2014 · Lebanon History
- 2 January 2014The first Bir al-Abed bombingOn 2 January 2014 a car bomb exploded in Haret Hreik near Bir al-Abed (outside the former al-Jawad restaurant), killing…
- January 2014Attack on the strategic Qara depot in Qalamoun
- 16 January 2014Hermel bombing outside the government buildingOn 16 January 2014 a car bomb exploded outside the government Serail in Hermel, killing five; the Nusra Front claimed…
- 17 January 2014Shells from Syria on ArsalOn 17 January 2014, the day after the Hermel suicide bombing, shells and rockets fired from Syrian territory fell on…
- 21 January 2014Second Bir al-Abed bombingOn 21 January 2014 a suicide bomber blew up a car in Haret Hreik a few metres from the site of the 2 January bombing,…
- 1 February 2014Hermel army-checkpoint bombingOn 1 February 2014 a suicide bomber blew up a car at an army checkpoint in Hermel, killing four, among them a soldier;…
- 19 February 2014Two bombs outside the Iranian cultural centreOn 19 February 2014 two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the Iranian cultural centre in Bir Hassan (11 martyrs);…
- 26 February 2014The Otaiba ambushAt dawn on 26 February 2014 Hezbollah laid an ambush at Otaiba, east of the Eastern Ghouta, for fighters of the Nusra…
- 16 March 2014The battle for QalamounOn 16 March 2014 Yabroud, the opposition's last stronghold in Qalamoun, fell to the Syrian army and Hezbollah; the…
- 20 March 2014The fall of Krak des Chevaliers
- 1 April 2014The Tripoli security plan
- 14 April 2014Fall of Maaloula, the last Qalamoun village
- 25 May 2014End of Michel Sleiman's term
- 10 June 2014Mosul falls to ISISOn 10 June 2014 Mosul fell to ISIS within days after the collapse of the Iraqi army. The war reached the Lebanese…
- 13 June 2014Sistani's fatwa; Popular Mobilisation Forces formedOn 13 June 2014, after the fall of Mosul to ISIS, the religious authority Ali al-Sistani issued the fatwa of…
- 29 June 2014Declaration of the "caliphate"On 29 June 2014 ISIS proclaimed the "caliphate" and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as caliph, dropping…
- 8 July 2014Operation "Protective Edge" on GazaFrom 8 July to 26 August 2014 Israel waged the "Protective Edge" aggression on Gaza after the kidnapping and killing of…
- 25 July 2014Quds Day 2014 speech: "we stand with Gaza"
- 2 August 2014The Arsal eventsThe abduction of the 22 soldiers and the slaughter of other Lebanese army soldiers, whose bodies were dragged through…
- 17 August 2014Clinton email to Podesta: Qatar and Saudi give ISIL "clandestine financial and logistic support"
- 7 October 2014Shebaa Farms bomb wounds two Israeli soldiers
- 23 October 2014The ammonium nitrate unloaded into Hangar 12By decision of the Beirut judge of urgent matters (429/2014) on 26 September 2014, the unloading of the cargo and its…
- 5 November 2014Second extension of parliament