmanship of House Speaker Nabih Berri.
- Caretaker Interior minister Marwan Charbel announces that “the door for filing candidacies will be open on Monday” and that “the Ministry of Interior will work on implementing the laws and will play its role to the fullest.”
         

19/5
- Eight Grad missiles hit Hermel.
- One killed, others injured in clashes between Tebbeneh and Jabal Mohsen, and Army responds to the source of the shooting. Army reports the injury of an officer and a soldier in the shooting at LAF checkpoints in Tripoli.
         

20/5
- President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman receives phone call from his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama who hopes for forming a new government and holding the elections on time.
- Parliamentary Communications Committee holds session in Ain Tineh, under chairmanship of House Speaker Nabih Berri.
- Army announces the martyrdom of a soldier and the injury of six others who were exposed to heavy shooting by armed groups in Tripoli. Gun shooting and sniping operations at the battle axes in Bab Tebbeneh and Jabal Mohsen.
         

21/5
- Lebanese and Syrians injured as rockets land in Khawalisa and Nassoub villages in Jabal Akroum and Wadi Khaled, coming from the Syrian side.
- Six killed, 27 injured in renewed clashes between Bab Tebbeneh and Jabal Mohsen. Mufti of Tripoli and the North Malek Shaar addresses Tripoli militants, from his residence in Dubai, and warns “that betting on Tripoli to spark war again will be a defeat for everyone.”
          

22/5
- 12 killed, 149 wounded in Tripoli’s clashes which included an attack against Al-Jazeera channel team, next to Tebbeneh. Civil associations protest in Tripoli against violence.
- Missiles from the Syrian side at the outskirts of Hakr Jannine, Abboudieh and Qashlaq.
          

23/5
- Army reports five soldiers injured by shooting at a military post and a civilian car in Tripoli. Two killed in clashes between Beb Tebbeneh and Jabal Mohsen.
- British Airways re-launches its work in Lebanon.
- UCC resumes sit-ins after two-month suspension, calling to refer the salary scale bill to protect civil peace.
- Syrian Army shoots at security forces vehicle in Akkar, and hits target.
        

24/5
- Partisans and independents file their candidacies for the parliamentary elections.
         

25/5
- Clashes in Tripoli continue. 10 people injured in rocket targeting Syria   Street in Tripoli.
          

26/5
-  Army announces that two rockets fell in Mar Mikhael and Maroun Misk and left behind four wounded. It also announces the discovery of two platforms to launch rockets in Aytat.
- Two rockets fall in Hermel, origin of Syrian territory.
- Farmers in Hnaider - Akkar get exposed to fire bullets from the Syrian side.

  27/5
- Missile toward occupied Palestinian territory launched from inside Lebanon.
- Extraordinary cabinet session headed by President of the Republic in Baabda to discuss forming a body to supervise the elections, whereby the elections date was set to June 16, the Supervisory Commission was appointed and 22 billion were granted to hold it.
         

28/5
- Army announces the martyrdom of three soldiers in an attack at one of its centers in Arsal.
- Four rockets fall at Hermel and injure three people inside their homes.

29/5

- The Bureau of the Council of Representatives meets under the chairmanship of Speaker Nabih Berri and agrees to the extension of the parliament term for 17 months, and President Michel Sleiman asserts that "the extension is a constitutional violation." He says “I keep my right to check the constitutionality of this law, and I will present my appeal before the Constitutional Council to check on the constitutionality of this extension."
- President of the Republic Michel Sleiman visits the site where three military elements were murdered in Arsal.
- Two shells fall from the Syrian side at the Sawb border village.
- Three missiles fall in Hermel area, originating from the Syrian territory.
          

30/5
-  Five missiles coming from the Syrian side hit the agricultural projects in Masharii Qaa.
          

31/5
-  House of Representatives approves, with 97 votes, the extension for a year and 5 months, until November 20, 2014. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati signs the parliamentary extension law and refers it to the cabinet’s General Secretariat and later to President Michel Sleiman, who signed it by the evening.
- 12 rocket-propelled grenades at areas around the towns of Kalkha and Rajm Beit Khalaf in Wadi Khaled.
         

1/6
- President of the Republic Michel Sleiman signs appeal into the constitutionality of the law which stipulates extending the term of the Parliament for 17 months.
- 16 rockets fall at the eastern mountain chain coming from the Syrian side and four Syrians get arrested for investigation. Two rockets hit Brital outskirts and Nahleh, coming from the Syrian territory.
         

2/6
- Two rockets fall at Central Hermel, coming from the eastern mountain chain.
- 14 injured in Bab Tebbeneh and Jabal Mohsen clashes.
         

3/6
- Change and Reform Deputies contest against prolonging the Parliament’s term.
- Sheikh Maher Hammoud survives assassination attempt in front of the Quds mosque as he was heading for the morning prayers.
- Dead and wounded in Tripoli clashes.
         

4/6
- Burning tires in Tripoli to block vision and prevent sniping.
        

5/6
- President Michel Sleiman asks public prosecutor of cassation to press charges against MP Mohamed Abdel Latif Kabbara who accused the president of complicity "to make the capital of North pay dear prices in terms of security, economy and safety of its sons.”
- Army reports two clashes with militants in Arsal and the death of two of them. Rockets fall on Baalbek and Khamsa, from a Syrian helicopter.
- Arab Foreign Ministers meet in Cairo to tackle a project that calls for political solution to the conflict in Syria.
          

6/6
- Caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipalities Marwan Charbel meets with “National Islamic Gathering” at the residence of Deputy Muhammad Kabbara in Tripoli in the presence of acting ISF Chief, General Roger Salem and Gendarmerie Chief, General Joseph Dwaihi. After the meeting, Army announces that it will pursue its deployment in 48 hours in Tripoli.
- Army reports shooting in Jabal Mohsen at a LAF patrol and announces seizing weapons storage and fighting roads’ cut off.
         

