Several Lebanese politicians and members of the media, mostly those who are anti-Syrian, have been murdered or suffered assassination attempts since the killing of former prime minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005.

June 2, 2005: Anti-Syrian journalist and activist Samir Kassir is killed by a bomb placed under his car.

June 21, 2005: Anti-Syrian politician George Hawi, former Communist Party leader, is killed by a bomb placed under his car.

July 12, 2005: Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr survives car bombing in north Beirut. Although pro-Syrian, Murr later says he had been threatened by Syrian intelligence chief in Lebanon.

September 25, 2005: Prominent anchorwoman May Chidiac of the leading anti-Syrian TV station LBC loses an arm and a leg from a bomb placed under her car.

December 12, 2005: Gibran Tueni, prominent anti-Syrian newspaper editor and lawmaker, is killed in a car bomb that destroys his vehicle.

November 21, 2006: Pierre Gemayel, the industry minister and a prominent Christian politician, is shot to death by gunmen in a Beirut suburb.