This is a list of assassinations in Lebanon and nearby countries.
Pre-1970s DateVictim(s)LocationMethodAssassin(s)Notes1152Raymond II of Tripoli, count of TripoliTripoliKilled by HashshashinApril 28, 1192Conrad of MontferratTyreAugust 17, 1270Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre1528Muhammad Agha Shu'ayb, Tripoli rulerTripoliAssassinated along with his son in the Taynal Mosque of Tripoli.August 6, 1921Fouad Jumblatt, Druze leaderShakeeb WahhabOctober 31, 1950Sami al-Hinnawi, Syrian head of stateBeirutShootingHersho al-BaraziKilled by a cousin of former Prime Minister Muhsin al-Barazi, who al-Hinnawi had executed following a coup.July 17, 1951Riad Al Solh, first Prime minister of LebanonAmmanSSNPIn revenge for the execution of Antoun SaadehMay 8, 1958Nasib Al Matn, Nasserist journalistBeirutPro-Chamoun LebaneseAl Matni was assassinated in his office in West Beirut in the early hours on 8 May 1958.September 1958Fouad Haddad, Journalist at the Kataeb Party's Al Amal newspaperAbductionKidnapped in Beirut and killed in September 1958.October 13, 1958Waheed el Solh, aide to Prime Minister Sami SolhSniperfireAssassinated during the 1958 Lebanon CrisisJuly 27, 1959Naim Moghabghab, Member of Parliament for the National Liberal PartyShootingProgressive Socialist PartyKilled when opponents attacked him in his carMay 16, 1966Kamel Mrowa, the publisher of Al-Hayat and The Daily Star newspapersBeirutAdnan Chaker Sultani (INM)Shot at his office in Beirut.
1970s DateVictim(s)LocationMethodAssassin(s)NotesMarch 4, 1972Muhammad Umran, former Minister of Defense of SyriaTripoliShootingShot outside his home in TripoliJuly 8, 1972Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer & spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineBeirutBombMossadKilled by a 3-kg bomb attached to his car in Beirut along with his 17-year old niece.April 10, 1973Kamal Adwan, senior Fatah officerRaidIsrael Defence ForceSee IDF seaborne attackMuhammad Youssef al-Najjar, Palestine Liberation Organization executiveWife and elderly neighbor also killed in response to the Munich massacreKamal Nasser, Palestinian poet & spokesman for the Palestine Liberation OrganizationSee 1973 Israeli raid on LebanonMarch 6, 1975Maarouf Saad, Member of Parliament for SidonSidonShootingLebanese Army (Alleged)Shot during a fisherman's protest and later died in a Beirut hospitalJuly 15, 1975Amine Abouchahine, senior member of the Progressive Socialist PartyBmariamKataeb Regulatory ForcesShot during a family event at his home and later died on way to a Beirut hospital.May 25, 1976Linda Jumblatt, sister of Kamal JumblattBeirutUnknown, Syrian interference suspected.Shot by gunmen in her East Beirut apartment on the same day her brother was meant to meet with president-elect Elias Sarkis. Two of her daughters were also injured. June 16, 1976 Francis E. Meloy, Jr., United States Ambassador to Lebanon, and Robert O. Waring, US Economic Counselor to Lebanon Abduction PFLP Abducted by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; the bodies were found with multiple bullet wounds on a garbage dump near the beach in Ramlet al-Baida.March 16, 1977Kamal Jumblatt, Druze leaderBaakleenShootingIbrahim Huwayji, Syrian Intelligence OfficerKamal Jumblatt was gunned down in his car near the village of Baakline in the Chouf mountains by unidentified gunmen. His bodyguard and driver also died in the attack.June 7, 1978Joud el Bayeh, Kataeb Party leader in Zgharta and Marada Movement affiliateZghartaMarada MovementHis assassination is believed to have triggered the Ehden massacre.June 13, 1978Tony Frangieh, Christian leaderEhdenMass killingPhalangistsKilled by Phalangists led by Elie Hobeika during the Ehden massacreJanuary 22, 1979Ali Hassan Salameh, Fatah security chief and CIA assetBeirutCar bombMossadKilled in a car bomb along with eight other people in Beirut
1980s DateVictim(s)LocationMethodAssassin(s)NotesMarch 4, 1980Salim Lawzi, journalistAramounShootingSyrian intelligence agentsHe was kidnapped by gunmen on the Airport Road on 25 February 1980. His heavily bruised tortured body was found eight days later on 4 March 1980 in Aramoun, on the outskirts of Beirut.May 2, 1980Hassan al-Shirazi, Iraqi-Iranian Shia scholarBorj el BrajnehBa'ath officersThirteen bullets hit al-Shirazi, mostly in his head, killing him.July 23, 1980Riad Taha, journalist and president of the Lebanese Publishers Association.BeirutUnknownAlthough there have been rumors that Syrian intelligence killed him, there is also another report, stating that Taha was killed due to the feud between his family and another Shiite family.July 28, 1980Musa Shuaib, poet and member of Ba'ath PartyCar bombKilled by a car bomb at Beirut International Airport along with three othersAugust 16, 1981Elias Hannush, NLP commanderShootingLeftist gunmenHis nine-year-old daughter, his seven-year-old son, and two bodyguards were also gunned down.September 4, 1981Louis Delamare, French ambassadorRed Knights MilitiaWas shot at a checkpoint in Beirut.March 16, 1982Bachir Kayrouz, former MPHazmiehUnknownWas killed in HazmiehApril 1982Sheikh Ahmad Assaf, Sunni clericBeirutLeftist gunmenGunned down by three assailants while