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1986 · Lebanon History

15 January 1986Geagea ousts HobeikaBloody fighting among the Christians of East Beirut that ended with Hobeika's flight out of Ashrafieh.
17 February 1986Two Israeli soldiers capturedOn 17 February 1986 the Islamic Resistance captured the two soldiers Yosef Fink and Rahamim Alsheikh in an ambush near…
5 March 1986Death of French hostage Michel Seurat announced
11 March 1986Nasrallah to al-Khaleej: civil war and resistance
27 March 1986Third round of the War of the Camps
27 March 1986Katyushas on Kiryat Shmona hit a school
28 March 1986Leigh Douglas and Philip Padfield kidnapped
15 April 1986US air raid on LibyaOn 15 April 1986 American aircraft bombed Tripoli and Benghazi in reply to the bombing of a nightclub in West Berlin;…
17 April 1986Three hostages killed after the US raid on LibyaOn 17 April 1986, two days after the American raid on Tripoli and Benghazi, the bodies of the American Peter Kilburn…
17 April 1986John McCarthy kidnapped
24 June 1986Syrian commandos enter West BeirutOn 24 June 1986 Syrian commando units, with some 800 soldiers and security men, began calming the fighting around the…
9 September 1986Frank Reed kidnapped
12 September 1986Joseph Cicippio kidnapped
18 September 1986Storming of the Sojod and Bir Kallab positions on Jabal al-RihanOn 18 September 1986 the mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance held for six hours the fortified Sojod and Bir Kallab…
29 September 1986Battle of the Rashidieh campOn 29 September 1986 the battle of Rashidieh in Tyre began between Amal and the Palestinian factions and went on for…
7 October 1986Assassination of Sheikh Subhi al-Saleh
16 October 1986Capture of Ron AradOn 16 October 1986 an Israeli Phantom was shot down over Sidon and its navigator Ron Arad was captured by the Amal…
3 November 1986The Iran–Contra affair breaksOn 3 November 1986 the Lebanese magazine "Ash-Shiraa" revealed that Washington had struck a secret exchange deal with…
24 November 1986Amal's positions in Sidon taken
26 November 1986Jabal Safi engagement
3 December 1986Dallafeh operation and the first captured APC
15 December 1986Ceasefire between Amal and the pro-Syrian factions