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Events in the year2025 inLebanon.

Photo	Post	Name
	President of Lebanon	Vacant (until 9 January 2025)
		Joseph Aoun (from 9 January 2025)
	Prime Minister of Lebanon	Najib Mikati (until 8 February)
		Nawaf Salam (from 8 February)

Ongoing:Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)

• 9 January –2022–2025 Lebanese presidential election: TheLebanese parliament electsLebanese Armed Forces commanderJoseph Aoun asPresident of Lebanon, ending a two-year vacancy.^[1]
• 13 January – PresidentJoseph Aoun nominatesNawaf Salam, the head of theInternational Court of Justice, asPrime Minister of Lebanon.^[2] Salam's nomination is confirmed by Parliament later in the day.^[3]
• 26 January – The deadline for Israeli forces to leave southern Lebanon under the2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement expires^[4] but is extended to February 18.^[5]

• 8 February – TheCabinet of Nawaf Salam is inaugurated.^[6]
• 14 February – The deputy commander ofUNIFIL, Nepalese Major General Chok Bahadur Dhakal, is injured in an attack on a convoy heading to theBeirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport.^[7] At least 25 people are subsequently arrested over the attack.^[8]
• 18 February – TheIsrael Defense Forces (IDF) withdraw from all but five positions in southern Lebanon under the2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement which expires the same day.^[9]
• 23 February – The funeral ofHezbollah leaderHassan Nasrallah, who was killed in anIsraeli airstrike in 2024, is held inBeirut.^[10]
• 26 February – The Salam cabinet wins a confidence motion in parliament with the support of 95 of 128 MPs.^[11]

• 11 March – Four captives taken by Israel during its war against Hezbollah are released and repatriated to Lebanon.^[12]
• 13 March –
  • A fifth Lebanese captive taken by Israel during its war against Hezbollah is released and repatriated.^[13]
  • Rodolph Haykal is appointed ascommander of the Lebanese Armed Forces.^[14]
• 16 March – Syria accusesHezbollah of killing three Syrian soldiers. Hezbollah denies, while Lebanese sources say the soldiers entered Lebanon first and were killed by local armed groups.^[15]
• 17 March – Lebanon and Syria agree to a ceasefire after border clashes kill 10 and wound 52.^[15]
• 22 March – In the first rocket attack from Lebanon since December 2024, at least five rockets are fired atMetula, causing no casualties.^[16] In response, the IDF launches airstrikes on southern Lebanon, killing one person.^[17]
• 27 March –Karim A. Souaid is appointed as governor of theBanque du Liban.^[18]
• 28 March – The IDF carries out airstrikes onBeirut for the first time since the ceasefire with Hezbollah came into effect.^[19]

• 20 April – Three soldiers are killed in the explosion of ammunition being transported inside an army vehicle inBraiqaa.^[20]
• 24 April – TheWorld Bank reaches an agreement to provide a $250 million loan to Lebanon as part of efforts to resolve its ongoing energy crisis.^[21]

• 4 May –2025 Lebanese municipal elections.^[22]

• 5 June – Israel launches airstrikes on suspected Hezbollah drone factories in southern Beirut.^[23]
• 10 June – TheEuropean Union adds Lebanon to its list of high risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorism financing.^[24]
• 11 June – Former Economy MinisterAmin Salam is arrested while being investigated for alleged falsification, embezzlement of public funds, and blackmailing insurance companies.^[25]

• 15 July – Israeli airstrikes in theBeqaa Valley kill 12 people; namely seven Syrian nationals and five Hezbollah fighters.^[26]
• 17 July – TheCourt of Appeal of Paris orders the release and immediate expulsion from France of Lebanese leftwing militantGeorges Ibrahim Abdallah, who had been convicted for the killings of American diplomatCharles R. Ray and Israeli diplomatYacov Bar-Simantov in 1982 and detained since 1984.^[27] He is released and deported on 25 July.^[28]
• 29 July – A court-martial convicts six people over the killing of an IrishUNIFIL peacekeeper inAl-Aqbiya in 2022 and sentences the main suspect to death.^[29]

