1981 · Lebanon History
- 1 April 1981Fighting in East and West BeirutOn 1 April 1981, as the Syrian forces tried to drive the Kataeb out of Zahle, the front lines in Beirut flared up with…
- 1 April 1981Full Syrian siege of Zahle beginsOn 1 April 1981 an exchange of fire between a Zahle position and a Syrian position turned into an all-out Syrian…
- 2 April 1981Bashir Gemayel asks Israel to intervene in Zahle
- 28 April 1981The Zahle warOn 28 April 1981 Israeli aircraft shot down two Syrian helicopters over Zahle on the pretext of protecting the…
- 29 April 1981Syria deploys SAM-6 missiles in the BekaaOn 29 April 1981, the day after Israel shot down two Syrian helicopters over Zahle, Syria deployed SAM-6 missile…
- 30 June 1981The Forces withdraw from ZahleOn 30 June 1981 the Lebanese Forces fighters withdrew from Zahle under a settlement sponsored by the American envoy…
- 17 July 1981The Fakhani bombingOn 17 July 1981 Israeli aircraft bombed the PLO's headquarters in the Fakhani district of West Beirut, killing some…
- 24 July 1981Fighting in the SouthFighting in the South between the PLO and Israel, then a ceasefire.
- 7 August 1981The Saudi peace initiativeOn 7 August 1981 the Saudi crown prince Fahd put forward an eight-point initiative including Israel's withdrawal to the…
- 4 September 1981Assassination of the French ambassadorThe assassination of the French ambassador to Lebanon, and the shelling of the French embassy over its support for…
- 17 September 1981Car bomb at the Joint Forces HQ in Sidon, and the Chekka blastOn 17 September 1981 a car carrying some 300 kilograms of TNT exploded outside the regional headquarters of the PLO and…
- 1 October 1981Car bomb outside PLO offices in FakhaniOn 1 October 1981 a car bomb exploded outside the PLO's offices in Fakhani in West Beirut, killing at least 50 people…
- 29 November 1981The Azbakiyah bombing in Damascus
- 15 December 1981Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut: the first suicide car bombingOn 15 December 1981 a suicide bomber in a car destroyed the Iraqi embassy building in Beirut, killing 61 people…