1988 · Lebanon History
- 2 January 1988Air strikes on Ain al-Hilweh and the Sidon coast
- 17 February 1988Kidnapping of William Higgins
- 5 April 1988Amal–Hezbollah fightingAt the start of April 1988 confrontations broke out between Amal and Hezbollah in the South (Nabatieh and its villages,…
- 8 April 1988Gemayel flies to Larnaca to meet Secretary of State Shultz
- 2 May 1988The Maydoun battle
- 4 May 1988Last French hostages releasedOn 4 May 1988 Jean-Paul Kauffmann, Marcel Carton and Marcel Fontaine were released after three years in captivity, in a…
- 6 May 1988Fighting in the southern suburbsAmal's control of many villages of the South and the shift of the fighting to the southern suburbs: Hezbollah took Burj…
- 27 May 1988Syrian troops enter the southern suburbs after two weeks of bargaining with IranAfter the fighting of 6 May 1988 between Amal and Hezbollah, the party controlled about 80% of the southern suburbs.…
- 13 July 1988Zillaya–Didbeh hills clash; commander Mohammad Bjeiji killed
- 11 August 1988Founding of al-QaedaOn 11 August 1988 Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam and their companions founded the "al-Qaeda" organisation in Peshawar…
- 19 August 1988The Haitham Dabbouq martyrdom operation
- 24 August 1988Libbaya–Bir al-Dahr clash; commander Abu Ali Shahla killed
- 18 September 1988Richard Murphy: "Mikhael Daher or chaos"As Amine Gemayel's term ended, the American envoy Richard Murphy agreed with Hafez al-Assad in Damascus on naming the…
- 22 September 1988End of Amine Gemayel's term
- 22 September 1988Two governmentsThe nationalist forces refused the dismissal of Salim al-Hoss's government, so the country ended up with two…
- 3 October 1988The Forces seize Kataeb positions
- 19 October 1988Abdallah Atwi suicide operation at the Fatima Gate
- 9 November 1988General Sami al-Khatib named to lead the army in West Beirut
- 17 November 1988The Souha Bechara operationOn 17 November 1988 Souha Bechara (21), of the SSNP, shot Antoine Lahd, commander of the South Lebanon Army, in his…