2019 in Lebanon
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Events in the year 2019 in Lebanon.
Incumbents
Events
June
- June 3 - 2019 Tripoli shooting: A gunman opened fire and killed 4 security members in Tripoli, before he blew himself up in an apartment.[1]
August
- August 25 - 2019 Beirut drone crash: 2 drones, alleged to be from Israel by Lebanese authorities, crashed in the Dahieh district of Beirut. The first drone crashed into Hezbollah's Media Center, and the second drone exploded mid-air 45 minutes later. This was the first such incident between Lebanon and Israel since the 2006 war between them.[2]
- August 26 - 2019 Qousaya attack: A Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine base was attacked by Israeli drones in Qousaya, Beqaa Valley, near the Syrian border [2]
October
- October 13 - 2019 Lebanon forest fires: About 100 forest fires flared up across Lebanon overnight, and lasted until October 15. One person was killed from the fire.[3]
- October 17 - 2019 Lebanese protests
Deaths
- 7 January – Jocelyne Saab, journalist and film director (b. 1948).[4]
- 9 January – Gebran Araiji, politician (b. 1951).[5]
- 19 January – May Menassa, writer and journalist (b. 1939).[6]
- 23 January – Georges Nasser, film director (b. 1927).[7]
- 10 February – Robert Ghanem, lawyer and politician (b. 1942).[8]
References
- ^ "Lebanon gripped by 'night of terror' as ISIS fighter attacks Tripoli". The National. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Lebanon president: Israel drone attack a declaration of war". Al Jazeera. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Lebanon turns to neighbours to douse forest fires". Gulf News. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Décès de Jocelyne Saab, réalisatrice libanaise pionnière au Proche-Orient". france24.com (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ وفاة رئيس الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي السابق جبران عريجي (in Arabic)
- ^ Tributes flow for award-winning Lebanese author and journalist May Menassa
- ^ Pioneering Lebanese filmmaker Georges Nasser dies at 91
- ^ Politicians mourn death of former MP Robert Ghanem