8/6
- Saudi embassy calls, in a phone chat with the National News Agency, on all its nationals currently in Lebanon to abide by the GCC’s recently issued announcement, for their own safety.
- Missiles target Akkar villages and gun shooting at Abboudieh-Menjez highway. Fire erupts in Ammar Bikat due to rockets shooting from the Syrian side.
          

9/6
-  Army announces that, during the arrival of partisans’ convoy to the area of Bir Hassan to stage sit-in in front of the Iranian Embassy in protest against the ongoing events in Syria, clashes erupted between the convoy members and some citizens during which one person fired a gun which led to the injury of one of the demonstrators and which later resulted in his death.
         

10/6
- Van targeted with bomb on Taanayel-Masnaa road.
- GCC decides to take measures against people affiliated with Hezbollah in their residence papers and their financial and commercial affairs, calling on the Lebanese government to bear responsibility vis-à-vis the conduct of Hezbollah and its illegal actions in Syria and the region.
         

11/6
- Dead and wounded in suicide bombings in Marjeh square in Damascus.
- Nine rockets fall at Hermel, leave behind dead and wounded as well as fire in its fields.
         

12/6
- Session of the Constitutional Council to deliberate on the subject of appeals in the elections with three members absent. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri considers that the position of the three absent members stems from diligence and commitment to the law and the Constitution, to avert the occurrence of sedition. U.S. Embassy calls via "Twitter" upon the Constitutional Council to consider appeals without any political interference, and members of civil society organizations protest in front of the Council to face the political pressure put on it.
-  Army announces that an enemy pedestrian patrol infiltrated into the controversial area of Abbasieh.
- Army announces that a Syrian helicopter fired two missiles at Arsal and injured a citizen. Defensive measures taken to respond to any similar breach.
-  Four missiles fall in Seriine, eastern Baalbek.
          

13/6
- Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi and the Patriarch of Antioch and all East for Orthodox Yuhanna X Yazigi urge to release the kidnapped bishops: everyone is asked to stop drowning into the Syrian conflict.
         

14/6
- Occupation forces continue their maneuvers in Golan and Shebaa Farms and start to open a military road that links the western side of Ghajar to the west bank of Wazzani River.
- Nine rockets fall in Baalbek and injure two people.
         

15/6
- Maronite Bishops end their yearly closed session and call on local and foreign sides not to add oil to fire in the Syrian crisis and help displaced people return.
- Hassan Rohani elected as President of Iran.
         

16/6
- Army reports tension in some areas of Bekaa after the murder of four citizens and after finding their bodies in Mrah Rafi locality in Ras Baalbek-Qaa.
          

17/6
- European Union’s foreign affairs and security responsible Catherine Ashton arrives to Lebanon.
         

18/6
- President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman hands over to the Personal Representative of the Secretary -General of the United Nations in Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, a memorandum of breaches and attacks against Lebanese territory by the battle sides in Syria, to be submitted to the Secretary- General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and to be considered as an official document of the Security Council.
-  Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi leaves the Vatican, calls on March 14 and March 8 forces to reach reconciliation and to sit at the same table to save the country. Rahi praises the efforts exerted by the President, stressing "the role played by the Lebanese army to maintain security in cooperation with other legitimate security institutions."
-  March 14 hands President Michel Sleiman the second note including a call for the withdrawal of Hezbollah from Syria and the deployment of Army on the border, with international support, according to 1701 resolution.
         

19/6
- Israeli forces elements cross border fence in Wazzani and carry out combing operation. Israeli warplane throws flares over Tyre.
          

20/6
- President Michel Sleiman presents Ambassador Abdul Rahman Solh with a written note addressed to the Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil Elarabi to notify him of the Syrian breaches and of Lebanon’s wish to end those violations. Sleiman hopes to urge all parties to adhere to the actual duty to respect Lebanon's sovereignty and the inviolability of borders and territorial integrity and not to be involved in hostilities on both sides of the border.
- Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Adnan Mansour says in an interview with the National News Agency that there is no expulsion of Lebanese from Qatar, but one of the companies dismissed 15 Lebanese and 6 foreigners after evaluating their performance.
- Israel sweeps east bank of the Wazzani River.
- Civil society protests in rejection of the extension of the Parliament’s term.
- A number of roads cut off in solidarity with Arsal after blocking the road leading to the town.
          

21/6
- Chairman of the Constitutional Council Issam Sleiman presents the report prepared by the Council to Heads of State Michel Sleiman, Nabih Berri and Najib Mikati.
- Army announces that an explosion shook the Jamhour area, and its units intensified their investigations and found in Mar Elias valley in Ballouneh – Kesserwan a platform is equipped with a missile type 122mm Grad prepared for launching, linked to another platform. Investigations show the other platform has been used to launch a missile of the same type, which landed in a valley between the villages of Jamhour and Bsous.
          

22/6
- More than 12 missiles hit Debbabieh village.
- Explosive device found near Baath bureau in Jlala.
          

23/6
- 10 Army martyrs and 35 wounded in clashes in Abra, eastern Sidon with supporters of Bilal Ben Rabah Imam, Ahmed Assir, amid roads cut off and armed appearance in a number of areas in support of Assir.
- Enemy plane throws heat balloons over Tyre north coast.
         

