2020 · Lebanon History
- 3 January 2020Assassination of Hajj Qassem SoleimaniAt dawn on 3 January 2020 an American drone strike killed the commander of the Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, and the…
- 5 January 2020Nasrallah: the response is to expel America from the regionOn 5 January 2020, two days after the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah declared that "the…
- 8 January 2020Iranian missile strike on Ain al-AsadOn 8 January 2020 the Iranian Revolutionary Guard fired dozens of ballistic missiles at the Ain al-Asad base in Anbar…
- 21 February 2020Covid-19
- 27 February 2020First offshore drilling in Block 4 ends without a find
- 7 March 2020Lebanon defaults on its EurobondsOn 7 March 2020 Hassan Diab announced the suspension of payment on 1.2 billion dollars of Eurobonds due on 9 March, the…
- 19 March 2020Collaborator Amer Fakhoury freed and flown out by US helicopter
- 28 March 2020Nasrallah: Covid is a "humanitarian battle"
- 21 April 2020Circular 151: the "lollar" at 3,900
- 29 April 2020Diab publicly attacks the central bank governor
- 30 April 2020The government recovery plan and the start of IMF talksOn 30 April 2020 Hassan Diab's government approved a recovery plan estimating the losses at some 241 trillion lira and…
- 14 May 2020Cabinet orders seizure of goods smuggled to Syria: subsidised fuel and flour
- 10 June 2020New BdL vice-governors appointed; Baasiri out
- 17 June 2020The Caesar Act comes into force
- 27 June 2020Judge Mohammad Mazeh bans interviews with Ambassador Shea, is referred to inspection, resigns
- 4 August 2020The port explosionOn 4 August 2020, 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in hangar 12 of the port of Beirut since 2014 exploded,…
- 6 August 2020Macron's post-explosion visit and the French initiativeOn 6 August 2020, two days after the port explosion, Emmanuel Macron visited Beirut and walked through Gemmayzeh amid…
- 7 August 2020Nasrallah after the port explosion: "no arms, no missiles at the port"On 7 August 2020, three days after the port explosion, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah denied any presence of the party's…
- 10 August 2020Hassan Diab steps downOn 10 August 2020, six days after the port explosion and angry demonstrations, Hassan Diab's government resigned after…
- 3 September 2020Schenker in Beirut meets protest activists and skips officialsOn 3 and 4 September 2020, a month after the port explosion, the US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern…
- 8 September 2020Sanctions on Ali Hassan Khalil and Youssef FenianosOn 8 September 2020 Washington sanctioned the former ministers Ali Hassan Khalil (Amal) and Youssef Fenianos (Marada)…
- 26 September 2020Mustapha Adib steps down; the French initiative stallsOn 26 September 2020 Mustapha Adib stepped down from forming the government after a dispute over the finance portfolio,…
- 1 October 2020Berri announces the framework for maritime talksOn 1 October 2020 Nabih Berri announced a framework agreement, through American mediation, for indirect negotiations…
- 6 November 2020Sanctions on Gebran BassilOn 6 November 2020 the US Treasury placed the head of the Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil on the sanctions list…