UN Security Council renews UNIFIL mandate amid continued occupation

Israel began withdrawing from the Shouf area; fighting between Lebanese factions intensified after the pullback. Resistance pressure was one factor in the broader military and political environment,...

The Lebanese cabinet formally cancelled the unratified 1983 agreement, after intense domestic and Syrian opposition. The government called for security arrangements consistent with Lebanese...

Hezbollah publicly articulated its political identity, commitment to confronting Israel and religious-political principles. The manifesto marked the public consolidation of a movement that had emerged...

The Israeli government announced withdrawal but maintained a border security zone with the South Lebanon Army and Israeli support. The UN Secretary-General warned that the arrangement violated...

Israeli forces announced completion of their redeployment while continuing to hold a southern security zone with the South Lebanon Army (SLA). Lebanese resistance organisations regarded this as...

Contemporary reporting described hundreds of prisoners held by the Israeli-backed SLA at Khiam, with independent access restricted. Families and rights advocates challenged detention practices;...

US Marine colonel William R. Higgins, serving as a UN observer, was abducted in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah denied responsibility for the kidnapping; the episode contributed to escalating tensions...

By 11 May, Hezbollah had seized much of the southern suburbs of Beirut after fighting Amal. Their rivalry reflected competition over local authority, divergent political programmes and different...

Lebanon requested renewal of the UN peacekeeping mandate. UN records describe armed resistance operations against IDF/SLA positions, Israeli and SLA retaliatory or unprovoked fire, and threats to...

Lebanese legislators approved the Taif national reconciliation accord. Its provisions sought political reforms and the disbandment of militias, but armed resistance to Israeli occupation remained a...