24/6
- Violent clashes continue in Abra between Army and elements supporting Ahmed Assir, and the attacks reaches Sidon Serail and Sharhabil. Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora launches a proposal that includes four items to resolve the crisis in Sidon: that the army imposes curfew in Sidon, withdraws gunmen from all sides in Sidon, and removes all armed manifestations and security zones or flats belonging to the Resistance and all those who carry weapons outside the framework of the army legitimacy. He also calls for finally handing over the aggressors to the army and all those who caused the martyrdom and the injury of military personnel, and ensuring the safety of all civilians.
- MP Bahia Hariri addresses an appeal to the President and the Army chief whereby she calls to save Sidon from the grip of militants and from a major humanitarian disaster.
- The municipality of Sidon calls for cease-fire to evacuate the wounded and the trapped persons, and Prime Minister Najib Mikati declares public mourning on the "souls of the martyrs, victims of the military, who were killed as a result of the terrorist attacks against our national army in the city of Sidon -Abra." He also calls to stop work for an hour the next day.
- Hundreds of gunmen roam the streets of Tripoli, fire bullets in the air and launch a hand grenade at a barber's shop in Tripoli. New armed emergence in the road and closing shops.
- France confirms its support for efforts to ensure security in Lebanon and condemns the attacks against Army.
- Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa informs the ruling family his decision to hand over power to Crown Prince Tamim.
          

25/6
- Public institutions show solidarity with the military institution.
- Violent clashes between Zaayter and Hjoula families in Laylaki.
         

26/6
- High Representative of the European Union's foreign policy and security affairs, Catherine Ashton issues a statement offering condolences to the families of the victims and to the Lebanese Army, renewing the EU's commitment to peace in Lebanon and its unity, sovereignty and independence, as well as the EU’s support of all State institutions in their efforts to maintain peace and security.
- A number of Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian people stabbed with knives and beaten by masked men who intercepted the bus they were riding to the Sunday market – Fiat to participate in a television program produced by a foreign channel.
- Nigeria accuses three Lebanese of committing crimes linked to terrorism.
- Eight Syrian workers kidnapped in Nahleh - Baalbek.
         

27/6
- 15 Syrians wounded in two bomb explosions in Bar Elias.
- Eight enemy planes violate Lebanon’s airspace.
         

28/6
- Acting Public Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud submits a memorandum to the caretaker Minister of Justice Shakib Qortbawi including the request to lift immunity off MP Assem Qanso because of a statement in which he mentioned President Michel Sleiman.
- Delegation of Sidon figures, led by former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and MP Bahia Hariri, hands over a memorandum to the President of the Republic, General Michel Sleiman asking to refer the events of Sidon to the Judicial Council and the prevention of armed manifestations.
         

29/6
- “Independent Deputies” announce the rejection of the legislative session’s agenda, calling to reconsider its content. The Lebanese Forces bloc abstains from attending the session due to its illegality.
         

30/6
- Change and Reform Head, MP Michel Aoun considers that the legislative session is “legal”, announcing at the same time that he will boycott it due to its agenda.
        

1/7
- House Speaker Nabih Berri postpones parliamentary sessions due to lack of quorum.
- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns visits Lebanon and meets with officials. The US Embassy announces in a statement Burns’s stressing on U.S. commitment to Lebanon’s stability and its appreciation to Lebanon’s disassociation policy from the Syrian crisis.
- Contract worker at EDL burns himself in protest against Full-Time Work law draft.
- Bullet shooting and sonic bombs explosions in some regions in Tripoli. Armed individuals shoot in the air in Abi Samra and in As-Salam roundabout.
- KSA ambassador Ali Awadh Asseri visits Head of the Bloc of Reform and Change General Michel Aoun in Rabieh and stresses that KSA is keen on Lebanon’s sovereignty and civil peace and that Aoun is welcomed in KSA.
- The Israeli Army kidnaps two shepherds in the region surrounding Shabaa along the borders.

3/7

- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reaches Beirut and meets with officials, and a Lebanese Palestinian summit at Baabda Palace stresses the importance of casting Palestinians away from Lebanese domestic divisions.

4/7

- Two-hour sit-in for employees at the civil aviation department of Rafic Hariri International Airport in order to highlight their demands.
- Egyptian Health Ministry says 52 killed and 2619 injured since June 29 in clashes between supporters of ousted President Mohammad Morsi and Anti-Morsi members.

5/7

- Two journalists attacked at the surrounding of Bilal bin Rabah Mosque, in a protest against the mosque’s new Imam Sheikh Mohammad Abu Zeid who didn’t mention Sheikh Ahmad Assir in his speech. Afterwards, protesters moved to Maksar Al Abd square.

6/7

- MP Bahiyya Hariri launches Civil Society campaign under title “Enough Fear” in Tripoli and stresses, “We won’t allow the repetition of 1975 despairs and any tampering with citizen’s security and stability implicates the fall of state.”
- The army announces the detainment of two military members involved in striking an arrested individual in Abra.

7/7

- The army announces the injury of an officer and a soldier in Hermel after an explosion of two bombs. 

8/7

- Israeli Commando unit exceeds border-line in Shabaa Farms and arrests a shepherd therein.
- The army says two Grad missiles from the Syrian side fell near an army out-post in Hermel.

9/7

- Explosion of booby-trapped car in Bir Abd wounds 53.
- Seven children wounded as playing with old missile in Wadi Khalid.

10/7

- Issuance of preliminary report over Fatimagul work suspension: “The Turkish company alone bears responsibility and EDL must ask for reimbursement in this concern.”
- The Security Council announces that the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon reached 587 thousand persons.

11/7

- The defense committee listens to Defense Minister over Abra incidents. Fayez Ghosn stresses that the army must not be questioned as it is well assuming its duties.

12/7

- The army announces an Israeli violation in terms of opening Siaj gate in Houla and exceeding the blue line.
- Farah Qassem raises Lebanon’s flag over summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. 

13/7

- Two injured due to an individual dispute in Tal square in Tripoli.

14/7

- Sit-in for approving on a law draft in protection of women from violence in Riad Solh square.

15/7

- Prisoner flees from Roumieh jail.

16/7

- EDL’s daily laborers burn tires in front of EDL’s headquarters in Karantina, shortly before the start of a parliamentary legislative session.
- Two wounded after bomb explosion on Majdel Anjar – Masnaa road.

