2016 · Lebanon History
- 4 January 2016Shebaa Farms bomb in reply to Kuntar's killing
- 18 January 2016The Maarab agreementOn 18 January 2016 Samir Geagea announced from Maarab his support for Michel Aoun's candidacy for the presidency, in a…
- 16 February 2016The "Haifa ammonia" speech
- 19 February 2016Saudi Arabia halts the $3 billion grant to the armyOn 19 February 2016 Saudi Arabia halted the three-billion-dollar grant to arm the Lebanese army with French weapons and…
- 22 February 2016Khanaser road cut: Aleppo supply line battleOn 22 February 2016 ISIS from the north, and Jund al-Aqsa and Caucasian fighters from the south, cut the…
- 2 March 2016The GCC designates Hezbollah a terrorist organisationOn 2 March 2016 the Gulf Cooperation Council designated Hezbollah a "terrorist organisation", and the Arab League…
- 1 April 2016Battle of Tal al-EisOn 1 April 2016 the Nusra Front and its allies launched a surprise attack on Tal al-Eis south of Aleppo, which…
- 3 May 2016BDL circular 137 implementing the US lawOn 3 May 2016 the Banque du Liban issued intermediate circular 137 obliging the banks to apply the American law, and…
- 13 May 2016Death of Sayyed Zulfiqar (Mustafa Badreddine)On 13 May 2016 Hezbollah announced the death of its military commander Mustafa Badreddine (Zulfiqar) in an explosion…
- 12 June 2016BLOM Bank bombingOn 12 June 2016 a bomb exploded outside the headquarters of BLOM Bank in Verdun, with no casualties; it was read as a…
- June 2016The Banque du Liban "financial engineering"From 2016 the governor of the Banque du Liban, Riad Salameh, launched what were called the "financial engineerings":…
- 8 October 2016The Sanaa funeral hall massacre
- 31 October 2016Election of Michel AounOn 31 October 2016 parliament elected Michel Aoun president after a vacancy of two and a half years, in a settlement…
- 18 December 2016Saad Hariri's governmentOn 18 December 2016 Saad Hariri formed a 30-minister national unity government after Aoun's election under the…
- 22 December 2016East Aleppo retakenOn 22 December 2016 the Syrian army and its allies, Hezbollah and the Iraqi factions in the lead and under air cover,…