• 6 August – Three of the country's most wanted drug dealers are killed in a shootout with soldiers inBaalbek.^[30]
• 9 August – Six soldiers are killed in an explosion at a suspectedHezbollah weapons depot inZibqin.^[31]
• 18 August – The Iraqi government announces the destruction of Lebanon's largestcaptagon manufacturing facility inYammoune following cooperation between Iraqi and Lebanese authorities.^[32]
• 21 August –
  • Lebanon begins the disarmament ofPalestinian factions, starting with the handover of weapons from theBourj el-Barajneh refugee camp inBeirut to theLebanese army.^[33]
  • An Israeli citizen detained by Lebanese forces after illegally crossing theIsrael–Lebanon border in 2024 is returned to Israel.^[34]
• 28 August –
  • Visiting US ambassador to TurkeyTom Barrack issues an apology after telling a group of journalists to "act civilised" and "animalistic" during a press conference atBaabda Palace.^[35]
  • TheUnited Nations Security Council unanimously votes to terminateUNIFIL's mandate at the end of 2026.^[36]

• 5 September – Ministers fromHezbollah and theAmal Movement stage a walkout during acabinet meeting in protest over proposals to disarm Hezbollah.^[37]
• 11 September – The government issues a license forStarlink to operate in the country.^[38]
• 15 September – Authorities announce the arrest in Bulgaria of Igor Grechushki, the Russian owner of the cargo vessel that delivered a shipment ofammonium nitrate to Lebanon that caused the2020 Beirut explosion.^[39]

• 4 October – SingerFadel Chaker, who is wanted over his role in the2013 Sidon clash, surrenders to authorities inAin al-Hilweh after 12 years in hiding.^[40]
• 10 October – TheGeneral Directorate of General Security announces the discovery of a plot by Israel to carry out assassinations and bomb attacks nationwide, resulting in several arrests.^[41]
• 17 October – A Lebanese court orders the release on bail ofHannibal Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan leaderMuammar Gaddafi, who has been detained in Lebanon since 2015 on charges related to the disappearance of Shiite clericMusa al-Sadr in 1978.^[42]

• 6 November – Israeli jets carry out multiple airstrikes onTaybeh,Tayr Debba,Ayta al-Jabal,Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, andKfar Dounin, after warning residents to evacuate.^[43]
• 10 November –Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of formerLibyan leaderMuammar Gaddafi, is granted a US$900,000 bail, ending his nearly 10-year detention in Lebanon involving the 1978 disappearance of Iranian-LebaneseShia clericMusa al-Sadr, for which Gaddafi was accused ofwithholding information but never tried.^[44]
• 18 November – Thirteen people are killed in an Israeli airstrike nearAin al-Hilweh.^[45]
• 20 November – Noah Zeiter, deemed the most wanted drug trafficker in Lebanon, is arrested by the military following a raid inBaalbek.^[46]
• 23 November – Israel carries out anairstrike targetingHaytham Ali Tabatabai, the chief of staff ofHezbollah, inHaret Hreik, killing him and four others.^[47]

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• 1 January –New Year's Day
• 6 January –Epiphany and Armenian Christmas
• 9 February –St. Maroun Day
• 25 March –Annunciation Day
• 30 March –Eid al-Fitr
• 18 April –Good Friday
• 20 April –Easter Sunday
• 1 May –Labour Day
• 25 May –Liberation and Resistance Day
• 6 June –Eid al-Adha
• 26 June –Islamic New Year
• 15 August –Assumption Day
• 4 September –The Prophet's Birthday
• 22 November –Lebanese Independence Day
• 25 December –Christmas Day

• 23 July –Abdallah Bou Habib, 83,minister of foreign affairs and emigrants (2021–2025) andambassador to the United States (1983–1990)^[49]
• 26 July –Ziad Rahbani, 69, musician and composer^[50]
• 23 September –Ziad Takieddine, 75, Lebanese-French arms dealer^[51]
• 23 November –Haytham Ali Tabatabai, 56–57, chief of staff ofHezbollah^[47]

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