2007 · Lebanon History
- 23 January 20078 March–14 March confrontations
- 25 January 2007Shooting at the Arab UniversityOn 25 January 2007 clashes broke out at the Arab University in Tariq al-Jdideh between students from Hezbollah and Amal…
- 25 January 2007The Paris III conferenceOn 25 January 2007, at the height of the central Beirut sit-in and two days after the strike of 23 January, Chirac…
- 13 February 2007Two buses bombed in Ain AlaqOn 13 February 2007, on the eve of the anniversary of Hariri's assassination, two bombs exploded in two buses in Ain…
- 14 February 2007Jumblatt's 14 February 2007 speech: "tyrant of Damascus, an ape nature never knew"On 14 February 2007, on the second anniversary of Hariri's assassination, before a crowd in Martyrs' Square beside the…
- 1 April 2007Kata'ib Hezbollah (Iraq) founded
- 20 May 2007The Battle of Nahr al-BaredFrom 20 May to 2 September 2007 the army fought the "Fatah al-Islam" organisation, led by Shaker al-Absi, in the Nahr…
- 30 May 2007The international tribunalOn 30 May 2007 the Security Council adopted Resolution 1757 under Chapter VII, creating the Special Tribunal for…
- 13 June 2007Assassination of Walid EidoOn 13 June 2007 the deputy Walid Eido (Future Movement) and his son were assassinated by a car bomb at the Manara in…
- 24 June 2007UNIFIL patrol bombedOn 24 June 2007 a car bomb exploded beside a Spanish UNIFIL patrol near Khiam, killing six soldiers; the first deadly…
- August 2007Future Movement constituted as a party
- 19 September 2007Assassination of Antoine GhanemOn 19 September 2007 the Kataeb deputy Antoine Ghanem was assassinated by a car bomb in Sin el-Fil together with six…
- 15 October 2007Limited exchange: Gabriel Dawit's body for a prisoner and two bodies
- 23 November 2007End of Emile Lahoud's termAnd his declaration of a state of emergency hours before leaving, to put pressure on the government.
- 12 December 2007Assassination of General François al-HajjOn 12 December 2007 Brigadier General François al-Hajj, the army's chief of operations, commander of the Nahr al-Bared…