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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]
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 .
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]
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 ...
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]
Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi saluting the coffin of Ehud Goldwasser Hezbollah released the remains of two captured Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. [1] In exchange, Israel returned Palestine Liberation Front militant Samir Kuntar, who was convicted of multiple murders in Israel, Nasim Nisr, a man of Jewish heritage who had immigrated to Israel from his native Lebanon and spied for ...
Watch again as Foreign Secretary David Lammy delivered a statement on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East on Monday (28 October). Meanwhile, protesters disrupted a speech by Israeli prime ...
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah looked set to reach a ceasefire deal on Tuesday, Israeli and Lebanese officials said, clearing the way for an end to the conflict that ...