1991   Maronite general Michel Aoun of Lebanon goes into exile via a French ship as the Syrian army occupy the country.

1997   Two Israeli Defense Forces helicopters collide over She'ar Yashuv in northern Israel, while awaiting authorization to cross into Israel's "Security Zone" in Lebanon. The crash kills 73.

2000   Israel completes its withdrawal of troops from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.

2005   Rafik Hariri, former Prime Minister of Lebanon, is killed by a suicide bomber in Beirut. The blast kills 16 and wounds 135.

2005   The largest rally in the history of Lebanon takes place to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

2005   Syria withdraws the last of its military forces from a military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-nine year military domination of that country.

2005   Gebran Tueni is assassinated by car bomb near Beirut, Lebanon.