driving home from a mosque in West Beirut.September 14, 1982Bachir Gemayel, President-elect of LebanonBeirutBombingHabib Tanious Shartouni and Nabil AlamBomb explosion in the Kataeb's Beirut headquarters."Historic Assassinations Since 1865," The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004, p.156 (World Almanac 2004)September 29, 1982Saad Sayel, senior PLO commanderRayakShootingAbu Nidal GroupHe was taken by ambulance to the Mowasat hospital in Damascus, where he died from severe bleeding.April 18, 1983Robert Ames, CIA chiefBeirutSuicide vanHezbollahA suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 32 Lebanese, 17 Americans, and 14 visitors and passers-by. The victims were mostly embassy and CIA staff members.Kenneth Haas, Station ChiefJames Lewis, CIA officerJanet Lee Stevens, American journalistWilliam R. McIntyre, deputy director of the United States Agency for International DevelopmentDecember 1, 1983Sheik Halim Takieddin, Druze leaderShootingUnknownWas found dead at his home in West Beirut.January 18, 1984Malcolm H. Kerr, President of the AUBIslamic Jihad OrganisationShot by two gunmen outside his officeFebruary 14, 1984Ghaith Khoury, Kataeb leader in JbeilOkaibeGeorges Tannous ChidiacJustice Assassination of Ghaith Khoury: a former FL militiaman confesses lorientlejour.com (June 14, 1999)His wife was also killed due to her injuriesMarch 1984Peter KilburnAbductionIslamic Jihad OrganizationFebruary 16, 1984Ragheb Harb, Shia leader in south LebanonJibchitShootingDanny Abdallah and Hussein AbbasShot outside his home by Lebanese criminals, allegedly at the direction of Mossad. December 28, 1984Sheikh Khalil al Tawil, Druze leaderBaakleenUnknownWas killed by four gunmenJune 3, 1985William Francis Buckley, officer at the U.S. embassyExecutionIslamic Jihad OrganizationAbducted in Beirut on March 16, 1984. Executed in 1985.February 9, 1986Khalil Akkawi, leader of the Islamic Unification MovementTripoliShootingSyriaSyrian Military Intelligence killed Tawhid leader Khalil Akkawi because he refused to fight the Lebanese Forces. Three supporters of Akkawi's Islamic Tawheed, or Islamic Unification Movement, were slain in gunfights with Syrian troopers after his burial.February 17, 1987Husayn Muruwwa, Marxist philosopherBeirutPro-Iranian Shia CriminalsShot in his head by gunmen at his houseMay 18, 1987Mahdi Amel, Marxist intellectual and militantPro-Iranian Shia CriminalsAmel was walking on Algeria street when armed men shot him.June 1, 1987Rashid Karami, Prime Minister of LebanonHelicopter bombingSyria (alleged)Killed by bomb aboard helicopter.August 2, 1987Mohammad Choucair, advisor to President Amine GemayelShootingSyriaKilled in his West Beirut apartment.September 24, 1987André Mass, director of USJ in SaidaSidonUnknownThree men stormed into his office and killed him.February 9, 1989Anwar al-Fatayri, Progressive Socialist Party officialDeri el QamarOfficer in the Lebanese armyShot at a public eventMay 1, 1989Sobhi Saleh, head of the Sunni Islamic Higher Council.BeirutUnknownWas killed by masked men in motorcycles near a mosque in West Beirut.May 16, 1989Hassan Khaled, leader of Sunni communityCar bombSyriaKhaled and 21 others were killed.Sunni Muslim chief killed in Lebanon The New York Times.September 21, 1989Nazem Qadri, Member of Parliament from Beqaa regionShootingDriver also killedNovember 22, 1989René Moawad, President of LebanonCar bombUnknownKilled along with 23 others when a 250-kg car bomb exploded while he was being driven through West Beirut
1990s DateVictim(s)LocationMethodAssassin(s)NotesJanuary 19, 1990Elias Zayek, Kataeb commanderByblosShootingLebanese ForcesWas shot and killed in JbeilOctober 21, 1990Dany Chamoun, son of former President Camille ChamounBeirutSyriaKilled along with his wife and 2 sons. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea was convicted but later cleared of the murder.December 1991Mustafa Jeha, writer and Al-Amal contributorDisputedHe was a critic of Hezbollah and IranFebruary 16, 1992Abbas al-Musawi, Secretary-General of HezbollahNabatiehAirstrikeIDFKilled in an airstrike which also killed his wife, son and four othersAugust 6, 1993Henri Philippe Pharaoun, former Foreign MinisterBeirutStabbingFormer bodyguardWas murdered in his bedroom at the Carlton Hotel"Arrest in Beirut Slaying". The Washington Post. 1993-08-09.January 29, 1994Naib Ma'ayta, First Secretary of the Jordanian EmbassyShootingFatahShot in head and chest by lone gunman outside his Beirut apartmentMiddle East International No 468, 4 February 1994, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Gerald Butt p.11April 13, 1994Talib Suhayl al-Tamimi, leading member of the Council for a Free Iraq.Iraqi intelligence Four diplomats from the Iraqi embassy detained. One died in prison, the other three sent back to Iraq in 1996Middle East International No 543, 7 February 1997; Giles Trendle p.12August 31, 1995Nizar al-Halabi, leader of the Al-Ahbash Sufi movementMiddle East International No 508, 8 September 1995; G.H.Jansen pp.13-14members of Osbat al-AnsarKilled instantly when gunmen in a white Mercedes opened fire on his car in West Beirut
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