17/7

- Syrian politician Mohammad Darrar Jammo killed in Sarafand.

18/7

- Lebanese presidency delegates Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour to notify EU of the Lebanese government’s demand not to blacklist Hezbollah.
- FIBA suspends Lebanese basketball for 4 years and prohibits Lebanon’s team from participating in Asia Championship.
- Family dispute in Bebnine – Akkar kills one and wounds five.

19/7

- Two missiles launched from the Syrian side against Kweshra wounds one and causes materialistic damages.
- Five army members wounded after their vehicle collapsed on the road leading to Deir Al-Ahmar.

20/7
- Meeting at former PM Omar Karami’s residence in Tripoli, including PM Najib Mikati, PM-Designate Tammam Salam and former PM Fouad Siniora, over unifying Sunni ranks and Iftaa issue.

21/7

- Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi says in a sermon on Saint Charbel’s Day that the borders are out of control. He also says that March 8 and March 14 are suspending the work of institutions at the time that people are getting hungry.

22/7

- EU enlists Hezbollah’s military wing as terrorist.
- At least 500 prisoners escape during an assault against Taji and Abu Ghraib jails near Baghdad.
- Law draft protecting women from familial violence approved.

 23/7
- PM Najib Mikati declares the government’s rejection of enlisting Hezbollah’s military wing as terrorist. He also says that the government will reconsider EU’s decision by contacting each EU country in this concern.

24/7

- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon appoints Daryl Mundis as STL’s Registrar.

25/7

- Casualties by big explosion in Souyouf square of Jurmana in Damascus countryside.
- EU Ambassador Angelina Eichhorst visits Hezbollah senior Ammar Moussawi and affirms that enlisting Hezbollah’s military wing as terrorist doesn’t justify any foreign attack against the party. Moussawi affirms that EU’s decision doesn’t at all affect Hezbollah’s policy.
         

26/7
- Egyptian judiciary decides imprisoning former President Mohammad Morsi 15 days.

27/7

- Dispute in Dohat Aramoun develops to fire shooting.

28/7

- Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi from Zahleh calls for unity and reconciliation and addresses states to stop war and oppression.

29/7

- House Speaker Nabih Berri postpones parliamentary session due to the lack of quorum.
- General Michel Aoun addresses Lebanese not to be tricked by those claiming their defense of values and urges them to unite in order to save the country and state from dismantlement.
- Thermo bombs fall from hostile planes over the sea in Tyre .

30/7

- Fire across different Lebanese regions. Lebanese and Cypriot choppers help extinguishing fire.

31/7

- The Union Coordination Committee announces that over 1000 persons signed during launching the one million signatures petition at the Education Ministry.

1/8
- President Michel Sleiman from Fayyadieh as celebrating Army Day announces that army’s performance can’t be well amidst duality of arms in the country.  
- Three rockets hit Southern Metn region.
- Blaze resulting from fireworks while celebrating Army Day in the Martyrs Square causes injuries.
- Two rockets launched from Dhour Aramoun region hit near a military outpost and Ilham Freiha Garden in Rihanieh.

2/8

- EDL daily laborers close off the institution’s doors and hold strike.
- Hezbollah’s Secretary General Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah on Quds Day: We as Hezbollah will never abandon Palestine and the holy locations of the Arab Ummah.
- Ali Zaeter the first Arab Champion in the Strongest Man competition.

3/8

- Syrian air raid against East of Arsal causes casualties.
- Army announces 2 dead and 4 injured while exchanging fire with armed individuals in Sharawenah in Baalbek.

4/8

- President Michel Sleiman winds up his visit to Iran after meeting with the newly elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
- Bombs prepared for explosion found at a house in Daraya.
- Areeda road cut off protesting killing of a Syrian who was trying to cross the Big River (Nahr Al-Kabir).
- Six hostile planes hover for hours over different Lebanese regions.

5/8

- Syrian chopper attacks East of Khorbet Daoud region.
- The Union Coordination Committee (UCC) launches a million signatures petition in Tripoli.

6/8

- Dispute in Tripoli souks causes injuries.
- The Union Coordination Committee (UCC) launches a million signatures petition in TVA.

7/8

- The army announces an explosion striking an Israeli patrol in Labbouneh as the patrol penetrated a 400m distance into said region.
- Clash between Zaeter and Hjoula families injures two.
- Israeli soldiers intentionally ignite fire in the fields of Houla.

8/8

- The army arrests 3 armed individuals carrying explosive belts while crossing into Arsal.
- Traffic accident in Bazouriyeh kills 5 citizens, wounds 3 and causes the loss of a child. Another accident in Jezzine wounds 7.
- One killed and 2 injured as army searches for a wanted individual in Faour.

9/8

- Armed individuals kidnap early morning 2 Turkish airlines crew members at Cocodi Bridge in Beirut, and Zuwar Al Imam Reda group claims responsibility for the kidnapping operation.

10/8

- The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announces that it arrested one of the most critical Palestinian individuals who had committed different crimes.

11/8
- An exchange between Mokdad family and Arsal people in releasing abducted individuals at an army intelligence department in Ras Baalbek.
- Head of Arsal Municipality Ali Mohammad Hojeiri injured as subjected to assassination attempt in Labwe. The operation kills Mohammad Hassan Hojeiri and wounds two others.

12/8

- Army announces arresting around 800 persons in July for different contraventions.

13/8

- Israeli Commando unit crosses the Blue Line and kidnaps a displaced Syrian shepherd.
- One killed in Arsal due to mines explosion.

