1990 · Lebanon History
- 19 January 1990Elias al-Zayek assassinated
- 31 January 1990The War of EliminationOn 31 January 1990 the army under Aoun attacked the positions of the Lebanese Forces in East Beirut, the Metn and…
- 3 February 1990Double attack on the Jisr al-Hamra and Bayyada positions
- 4 February 1990Barghouz–Ahmadiyeh bomb destroys an APC and a jeep
- 7 March 1990Storming of the Zimriya position and a twelve-hour battle in the Western Beqaa
- 19 April 1990Israeli commandos repelled
- 22 April 1990Robert Polhill released
- 30 April 1990Frank Reed released
- July 1990Siege of Iqlim al-TuffahIn July 1990 fighting resumed between the Amal Movement and Hezbollah in Iqlim al-Tuffah (Jbaa, Ain Bouswar, Arabsalim…
- 27 July 1990Mitterrand pardons Anis Naccache and his comrades
- 2 August 1990Iraq invades Kuwait, Syria joins the coalitionOn 2 August 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait, and Syria joined the American coalition against Saddam; its implicit price was…
- 13 October 1990Syrian army assault on Baabda palaceAt dawn on 13 October 1990 the Syrian army, with air cover and together with the legitimate Lebanese army, attacked…
- 13 October 1990End of the civil warWith the fall of Baabda on 13 October 1990 the civil war ended after fifteen years, some 150,000 dead and 17,000…
- 13 October 1990Dahr al-Wahsh massacreOn 13 October 1990, hours after the fall of Baabda, Syrian forces executed some 240 Lebanese army soldiers who had…
- 21 October 1990Assassination of Dany Chamoun and his familyOn 21 October 1990, eight days after the fall of Baabda, Dany Chamoun, head of the National Liberal Party, his wife and…
- 5 November 1990Amal–Hezbollah agreement ends the warOn 5 November 1990 Nabih Berri and Sheikh Sobhi Tufayli signed in Damascus, under Syrian–Iranian sponsorship, the final…