2005 · Lebanon History
- 9 January 2005Israeli officer killed in Shebaa Farms
- 17 January 2005Israeli bulldozer destroyed at Zabdine hill
- 14 February 2005Assassination of Rafik HaririRafik Hariri and MP Bassel Fleihan were killed by a car bomb in the Saint George–Ain el-Mreisseh area on 14 February.
- 15 February 2005Nasrallah the night after Hariri's assassination: "we must not rush to accuse"On 15 February 2005, on an Ashura night the day after Hariri's assassination, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called the…
- 28 February 2005Resignation of Omar Karami's governmentOn 28 February 2005 Omar Karami announced his government's resignation before parliament under the pressure of the…
- 8 March 2005The "thank you Syria" speechOn 8 March 2005 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addressed hundreds of thousands in Riad al-Solh Square, thanking Syria for its…
- 14 March 200514 March: the "Cedar Revolution"The Christian parties of the Qornet Shehwan gathering took to the streets after the Future Movement and the Progressive…
- 11 April 2005Second Mirsad-1 flight over the Galilee
- 11 April 2005Families of Lebanese detained in Syria begin their sit-in at ESCWAOn 11 April 2005, as the Syrian withdrawal began, the committee of families of detainees in Syrian prisons, with the…
- 26 April 2005The Syrian army withdraws from LebanonOn 26 April 2005 the last Syrian soldiers left Lebanon after 29 years of military presence, in application of…
- 7 May 2005Michel Aoun returns from exileOn 7 May 2005 Michel Aoun returned to Beirut after 15 years in France and was received in Martyrs' Square by huge…
- May 2005The quadripartite electoral alliance of 2005
- 29 May 20052005 parliamentary elections begin (four rounds)The first elections after the Syrian withdrawal were held in four rounds: Beirut on 29 May, the South on 5 June, the…
- 2 June 2005Samir Kassir assassinatedOn 2 June 2005 the journalist and historian Samir Kassir, one of the figures of 14 March and an opponent of the Syrian…
- 21 June 2005George Hawi assassinatedOn 21 June 2005 the former secretary-general of the Communist Party George Hawi was killed by a bomb in his car in Wata…
- 18 July 2005The general amnesty
- 19 July 2005Fouad Siniora's governmentOn 19 July 2005 Fouad Siniora formed the first government after the Syrian withdrawal on the basis of the electoral…
- 26 July 2005Samir Geagea releasedOn 26 July 2005 Samir Geagea left his prison in the defence ministry after 11 years, under the amnesty law parliament…
- 30 August 2005Detlev Mehlis appointedThe appointment of Detlev Mehlis to investigate Hariri's assassination (a man close to Israel). Days earlier Sayyed…
- 31 August 2005The Baghdad al-Aimmah bridge stampede
- 12 September 2005Israel withdraws from GazaOn 12 September 2005 Israel completed its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the dismantling of its…
- 18 September 2005Free Patriotic Movement registered as a party
- 25 September 2005Attempt on May ChidiacOn 25 September 2005 a bomb exploded in the car of the broadcaster May Chidiac in Jounieh; she lost an arm and a leg.…
- 12 October 2005Ghazi Kanaan found dead in his Damascus office: "suicide"
- 20 October 2005First Mehlis report: the four generals and the "false witnesses"On 20 October 2005 Detlev Mehlis presented his first report to the Security Council, accusing Syrian and Lebanese…
- 21 November 2005The Ghajar confrontation: attempt to capture Israeli soldiersOn 21 November 2005 the Islamic Resistance attacked Israeli positions in the divided village of Ghajar under wide…
- 25 November 2005Ghajar martyrs speech: "Who are you?"On 25 November 2005, at the Sayyed al-Shuhada complex in Rweiss during the honouring of the three martyrs of the Ghajar…
- 4 December 2005Mass graves near the former Syrian intelligence headquarters at AnjarAt the start of December 2005, eight months after the Syrian withdrawal, the remains of some 26 people were found in…
- 12 December 2005Gebran Tueni assassinatedOn 12 December 2005 the deputy and editor of "An-Nahar" Gebran Tueni was killed by a car bomb in Mkalles the day after…
- 30 December 2005Khaddam defects: Bashar threatened HaririAfter resigning as vice-president at the Baath congress in June 2005, Abdel Halim Khaddam told al-Arabiya from Paris on…