14/8

- MP Mohammad Raad considers Baabda Declaration as born dead and nothing remained out of it except ink on paper.
- Egyptian Interior Ministry says 3 officers and 3 soldiers killed and 66 injured in Rabea al Adawiya and Nahda while halting a protest. Egyptian Health Ministry says 149 dead throughout Egypt.
- Two killed, 8 wounded in a familial dispute in Qlayaat/Akkar.
- Muslim Brotherhood Group says over 100 pro-Morsi members killed and over 2000 injured, while army halting protest in Cairo. Pro-Morsi members set fire against 3 churches in Egypt.
- Maxime Chaya back from Mauritius Islands after rowing the Indian Ocean and achieving a big sportive accomplishment.

15/8

- Over 30 martyrs and 300 injured by an explosion in the Southern Suburbs of Beirut.

16/8

- Release of kidnapped persons from Wadi Khalid and Beit Jaafar.

17/8

- Information Branch detains 3 in connection to Turkish Pilots abduction case.
- Car loaded with explosives found in Naameh.

18/8

- Three rockets hit Hermel and another falls in the fields of Qaa.
- Seven hostile planes violate Lebanese airspace.
- First medical operation on prostate cancer carried out in Riaq Hospital.

19/8

- RPG weapons and machinegun munitions found on Zawtar Gharbiya road.

20/8

- House Speaker Nabih Berri postpones legislative session due to lack of quorum.
- Signing a million signatures petition at the Social Affairs Ministry.

21/8

- Signing a million signatures petition at the Information and Tourism Ministries.
- Israeli unit deploys in Eastern Wazzani and hostile planes hover over the South.
- Russian Foreign Ministry says a rocket carrying chemical substances launched from locations of armed members against the eastern suburbs of Damascus.

22/8

- Missiles from the Syrian side damage a number of houses in Wadi Khalid.
- Signing a million signatures petition at the Labor Ministry.
- Four rockets launched from a region between Hawsh in Tyre and Rachidiyye camp against Palestine’s occupied territories.
- US Treasury accuses 4 Hezbollah members of supporting insurgents.
- Bomb prepared for explosion found in Maaraka region.

23/8

- Two Explosions near At-Taqwa and As-Salam Mosques in Tripoli kill 42 and wound 500.
- Israeli raid against the Popular Front in Wadi Naameh.

 29/8
- Fake raids against Khiam, Marjeyoun and Nabatieh.
- The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces warns of any military operation against Syria, stressing that Israel will be badly affected in this concern.

31/8

- House Speaker Nabih Berri proposes a plan for exiting the current situation via a dialogue meeting, including PM-Designate Tammam Salam, over the cabinet structure and the ministerial statement.
- Lebanese and Palestinian boats lost near Areeda shore on the borders, and taking its passengers into the Syrian interior. Blocking roads in some northern regions due to the boats issue. The General Security receives later the 8 fishermen in Areeda.
- Army detains two Lebanese for launching rockets towards Palestinian lands.
- Missiles from the Syrian side against Hokr Jannine and Qashlaq and Abbodieh - Jannine highway.    

 1/9

- Arab foreign ministers announce at the end of an emergency meeting in Cairo that the Syrian regime is responsible for chemical weapons crimes, asking the United Nations and the international community to take deterrent measures against regime.

2/9

- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that “Russia is not convinced at all by the evidence provided by the United States and its allies to confirm the use of the regime of President Bashar Assad's chemical weapons in an attack on August 21 in Damascus.

- Shells and machine-gun fire from the Syrian side towards towns in Wadi Khaled, one citizen wounded.

3/9

- Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi says in the opening of the 20th conference for Catholic schools that approving salary scale issue will cause the closure of schools and displacement of teachers.

-  Jordan's King Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein, grants the Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi an Independence Medal during the opening of a conference on the challenges of Arab Christians.

- Israeli intensive patrols along the borderline, starting from Mtuleh till Kfar Shuba Heights as an Israeli patrol crosses the illusive Blue Line from the western part to the northern part of Ghajar.

- Russia announces the launch of two Ballistic missiles in the Mediterranean Sea, and “Israel " announces the launch of a missile in the Mediterranean within the American - Israeli exercises. Pentagon says that missile test in the Mediterranean, has nothing to do with Syria.

- Shooting on a house in Jenin from the Syrian side results in the outbreak of fire.

- "Karadeniz Powership" company announces the completion of linking energy ship Orhan Bai to Jiyeh plant.

4/9

-  First strike by economic bodies.

- Military Court of Cassation approves to set free suspended Hashim Minqara on bail, after being accused of hiding information from official authorities in the bombing of Tripoli's mosques.

- U.S. President Barack Obama confirms obtaining the authorization of the Congress to direct a blow to Syria and says : "We must send a strong message to Syrian President Bashar Assad and weaken his ability to use chemical weapons again, through specific operations in time and scope." He stresses that "I do not want to repeat the mistakes that happened in Iraq," Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the Congress of the approval of aggression against Syria.

5/9

-  Foreign Relations Committee in the U.S. Senate agrees over a military strike on Syria.

6/9

- U.S. State Department asks non-essential staff to leave the embassy in Beirut.

-  German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces that "her country does not intend to participate in any possible military actions against Syria."

7/9

- The President of the Republic meets French President Francois Hollande, at the palace of "the kings of the narrator," on the occasion of handing Lebanon Francophone Games torch to the French team that hosts the seventh session of the Games, and stresses the Lebanese constants to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis.

- Prayers in different areas in response to the Pope's call for peace in Syria.

- The European Union calls for a strong response to chemical attacks in Syria.

8/9

- One killed, five wounded in clashes at one of the entrances of Burj el-Barajneh camp.

9/9

-  Israeli army maneuver results in a fire inside the occupied Shebaa Farms.

- Patriarch Gregory III Laham appealed to Arab kings and presidents "to stand as one to spare our East Arab war."

10/9

- The Special Tribunal for Lebanon announces the resignation of first degree head room Robert Roth.

