Lebanon
1943 Lebanon Independence
1943-11-22 Lebanon gained its independence.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Lebanon/French-mandate
1985 Iran Contra Affair
1985-11-01 The Iran-Contra affair took place. The Regan administration sold arms to Iran in exchange for securing the release of American hostages in Lebanon. The funds helped support Nicaraguan rebels. This was the same era that the US was sending weapons to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war.
https://webhelper.brown.edu/cheit/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/i-thebeginning.php
https://www.britannica.com/event/Iran-Contra-Affair
2026 March
2026-03-10 In under two weeks, 700,000 Lebanese people had been displaced. Israel launched an attack on the capital and struck civilians in an apartment building.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/world/middleeast/lebanon-evacuations-israel-strikes-bombing.html
2026-03-25 The Pentagon deployed roughly 3000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, 2500 troops from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, along with 4500 troops and 3 more ships. This came a day after Trump claimed Iran agreed to no nuclear weapons and Israel announced plans to occupy South Lebanon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOYVX8fWiw&list=WL&index=13&t=25s
2026 April
2025-04-09 Despite an attempted ceasefire agreement, Israel continued to bomb Lebanon – the largest and most lethal bombing campaign at this point in the war. JD Vance dismissed it when asked, saying Lebanon wasn’t a part of the plan or agreement.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyeg3224d9t
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/09/israel-bombing-lebanon-us-iran-ceasefire-condemnation
2026-04-21 Amnesty International’s annual Global Human Rights report described the leaders of Israel, Russia, and the United States as “voracious predators” pursuing economic and political domination, citing the Iran war, genocide, violence in Lebanon, and the Gaza conflict
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol10/0320/2026/en/
2026-04-27 Israel continued to kill more civilian people (including children) in Lebanon amid a ceasefire.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/lebanon-paramedics-israel-killed-health-workers-rcna332138
PAY WALL https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gxgv8j7zlo
2026 May
2026-05-03 Israel displaced residents from ten Lebanese towns and killed 2,659 civilians in Lebanon since March.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQi7zttRc80&t=7s
2026-05-13 Despite a ceasefire allegedly brokered by the US, Israel killed 12 people including 2 children.
2026-05-24 By this date, as of March 2 2026 more than 1 million Lebanese have been forced to flee their homes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1omqCrvapw&list=WL&index=3
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/lebanese-diaspora-reaction-to-bombardment-in-lebanon
2026 June
2026-06-02 Israel continued attacks on Lebanon and killed 8 people even after Trump said both sides agreed to a ceasefire.
2026-06-16 Netanyahu announced he has no intentions of withdrawing from Lebanon.