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2023 in Lebanon

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2023
in
Lebanon

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Events in the year 2023 in Lebanon.

Incumbents

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Photo Post Name
President of Lebanon Vacant
Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati

Events

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January

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February

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March

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  • March 28 – the Lebanese government reversed a decision to delay the shift to daylight savings time by a month.[7]

April

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May

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  • May 21 – In Sidon, Lebanese feminists protest after a woman is harassed over wearing a swimsuit at a beach.[10]
  • May 21 - Hezbollah stages a show of force in Aaramta, Jezzine for the memorial of Israel's withdrawal from Southern Lebanon[11]

June

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  • June 1 - The Lebanese military court charged five men with the December 2022 killing of an Irish peacekeeper during an attack on a UNIFIL convoy in the town of Al-Aqbiya.[14]

July

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  • July 1 – 2 people were killed in the town of Bcharre during clashes after a land dispute between the neighboring town of Dennyeh in Northern Lebanon.[20]
  • July 7 – One person was killed and three were wounded during a shootout in the Bekaa Valley.[21]

August

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  • August 2 – The former Lebanese Forces coordinator in Bint Jbeil, Elias Hasrouni, was found murdered in his car in his town of Ain Ibil.[23]
  • August 5 – Saudi Arabia, along with other Gulf and European countries, announces travel restrictions and bans in Lebanon after the Ain al-Hilweh clashes and urged their citizens to flee the country.[24]
  • August 9 – 2 people were killed near a church during a clash between Hezbollah members and Christian civilians after a Hezbollah truck carrying weapons attempted to entered a Christian town of Kahaleh near Beirut.[25]
  • August 10 – Lebanese defense minister, Maurice Sleem, was hit with bullets which hit his car in a possible assassination attempt.[26]
  • August 23 – 2 military personnel died in a military helicopter crash during a training flight in Hammana.[27]
  • August 28 – The Lebanese authorities detain 2 Russian citizens for allegedly spying for Israel.[28]
  • August 31 – UNIFL's presence in Southern Lebanon is extended for 1 year after a United Nations vote.[29]

September

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October

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November

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December

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Scheduled

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Sports

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Deaths

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References

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  67. ^ مروان نجّار... وداعاً (in Arabic)
  68. ^ Death of former MP Habib Sadek