- Families of Azaz abductees stage a sit- in, in front of Ein el Tineh headquarters, to protest the arrest of their three relatives in the case of the kidnapping of the two Turkish men.

- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem says that Syria is ready to reveal its chemical weapons and stop its production.

- Shells from the Syrian side in the areas of Bani Sakhr and Noura.

11/9

- U.S. President Barack Obama asks Congress to postpone the vote on the decision to launch a military strike against Syria to give an opportunity for the Russian initiative.

- Israeli aircrafts throw flares off the coast of Naqoura, Tyre.

12/9

-  Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi says ahead of his departure to Romania that it is not permissible for any person to set conditions for the formation of the Cabinet and to link the fate of Lebanon to what is happening in Syria.

- Saudi Arabia asks its citizens not to travel to Lebanon.

13/9

- Shelling from the Syrian side targets the towns of Noura, Aldababih, Abboudiyeh and Akkar villages.

14/9

- Two wounded by three missiles which land in Labweh.

15/9

- Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi inaugurates the church of Saint Charbel in Bucharest and calls to speed up united Cabinet formation. Rahi considers that the division and the link of constitutional institutions to Syrian incidents are unacceptable and an insult to national dignity.

- Four wounded as a result of the sinking of a tourist boat off the coast of Kheizaran.

16/9

- Prime Minister -designate, Tammam Salam, receives a French solidarity message from French Ambassador Patrice Paoli.

- U.S. Navy announces the death of 6 members in shooting incident at the Marine headquarters in Washington.

- Turkey announces the fall of Syrian helicopter which violates its airspace.

- The White House announces that the UN report proves that the Syrian regime is responsible for the chemical attack in Syria.

- The fall of shells and gunfire from the Syrian side on the villages of Akkar.

17/9

- Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi heads to the Vatican to meet the Pope Francis. Rahi stresses his support to President Michel Sleiman , asserting that Lebanon is protected by its dissociation policy and Baabda Declaration.

- Syrian Foreign Ministry announces that Damascus accuses Western countries of seeking to impose its will on the Syrian people.

- France announces that the report of the UN inspectors confirms that Assad's government was behind the chemical attack, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stresses that "Russia doubts that chemical attack in Syria was a provocation of the Syrian opposition fighters."

18/9

- Israeli force crosses the technical fence in Abbasiyeh without violating the blue line and leaves after less than an hour.

20/9

- Relatives of the Kidnapped Lebanese in Azaz protest in front of the Office of Turkish Aviation and Turkish cultural center in Riad Solh Square. Sheikh Abbas Zugheib in charge of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council to follow-up the Lebanese kidnapped file announces filing a law suit against the Turkish government in the European Court of Human Rights.

- Launch of the first demonstration via Internet which calls for peace from Beirut to the world.

- Clashes in Leilaki between two families, Hjoula and Zeiter.

- The fall of shells from the Syrian side on the outskirts of Abboudiyeh, Kashlak and Heker Jenin.

21/9

- Syria hands the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons complete report of its arsenal.

22/9

- President Michel Sleiman heads to New York to participate in the General Assembly of the United Nations.

-  Israeli reconnaissance planes hover at dawn in the atmosphere of the eastern sector and intensive patrols in the center of the Abbasiyeh and at the western outskirts of the Ghajar.

23/9

- Security forces carry out widespread security deployment in the southern suburbs of Beirut, and the Secretary General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says: "We reject the self-imposed security because we have never practiced it, and the State should extend its presence and responsibilities in all areas."

-  Electricity illuminates areas of Akkar for the first time since independence.

- Shooting and fall of three shells from the Syrian side on Akkar.

24/9

- President Michel Sleiman asks during his meeting with his American counterpart, Barack Obama , on the sidelines of the meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations , "the support of the international community and the United States for the success of the meeting of the International Support Group of Lebanon , and to help Lebanon in the face of the burden of the influx of displaced Syrians." For his part, Obama confirms “his support for Lebanon's sovereignty and independence," and praises Sleiman's efforts, and reiterates his country's position which rejects the intervention of Hezbollah in the Syrian crisis.

- Israeli intensive patrols in the center of Abbasiyeh and reconnaissance aircrafts fly in the atmosphere of the eastern sector.

25/9

- President Michel Sleiman stresses during his speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations, the importance of neutralizing Lebanon from surrounding conflicts, and not to drag Lebanon in the policy of axes. Sleiman asks foreign states to support Declaration of Baabda, dialogue and consensus, such as the support pledged by the UN Security Council. He also meets with U.S. President Barack Obama and a number of Arab and foreign presidents.

- Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rai meets Pope Francis, in the Vatican.

- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov informs President Michel Sleiman during their meeting at the UN building in New York, Russia's willingness to provide the amount of 5.6 million dollars, in support of Lebanon to help shelter the displaced Syrians.

26/9

- Army says: "one Army soldier killed, two wounded in gun shooting on a car which did not stop at a checkpoint in Arsal."

- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hands his U.S. counterpart John Kerry evidence to prove the involvement of the Syrian opposition in the chemical attack in Damascus.

27/9

- 34 Lebanese immigrants sink during illegal immigration from Indonesia to Australia.

-  Trial of number of Islamist detainees in the issue of Naher el Bared camp starts.

- Security tension in Baalbek, clashes leave four killed, others wounded.

-  Pope Francis discusses with John the tenth issue of abductees.

28/9

- One killed, four wounded in bomb blast in front of motorcycle shop in Tripoli.

- Three Army soldiers get wounded when a shell falls near the center of the army in Noura from the Syrian side.

29/9

- Karak-Maalkat residents cut off the main road to protest against the kidnapping of pharmacist Wissam Khatib.

- Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rahi calls on officials in Sunday's sermon to respect Lebanon and keep it away from sectarian conflicts and regional axes.

