Events Of The Month
Jawad Adra’s speech in Inauguration of exhibition “Beirut 1840-1918, photographs & Maps”
Inauguration of exhibition “Beirut 1840-1918,
photographs & Maps”
Nabu Museum, El-Heri, al-Batroun
Saturday, November 26, 2022
November 2015 Highlights
Explosions return with the twin blasts at Burj El-Barajneh; talks circulate about the Future Movement’s nomination of Suleiman Frangieh for President; the garbage crisis drags on and deportation seems to be the quasi-unanimous solution; those were the major highlights of November 2015 and the...
October 2015 Highlights
Garbage crisis continues with no solutions in sight and the civil movement demonstrates demanding an end to the problem; the Free Patriotic Movement rally towards Baada and Saudi Prince gets arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs through Lebanon. Those were the major events marking October 2015....
september 2015 Highlights
September 1
A group of protestors break into the Ministry of Environment in downtown, Beirut, and stage a sit-in inside the building preventing the Minister from leaving the premises. The security forces interfere in the night and force the protestors out.
Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister...
April 2015 Highlights
The presidential vacuum remains to be solved; former Minister Michel Samaha appears before Military Court; enforcement of new Traffic Law begins; first shipment of Saudi-funded French weapons arrives in Beirut; Hezbollah and the Future Movement reciprocate hostile statements yet proceed with their...
March 2015 Highlights
Persistence of presidential vacuum; appearance of former singer Fadl Shaker on TV and talks about resolving his status spark backlash; ongoing dialogue between Hezbollah and the Future Movement; March 14 Forces announce the formation of the National Council; Fouad Seniora gives testimony before...
February 2015 Highlights
February 1
An explosion rips through a Lebanese bus carrying Shia’a pilgrims in Damascus, killing at least six people and injuring 24 others.
Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, goes on TV and denies the rumors circulating about an alleged attempt on his life. The Lebanese Forces point out...
January 2015 Highlights
Security unrest predominated in January 2015; a suicide attack targeted Jabal Mohsen; clashes erupted between the Lebanese Army and the militants in Ersal and Ras Baalbeck and the Resistance launched an operation against Israel in the Sheba’a Farms.
December 2014 Highlights
The last month of 2014 did not register any surprising turn of events and no changes were seen on the landscape that marked the previous months of the year. The initiation of dialogue between Hezbollah and the Future Movement might be the only new addition to the general spectrum. Below is the...
November 2014 Highlights
The extension of Parliament’s term until June 20, 2015 and the declaration by the Minister of Health of the names of restaurants and shops violating health codes were the two primary events marking November 2014. Presidential vacuum remained unfilled and no changes were seen in the situation of...
