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The 2021 Tripoli protests are riots, civil disobedience, civil disorder and demonstrations after the government of Hassan Diab announced a nationwide lockdown, amid hunger, inflation and unemployment increasing, worsening the already deteriorating economy. [1] According to Al Jazeera English, protesters rallied for their third consecutive night ...
The Daily Star was an English -language newspaper in Lebanon which was distributed across the Middle East. It was founded by Kamel Mrowa in 1952, [1] ceased its print format in February 2020, [1] and completely closed on 31 October 2021. [2]
Between 2011 and 2017, fighting from the Syrian civil war spilled over into Lebanon as opponents and supporters of the Syrian Arab Republic traveled to Lebanon to fight and attack each other on Lebanese soil. The Syrian conflict stoked a resurgence of sectarian violence in Lebanon, [ 65 ] with many of Lebanon's Sunni Muslims supporting the ...
For residents of Tripoli, on Lebanon's northern coast, the 24-hour curfew imposed from Jan. 11 to control the spread of COVID-19 was the final straw, preventing many from working.
From its inception, the Syrian Civil War has produced and inspired a great deal of strife and unrest in the nation of Lebanon. Prior to the Battle of Arsal in August 2014, the Lebanese Army has tried to keep out of it and the violence has been mostly between various factions within the country and overt Syrian involvement has been limited to airstrikes and occasional accidental incursions.
5 June 2013: 11 rockets fired from the anti-Lebanon mountain range along the border with Syria landed in Baalbek, damaging various locations around the city. At least five people were injured in the barrage. 6–7 June 2013: One person was killed and nine were injured, two of them Lebanese Army soldiers, during clashes in Tripoli.
Broummana bombing (April 1) – A bomb ripped through the Rizk plaza in the Broummana resort village, 20 km (12 mi) east of Beirut. 12 people were injured. [ 8] Jounieh bomb aftermath. Jounieh bombing (May 7) – A car bomb exploded between the Christian Sawt al Mahaba radio station and the Mar Yuhanna Church in Jounieh.
When the Lebanese now contemplate war with Israel, they invariably look back to the monthlong conflict in 2006 that resulted in nearly 2,000 deaths and about 11,000 casualties, according to ...