2004 · Lebanon History
- 19 January 2004Israeli bulldozer destroyed after crossing into Lebanon
- 29 January 2004The exchange dealThe release of the prisoners Sheikh Abdel Karim Obeid and Mustafa Dirani in exchange for the bodies of the three…
- 22 March 2004Assassination of Sheikh Ahmad YassinOn 22 March 2004 Israel assassinated Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas, with helicopter missiles as he left the…
- 4 April 2004First Mahdi Army uprising in Najaf and Kufa
- 17 April 2004Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi assassinated
- 28 April 2004The Abu Ghraib scandal
- 21 May 2004The shrouds march in Beirut for Najaf and KarbalaOn 21 May 2004 Hezbollah held a mass march in the southern suburbs, the marchers wearing shrouds in solidarity with the…
- 27 May 2004The Hay al-Sellom events
- 28 June 2004Transfer of power in IraqOn 28 June 2004 the American civil administrator Paul Bremer handed sovereignty to Iyad Allawi's interim government two…
- 19 July 2004Assassination of commander Ghaleb AwaliOn 19 July 2004 the commander Ghaleb Awali, the Hezbollah cadre in charge of the file of support for the Palestinian…
- 20 July 2004Two Israeli soldiers sniped near Zarit in reply to the Awali assassination
- 5 August 2004Battle of Najaf: Mahdi Army against US forces
- 2 September 2004Resolution 1559The Security Council adopted Resolution 1559, calling for the withdrawal of the Syrian army from Lebanon and the…
- 3 September 2004Emile Lahoud's term extendedOn 3 September 2004, the day after Resolution 1559, parliament amended the constitution to extend Emile Lahoud's term…
- 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,…
- 1 October 2004Attempt on Marwan HamadehOn 1 October 2004 a car bomb exploded beside the convoy of the former minister Marwan Hamadeh, a close associate of…
- 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"…
- 7 November 2004The Mirsad-1 drone