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2001 · Lebanon History

• 17 February 2001First Shebaa Farms operation after the capture of the three soldiers
• 14 April 2001Shebaa Farms attack: one soldier killed
• 16 April 2001Strike on a Syrian radar at Dahr al-Baidar, first on Syrian forces in Lebanon since 1996
• 30 April 2001The Qornet Shehwan gathering
• 3 August 2001Patriarch Sfeir's visit to the Chouf: the Mountain reconciliationOn 3 August 2001 Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir visited the Chouf and Aley and was received by Walid Jumblatt at Moukhtara…
• 7 August 2001The 7 August 2001 crackdown on Free Patriotic Movement and Lebanese Forces activistsBetween 5 and 8 August 2001 Lebanese army intelligence carried out a wave of arrests of between 150 and 250 activists…
• 9 August 2001Justice Palace clashesOn 9 August 2001 the army and security forces broke up a demonstration of the detainees' families and students outside…
• 11 September 2001The 11 September attacksOn 11 September 2001 nineteen al-Qaeda members hijacked four airliners and struck the World Trade Center towers and the…
• 3 October 2001Hezbollah answers overflights with anti-aircraft fire
• 7 October 2001The war on terrorOn 7 October 2001 the United States and Britain began bombing Afghanistan and toppled Taliban rule within weeks; the…
• 2 November 2001Washington lists Hezbollah after 9/11; Lebanon refuses to freeze its assetsOn 2 November 2001 the American administration placed Hezbollah on the list under Executive Order 13224 for freezing…
• 11 November 2001Nasrallah on 9/11 and the war on Afghanistan