1976 · Lebanon History
- 1 January 1976Bashir Gemayel begins secret visits to IsraelDuring 1976 Bachir Gemayel began a series of secret visits to Israel in which he met Peres and the army commanders to…
- 4 January 1976Siege of Tel al-Zaatar beginsOn 4 January 1976 the Kataeb and the Ahrar closed a siege around the Tel al-Zaatar camp, Dbayeh and Jisr al-Basha in…
- 14 January 1976Fall of the Dbayeh camp
- 18 January 1976Karantina massacreOn 18 January 1976 the militias of the Kataeb, the Tigers of the Ahrar, the Guardians of the Cedars and the Tanzim…
- January 1976Palestine Liberation Army intervenesIn January 1976, with the fall of Karantina (18 January), units of the Palestine Liberation Army stationed in Syria…
- 20 January 1976Damour massacreIn reply to Karantina: the National Movement and the PLO. 200 Christians killed and driven out of Damour.
- 20 January 1976Looting
- 21 January 1976The army splits: the Arab Army of LebanonAhmad al-Khatib (who was attached to the Marjayoun barracks in South Lebanon) led a breakaway movement from the…
- 24 January 1976Siege of Camille Chamoun at Saadiyat; residence looted and burnedDuring the siege of Damour (which began on 9 January 1976) the army kept a single exit open, and some 6,000 civilians…
- 14 February 1976Frangieh–Syria settlement
- 8 March 1976Ahmad al-Khatib seizes the southern barracksThat day Khatib managed to take control of a heavy artillery base at Beaufort castle, and soldiers there declared their…
- 10 March 1976Fedayeen move into Khiyam and its barracksOn 10 March 1976, two days after Lieutenant Ahmad al-Khatib and the "Arab Army of Lebanon" took the southern barracks…
- 11 March 1976Aziz al-Ahdab's coup attempt
- 11 March 1976The Akkar brigade breaks away
- 13 March 1976The "Army of Legality" (Free Lebanon Army) breaks away
- 14 March 1976Fouad Malik's "Army of Lebanon" breaks away
- March 1976First Kataeb contact with Israel: Abu Khalil's trip
- 21 March 1976Fall of the Holiday InnOn 21 March 1976 the Holiday Inn, the Kataeb's last stronghold in the hotel district, fell to the National Movement and…
- 25 March 1976Baabda palace shelled; Frangieh moves to Kfour
- 27 March 1976Assad–Jumblatt meeting (the seven hours)
- 31 March 1976US envoy Dean Brown's visitThe American envoy Dean Brown arrived in Beirut on 31 March 1976 and negotiated with Frangieh, Jumblatt and Assad; he…
- 9 April 1976Israel's red lines
- 10 April 1976First extension of the 1972 parliament
- 8 May 1976Election of Elias SarkisOn 8 May 1976 parliament, meeting at the Villa Mansour, elected Elias Sarkis president with Syrian support and with the…
- 27 May 1976Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt's sisterOn 27 May 1976 Linda Jumblatt al-Atrash, Kamal Jumblatt's sister, was shot dead by gunmen in her house in Beirut; the…
- 31 May 1976Frangieh requests Syrian interventionWith the collapse of the Constitutional Document and the advance of the National Movement, President Frangieh formally…
- 1 June 1976The Syrian army enters officiallyOn 1 June 1976 the Syrian army entered Lebanon officially with some 12,000 troops and hundreds of tanks, after months…
- 3 June 1976Vanguards of the Lebanese Arab Army formed
- 6 June 1976Clashes with the Syrian armyConfrontations between the Syrian army and the leftists and the PLO: on 6 June 1976 the Syrian column advancing towards…
- 16 June 1976Assassination of the US ambassadorOn 16 June 1976 the American ambassador Francis Meloy, the economic counsellor Robert Waring and their driver were…
- 27 June 1976Hijacking of Air France flight 139
- 29 June 1976Fall of the Jisr al-Basha camp
- 5 July 1976Chekka massacreOn 5 July 1976 forces of the National Movement and the Palestinians attacked Chekka and Hamat in the Koura, killing…
- 15 July 1976Israel's "Good Fence" policy opens the border to southern villagersIn mid-July 1976 Israel launched the "Good Fence" policy by opening crossings at Rmeish and Kfar Kila and then the…
- 12 August 1976Tel al-Zaatar massacreCarried out by the Tigers and the right, with the cooperation of the Syrian and Lebanese armies and the presence of an…
- 30 August 1976Founding of the Lebanese ForcesOn 30 August 1976 the "Lebanese Forces" were announced as a unified military command for the militias of the Lebanese…
- 26 September 1976Attack on a Damascus hotel
- 2 October 1976The Maani Vanguards break away (Druze Jihad Organisation)
- 16 October 1976Saad Haddad's mutiny
- 18 October 1976Arab ceasefire (Riyadh mini-summit)On 18 October 1976 the Riyadh mini-summit (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Kuwait, Lebanon, the PLO) decided on a ceasefire…
- 21 October 1976Aishiyeh massacre
- 16 November 1976The Arab Deterrent Force enters
- 16 November 1976Frangieh leaves the Lebanese Front
- 1 December 1976Attempt on Raymond EddéIn December 1976 Raymond Eddé, the National Movement's presidential candidate and an opponent of the Syrian…
- 1 December 1976The Kataeb set up the first "canton," reaching Batroun on the edge of Marada territory