30/9

-  Israeli effectuates sweeping operations in Shebaa Farms.

- Vatican says will announce Pope John Paul II a saint in April.

- Army announces injury of an Army officer and a citizen in the American neighborhood in Tripoli after militants open fire towards the neighborhood.

1/10

- Inspectors of chemical weapons disarmament begin their mission in Damascus.

- Families of Indonesian ferry victims cut off roads in Akkar and set up tents at Abu Ali roundabout, to protest against the state's recklessness towards the tragedy of Indonesia.

2/10

- Shells fall from the Syrian side on Machta Hammoud and Sheikh Mohammed, causing material damage.

3/10

-  Israeli force crosses the border line in Jabal Sheikh heights, near the site of the observatory and chases a shepherd in Shebaa Village. It also violates the technical fence in Wazzani. Lebanese Army says that Israeli boat violates the waters off Ras Naqoura to a distance of 15 meters, and Israeli forces fire more than 8 flares over the sea off Ras Naqoura south of Tyre.

- The arrest of a security element for putting carbide material inside his sandwich in Roumieh prison.

4/10

- U.S. President Barack Obama cancels all trips to Asia because of the budget crisis taking place in the United States.

-  Israeli maneuver near the Fatima Gate, as well Israeli soldiers climb the concrete wall and take photos of Lebanese Army positions

5/10

- Burj Al Arab bomb dismantled.

6/10

- Survivors of Indonesian ferry return to Lebanon.

7/10

- Huge fire in Maghdouche, damage of fruitful trees.

- Syrian helicopters raid Wadi Hamid region in Arsal

8/10

- Two Lebanese kidnapped in Angola, two million dollars ransom is claimed for one of them.

- Israeli mock raids over South Lebanon.

- Special Tribunal for Lebanon issues an indictment against Habib Hassan Merhi in the February 14 assault case.

11/10

- 11 Israeli soldiers cross the border fence to prevent farmers from harvesting their olives in Aytaroun.

- The death of Omar Atrash and Samer Houjeiri and their bodyguard in an armed ambush in Arsal.

- The singer Wadih Safi passes away.

12/10

- Israeli force composed of 12 soldiers crosses the technical fence in Khalat Ghamik in the town of Aytaroun, enters the grove, and carries out a search operation in the area.

13/10

- Two bombings near the radio and television building in Damascus.

- Israeli aircraft violates south airspace for more than 9 hours.

- Tension on the axes of fighting in Tripoli, Army responds to the sources of fire.

14/10

- Judge Saqr Saqr files complaints against three detainees and 4 fugitives in the bombings of Tripoli.

- A booby-trapped car discovered in Maamoura- the southern suburbs, a military expert dismantles it.

15/10

- Eight Israeli war planes execute circular flights over the area of Nabatieh, six warplanes fly over the sea off Tyre.

16/10

- Israeli aircrafts violate Riyaq , Baalbek and Hermel airspace.

17/10

- Israeli force crosses the barbed-wire fence in Wazzani Heights.

- Lebanese photographer journalist Samir Kassab and Mauritanian journalist are lost in Syria.

- Two gold, three silver and four bronze medals for the Lebanese team in the European Cup of Kung Fu.

- Ministry of Tourism announces that Beirut is among the first 20 best cities of the world.

- Assassination of Major General Jamea Jamea in Deir ez-Zor.

18/10

- Saudi Arabia apologizes for admission to membership in the Security Council.

- Six shells fall from the Syrian side on Abboudiyeh.

19/10

-  The release of the kidnapped Lebanese in Azaz and the two Turkish pilots in Lebanon.

20/10

- Militants beat and shoot families sitting on Great River.

21/10

- Four rockets fall on Hermel residential neighborhoods.

- Three arrested in the case of the kidnapping of the Turkish pilots released from Roumieh prison.

- Israeli warplanes violate Naqoura airspace.

- Five wounded in renewed clashes between Jabal Mohsen and Bab Tebaneh.

22/10

- Elias Murr, president of the Foundation Interpol unanimously.

- Clashes in Tripoli on more than one axis, number of citizens wounded.

23/10

- Speaker of the House Nabih Berri postpones session due to lack of quorum.

- Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi meets Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, and is informed about a land to build a Maronite church in Doha.

- Numder of citizens killed, five wounded in clashes in Tripoli.

- Army announces the arrest of a car in Wadi Hamid with 4 persons on board having ammunitions.

24/10

- Shells fall in Haker Janin, Kashlak and Freidis in Akkar.

-  Two killed, 21 wounded in clashes between Tabaneh and Jabal Mohsen.

25/10

- Clashes intensify between Jabal Mohsen and the surrounding areas.

26/11

-  72 persons accused of causing Abra incident, among them are Sheikh Ahmed Assir and Fadel Shaker.

-  Clashes renews in Tripoli, victims due to sniping operations between Jabal Mohsen and Tabaneh.

27/10

- Army units deploy in the area of Jabal Mohsen.

28/10

- Army says: "Three soldiers wounded in gunfire on a patrol in the Tabaneh.”

31/10

- The arrival of the Indonesian ferry victims’ corpses to Lebanon.

2/11

- 4 killed, 3 injured in individual incident in Mastita - Jbeil.

 3/11
- Christian Levantine meeting concludes, “Change and Reform” bloc head, MP Michel Aoun confirms: Takfirists’ movements contradict with all religions, protecting Christians’ security responsibility of all systems.
- Lebanon witnesses a partial eclipse.

  4/11

- Jabal Mohsen residents block roads in protest against arrest warrant of Ali Eid.

5/11
- Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi leaves to Vatican, praises President Michel Suleiman’s efforts at all levels: Unacceptable for Lebanon to be of one color and paralyzed because we have entered into regional and international axis.
- Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr accuses detainee Ahmed Ali and former MP Ali Eid of hiding a wanted person and smuggling him into Syria.

