Jihadist groups
50 events
- 11 August 1988Founding of al-QaedaOn 11 August 1988 Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam and their companions founded the "al-Qaeda" organisation in Peshawar…
- 31 August 1995Assassination of Sheikh Nizar al-Halabi, head of al-AhbashOn 31 August 1995 Sheikh Nizar al-Halabi, head of the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (al-Ahbash), was shot…
- 31 December 1999The Dinniyeh eventsFrom 31 December 1999 to 5 January 2000 the army fought battles in the Dinniyeh highlands against a Salafi group led by…
- 11 September 2001The 11 September attacksOn 11 September 2001 nineteen al-Qaeda members hijacked four airliners and struck the World Trade Center towers and the…
- 7 October 2001The war on terrorOn 7 October 2001 the United States and Britain began bombing Afghanistan and toppled Taliban rule within weeks; the…
- 2 November 2001Washington lists Hezbollah after 9/11; Lebanon refuses to freeze its assetsOn 2 November 2001 the American administration placed Hezbollah on the list under Executive Order 13224 for freezing…
- 11 November 2001Nasrallah on 9/11 and the war on Afghanistan
- 29 August 2003Assassination of Sayyed Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim
- 18 September 2004The Majdal Anjar events
- 27 September 2004Ismail al-Khatib dies in custody; Majdal Anjar protestsOn 27 September 2004 Ismail al-Khatib, detained a week earlier on the charge of plotting to bomb the Italian embassy,…
- 17 October 2004Zarqawi pledges to bin Laden: al-Qaeda in IraqOn 17 October 2004 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi announced his pledge of allegiance to Osama bin Laden, and "Tawhid and Jihad"…
- 18 July 2005The general amnesty
- 31 August 2005The Baghdad al-Aimmah bridge stampede
- 22 February 2006Bombing of the al-Askari shrineOn 22 February 2006 al-Qaeda in Iraq blew up the dome of the shrine of the two Askari Imams in Samarra, setting off a…
- 7 June 2006Killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
- 15 October 2006Islamic State of Iraq declaredOn 15 October 2006 the Mujahideen Shura Council proclaimed the "Islamic State of Iraq" under Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the…
- 20 May 2007The Battle of Nahr al-BaredFrom 20 May to 2 September 2007 the army fought the "Fatah al-Islam" organisation, led by Shaker al-Absi, in the Nahr…
- 24 June 2007UNIFIL patrol bombedOn 24 June 2007 a car bomb exploded beside a Spanish UNIFIL patrol near Khiam, killing six soldiers; the first deadly…
- 23 April 2009Hillary Clinton: "the people we are fighting today, we funded twenty years ago"
- 12 February 2012Jake Sullivan to Clinton: "AQ is on our side in Syria"
- 11 November 2012Clashes with Ahmad al-AssirOn 11 November 2012 supporters of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, imam of the Bilal bin Rabah mosque in Abra, clashed with…
- 19 May 2013The battle for QusayrOn 19 May 2013 the Syrian army and Hezbollah entered the town of Qusayr from several axes after the evacuation of…
- 28 May 2013First rockets from Syria on Hermel
- 23 June 2013The Battle of AbraOn 23 and 24 June 2013 the army fought the group of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir in Abra (Sidon) after its attack on an army…
- 9 July 2013Car bomb in Bir al-AbedOn 9 July 2013 a car bomb exploded in a car park near the Islamic Cooperative in Bir al-Abed in the southern suburbs,…
- 15 August 2013The Ruwais bombingOn 15 August 2013 a car bomb exploded in Rweiss in the southern suburbs, killing 27 people and wounding more than 300;…
- 16 August 2013Nasrallah after Rouwaiss: "I will go to Syria myself"On 16 August 2013, the day after the Rweiss bombing, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the bombings would not deter the…
- 23 August 2013Al-Salam and al-Taqwa mosques bombedOn 23 August 2013 two car bombs exploded outside the al-Taqwa and al-Salam mosques in Tripoli during Friday prayers,…
- 19 November 2013Bombing outside the Iranian embassyOn 19 November 2013 two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Iranian embassy in Bir Hassan (23 dead); the…
- 2 January 2014The first Bir al-Abed bombingOn 2 January 2014 a car bomb exploded in Haret Hreik near Bir al-Abed (outside the former al-Jawad restaurant), killing…
- January 2014Attack on the strategic Qara depot in Qalamoun
- 16 January 2014Hermel bombing outside the government buildingOn 16 January 2014 a car bomb exploded outside the government Serail in Hermel, killing five; the Nusra Front claimed…
- 21 January 2014Second Bir al-Abed bombingOn 21 January 2014 a suicide bomber blew up a car in Haret Hreik a few metres from the site of the 2 January bombing,…
- 1 February 2014Hermel army-checkpoint bombingOn 1 February 2014 a suicide bomber blew up a car at an army checkpoint in Hermel, killing four, among them a soldier;…
- 19 February 2014Two bombs outside the Iranian cultural centreOn 19 February 2014 two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the Iranian cultural centre in Bir Hassan (11 martyrs);…
- 26 February 2014The Otaiba ambushAt dawn on 26 February 2014 Hezbollah laid an ambush at Otaiba, east of the Eastern Ghouta, for fighters of the Nusra…
- 20 March 2014The fall of Krak des Chevaliers
- 10 June 2014Mosul falls to ISISOn 10 June 2014 Mosul fell to ISIS within days after the collapse of the Iraqi army. The war reached the Lebanese…
- 13 June 2014Sistani's fatwa; Popular Mobilisation Forces formedOn 13 June 2014, after the fall of Mosul to ISIS, the religious authority Ali al-Sistani issued the fatwa of…
- 29 June 2014Declaration of the "caliphate"On 29 June 2014 ISIS proclaimed the "caliphate" and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as caliph, dropping…
- 2 August 2014The Arsal eventsThe abduction of the 22 soldiers and the slaughter of other Lebanese army soldiers, whose bodies were dragged through…
- 17 August 2014Clinton email to Podesta: Qatar and Saudi give ISIL "clandestine financial and logistic support"
- 10 January 2015Jabal Mohsen bombingOn 10 January 2015 two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a café in Jabal Mohsen in Tripoli (9 dead); the Nusra…
- 15 August 2015Ahmad al-Assir arrested at Beirut airport
- 12 November 2015Burj al-Barajneh bombingOn 12 November 2015 two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowded street in Burj al-Barajneh; 43 people were…
- 1 December 2015Soldiers held by al-Nusra freed in a swapOn 1 December 2015 the 16 Lebanese soldiers kidnapped by the Nusra Front in Arsal in August 2014 were released through…
- 21 July 2017Arsal outskirts battle: Hezbollah vs NusraOn 21 July 2017 Hezbollah began an attack on the outskirts of Arsal and Flita against the Nusra Front (Hayat Tahrir…
- 19 August 2017Operation "Dawn of the Outskirts"From 19 to 27 August 2017 the army fought Operation "Dawn of the Outskirts" against ISIS on the outskirts of Ras…
- 27 August 2017Remains of the soldiers held by ISIS recoveredOn 27 August 2017, as Operation "Dawn of the Outskirts" ended, the army commander Joseph Aoun announced the discovery…
- 29 July 2023Ain al-Hilweh camp clashesOn 29 July 2023 clashes broke out in the Ain el-Hilweh camp between Fatah and Islamist groups after the assassination…