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| 1994, Feb |
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| Lebanese and other Arabs agreed to invest $926 million to establish a company called Soldiere to develop the commercial district of Beirut. | 1 |
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| 1996, April 26 |
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| The U.S. brokered a cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon following an Israeli offensive against guerrillas in Southern Lebanon. | 2 |
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| 1998, Oct. 15 |
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| The pro-Syrian National Assembly unanimously elected Gen. Emile Lahoud as the new president. Salim al-Hoss became his appointed prime minister. | 3 |
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| 1999, June 24 |
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| Following the May 17 election in Israel where Prime Minister Netanyahu lost his position, the lame-duck leader opened the most severe Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon since 1996. The increased bombing and continued warfare was between Hizbollah militants and Israeli troops. | 4 |
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| 2000, May 24 |
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| Southern Lebanon came suddenly under Hizbollah control as Israeli forces and 3,000 Christian militiamen withdrew from the area after 22 years of occupation. | 5 |
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| Aug. 27 and Sept. 3 |
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| The Syrian-backed Hizbollah and Amal parties won all 23 parliamentary seats in elections for the zone formerly occupied by Israel. In alliance with opposition party candidates, former prime minister Rafik Hariri won a substantial victory in parliamentary elections. The results removed Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss from office. Hoss agreed to support Hariri on Sept. 12 but Pres. Lahoud continued to resist cooperating with the new coalition. Hariri was a construction billionaire with significant holdings and influence in Syria and a personal friend of Syria's president Assad. Syria was unlikely to oppose a potential Hariri government. | 6 |
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