6/11
- Swiss analysis/tests support theory of Arafat’s poisoning by radioactive     Polonium.

7/11

- Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghida summons defendant former MP Ali Eid.
-  “Future” and “Free Patriotic Movement” (FPM) MPs meet at the Parliament.

8/11

-  U.S. State Department announces that Secretary of State, John Kerry,  will hold a trilateral meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and European Union Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, in Geneva .

9/11

- Rifaat Eid considers that investigations into Tripoli bombings are no longer judiciary but have become a strife project; and accuses Information Department of working against Lebanon’s interest. He confirms that Ali Eid will not appear before the court.

10/11

-  Marathon starts , with more than 36 thousand participants.
-  Four shells from the Syrian side fall on the outskirts of Akkar towns.

11/11

- President Michel Sleiman arrives in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and meets with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.
- Israeli enemy flights in the skies of Arqoub, Shebaa Farms and Golan Heights and border patrols.
-  “FPM” and “Kataeb” MPs meet in the House of Representatives.
- Acting Cassation General Prosecutor, Judge Samir Hammoud, orders the arrest of Brigadier General Ibrahim Bashir and his wife.

12/11

- Assassination of Sheikh Saad Eddin Gyi by gunmen in Bahsa region in Tripoli.

14/11

- " Hizballah" Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah personally appears in front of the crowd at “El-Raya” court in the southern suburb.
-  Six rockets fall in Seriine from the Syrian side.
- Syrian raid on Arsal and Khirbet Younine.

15/11

- Four wounded in an individual incident in Aisha Bakkar .

16/11

- Intense displacement movement from Qalamoon region in Syria toward the Northern Bekaa, Lebanon.

18/11

- Start of the implementation of the second phase of the security plan in Tripoli.
- Israeli enemy force crosses technical fence off Aytaroun and tours the Aabad site.
- Two killed in Syrian raid on the border in Arsal mountainous area.

19/11

-  Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the pavilion near the Iranian embassy, which resulted in deaths and injuries.

22/11

- Army dismantles a car ready to go off on the road to the northern Bekaa.

24/11

- Understanding between Iran and Western countries on the path of the Iranian nuclear program.

25/11

- Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri meets in Tehran the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Mr. Ali Khamenie and Iranian President Hassan Rohani.

26/11

- Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi returns from Rome and says talks about his resignation are mere fabrications and rumors.
- A group of international support for Lebanon: strong support for Lebanon in response to the challenges of the crisis in Syria.

27/11

- Syrian threatens to blow himself up with an explosive belt at the Faculty of Arts.
- The Coastal Guards announce the arrest of nine Iranian mariners after adjusting boats in Saudi territorial waters.
- Supreme Pontiff Pope Francis appoints Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi as member of the Congregation for Catholic Education at the Vatican.
- A strike at the port and airport of Beirut to protest the exposure of the customs administration by Al-Jadeed T.V. crew.

28/11

- Renewed clashes in Tripoli.

29/11

- Nigeria: the acquittal of three suspected members of Hezbollah in charge of terrorism.

30/11

- Dead and wounded in Tripoli clashes.

1/12

- Clashes continue in Tripoli. An explosion in a building in Jabal Mohsen leads to the collapse of its 3 layers.

4/12

- Pope Francis makes an appeal to release the kidnapped nuns in Maaloula, Syria.
- Hezbollah’s Hassan Lakkis assassinated.

5/12

- Alert on the Israeli border off Marjayoun.
- A meeting between the deputies of the “FPM” and the “National Struggle Front”.

10/12

- Alexa storm hits Lebanon.

11/12

- Snowstorm hits different areas of Lebanon. Many roads get blocked.
- Time magazine chooses Pope Francis Personality of the Year 2013.

12/12

- The Attorney General requests to listen to the testimonies of  Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi and Public Works Minister Ghazi Aridi .

13/12

- 3 wounded in a familydispute in the Kafrhabbou.

15/12

- The killing of three militants, including a suicide bomber who attacked an army checkpoint east of Sidon.
- Army opens fire on an Israeli force in Naqoura .

16/12

- Minister Ghazi Aridi announces his resignation from his duties in the caretaker government.

17/12

- A car bomb explosion on the road between the town of Baalbek and Wadi Abu Musa leaves a number of dead and wounded citizens.

18/12

- Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi presents documents to financial Judge Ali Ibrahim.

20/12

- State of alert along the Southern borders in Adisah.

21/12

- One dead and five wounded in a dispute in Akkar.

22/12

- Four dead and wounded in clashes in western Bekaa .

23/12

- President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman, meets with the President of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, MP Mohammad Raad.
- Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi briefed by the President of the Court of Audit Judge Aouni Ramadan about a court decree to pay Lebanon's share of funding of the International Tribunal.

24/12

- President Michel Suleiman sets March 25 final deadline to form a government.

27/12

- Assassination of former minister Mohammed Shatah in a car bomb in Starco, Beirut Central District.
- Saudi Arabia and Kuwait urge their nationals to leave Lebanon.

  28/12
-  The death toll of Starco bombing reaches 7 with the death of young Lebanese citizen Muhammad Shaar.
-  Attempt to smuggle cell phones, blades, and handcuffs keys thwarted at Nabatieh prison.
- Kidnapped Omanis freed in Baalbek.

29/12

-  President Michel Sleiman announces Saudi Arabia’s three-billion-dollar support to strengthen the capacities of the Lebanese army.
- Funeral of former minister Mohammed Shatah takes place in Beirut.
- Mufti of the Republic unwelcomed at Khajeaji mosque during funeral of late Mohammad Shaar.
- Israeli enemy launches 4 missiles towards Wata Al-Khiyam, in response to two missiles which had earlier hit Israel’s Kiryat Shamona coming from Lebanese territories.