2022 in Lebanon

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2022
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Lebanon

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Events in the year 2022 in Lebanon.

Incumbents

Photo Post Name
Sergio Mattarella e Michel Aoun al Quirinale nel 2022 (5) (cropped).jpg President of Lebanon Michel Aoun
Najib Mikati and May Mikati signing a book of condolence (cropped).jpg Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati

Events

January

  • January 4 – 1 mother and 3 children die after inhaling toxic fumes from coal that was used as a cheap substitute for heating.
  • January 6 – Unknown perpetrators attacked a group of United Nation peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon.
  • January 8 – Minor protests took place in Beirut against Covid restrictions for the unvaccinated.
  • January 18 – Judge Ghada Aoun freezes assets belonging to Governor of Banque du Liban, Riad Salameh, amid crisis.
  • January 24 – Saad Hariri announced that he will suspend his involvement in political activities and will not run in upcoming general elections.
  • January 26 – Electricity deal between Lebanon, Syria and Jordan is signed by officials.
  • January 31 – Lebanon Security forces claim to have uncovered 15 alleged Israeli spy networks.

February

  • February 2 – Child kidnappings in Lebanon are on the rise after the kidnapping of Ryan Kanaan with a ransom of $250,000 to free him.
  • February 11 - Truck transporting gas explodes on the highway in Zouk Mikael. Damaging a nearby building and a jeep. No injuries and deaths were reported.
  • February 15 – Lebanon's central bank governor's whereabouts, Riad Salemeh, are unknown after police raided his office and two homes for corruption.
  • February 18 – Israel's Iron Dome fails to intercept a Hezbollah-operated military drone from Lebanon that penetrated seventy kilometers into Israeli airspace. The drone flew for forty minutes before returning to Lebanon. Israeli jets fly at very low altitude over Beirut in response to the incident.
  • February 23 – The EU deploys an election observation mission in Lebanon.

March

April

May

  • May 1 – A 3.8 magnitude earthquake is felt by the residents of Cyprus and Lebanese coasts.
  • May 3 – The Iraqi Government lifts ban on beverage and agricultural products from Lebanon.
  • May 6 – Lebanese diaspora voting begins in the Arab world and Iran with the exception of the United Arab Emirates.
  • May 8 – Lebanese diaspora voting begins in the rest of the world.
  • May 15 – Lebanese voters head to the polls to elect a new session to Parliament. Preliminary counts show the Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies, who won in the previous election, losing seats while the Saudi-backed Lebanese Forces made gains.
  • May 20 – Two fishermen die in Sidon while preparing dynamite sticks for fishing.
  • May 31 – Nabih Berri was re-elected as speaker of the Lebanese parliament with 65 (50.78%) votes in his favor for the 7th term. Elias Bou Saab was elected as his deputy.

June

July

  • July 2 – Foreign ministers of Arab countries visit Lebanon during crisis.
  • July 4 – People in Bnoss Jounieh festival welcome the Lebanese national basketball team to celebrate after beating Saudi Arabia by 90-60 in World cup qualifiers and qualifying to the next round.
  • July 6 – Police arrest juice seller who drugged and raped children.
  • July 13 – A Saudi Arabian opposition leader is killed in Beirut; his brothers detained.
  • July 24 – Miss Lebanon 2022 held in Forum de Beyrouth.
  • July 31 – Part of the grain silos in the Beirut Port collapses sending plume of smoke across the blast site causing people to wear face masks to avoid the smoke.
    • Bnoss Jounieh festival ends.

August

  • August 4 - Lebanon marks 2 years since the Beirut explosion.
    • Another part of the grain silos collapses sending more smoke.
  • A man takes several employees hostage at a bank in Beirut, Lebanon, demanding his bank savings and threatening to set himself on fire. Police officers, soldiers, and intelligence agents surround the building.
  • August 19 - Wilfires burn in a pine forest in Baskinta at around midnight local time and continues burning overnight until the next day afternoon.
  • August 20 - Army and civil defense rush to the burning pine forest in Baskinta to fight off the blaze. Smoke rises all over the village. Fire spreads to 150 meters square. Helicopters fights the fire by dumping water buckets. Many trees were affected.
    • As of afternoon, the fire was being extinguished. The fire was later extinguished. No one was killed or injured.
    • People evacuated from Beirut due to the threat of the northern part of the grain silos collapsing. The fire brigade was also evacuated from the port. All employees were evacuated from the silos area.
  • August 21 - Fires in Baskinta re-ignite.
  • August 22 - Small part of the grain silos collapse in the morning while on fire.
  • August 23 - Remaining 8 silos of the northern block of the silos collapse sending a big cloud of smoke.
  • August 25 - Large fire breaks out in a generator in a beach resort in Batroun.
  • August 27 - Lebanese singer, Georges Al Rassi dies in a car crash on the Masnaa Border crossing.

September

  • September 16 - Lebanese banks declare 3-day closures amid security concerns over protesters demand the release of bank heist detainees.
  • September 22 – At least 94 people are killed when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon capsizes off Syria's coast. 9 people survived. Many were declared missing and some were found either dead or injured. Dead bodies were sent to nearby hospitals. 40 people are still missing as of 24 September.

October

  • October 6 - A cholera case is recorded for the first time since 1993; likely caused from an outbreak in neighboring Syria.
  • October 11 - Israel and Lebanon agrees to a US-brokered agreement that will allow both countries to exploit gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, ending decades of maritime border disputes between the two nations.

Predicted and scheduled events

Deaths

Sami Clark

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