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The 2008 Lebanon conflict (or the 7 May clashes; Arabic: أحداث 7 أيار) was a brief intrastate military conflict in May 2008 in Lebanon between opposition militias (mainly Shiite Hezbollah) and pro-government Sunnis. [1]
Syrian occupation of Lebanon and the Israeli Security Zone; South Lebanon Conflict (1985–2000) Hezbollah Amal Jammoul Israel SLA: Hezbollah victory. Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon; Shebaa Farms conflict (2000–2006) Hezbollah Israel: Inconclusive. Ended with the 2006 Lebanon War; Israel continues to control the Shebaa Farms; July War ...
10 SSNP members, 9 pro-government fighters, 2 Hezbollah fighters, 2 soldiers, 2 civilians, 1 Australian citizen killed; A gunman fired on the funeral procession of the government supporter, who was killed the previous day in Beirut, leaving two people dead and several wounded. [6]
May 8 - 2008 conflict in Lebanon: Fighting erupts after an 18 month political crisis between pro-government and opposition militias across in Beirut after the government shuts down Hezbollah's telecommunication network. [1] Fighting soon spread to other areas of the country, including Tripoli and Aley. [2]
Azour, 58, served as finance minister in the Western-backed government of former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora between 2005 and 2008, a period of intense political conflict in Lebanon pitting ...
2008 conflict in Lebanon Doha Agreement The 2006–2008 Lebanese protests were a series of political protests and sit-ins in Lebanon that began on 1 December 2006, [ 1 ] led by groups that opposed the US and Saudi-backed government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and ended on 21 May 2008 with the signing of the Doha Agreement .
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned America's top general during a meeting on Sunday of the dangers of a major conflict in Lebanon. Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at ...
More: Israeli airstrikes kill hundreds in Lebanon: Maps show escalation of Hezbollah conflict. Lebanon reported 569 people had been killed and 1,835 wounded since Israel launched heavy strikes on ...