TIMELINE: Four turbulent years to Lebanon election

(Reuters) - An anti-Syrian coalition defeated Hezbollah and its allies in Lebanon's parliamentary election. Here is a timeline of major political and security developments that have rocked Lebanon over the last four years.

2005

February 14 - Former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri is killed by a huge truck bomb in Beirut, triggering international pressure on neighboring Syria to end a 29-year military presence in Lebanon.

April 26 - Last Syrian soldiers leave Lebanon.

June 2 - Samir Kassir, a journalist and critic of Syria's role in Lebanon, is assassinated in Beirut.

June 16 - An international investigation into Hariri's killing begins.

June 19 - Lebanese parliamentary elections end in victory for anti-Syrian alliance led by Hariri's son Saad al-Hariri.

June 21 - Former Communist Party leader and critic of Syria George Hawi is killed in Beirut by a bomb in his car.

October 20 - In a report to the U.N. Security Council, the preliminary findings of the international investigation implicate high-ranking Syrian and Lebanese officials in the Hariri killing. Syria denies any role.

December 12 - Gebran Tueni, anti-Syrian member of parliament and Lebanese newspaper magnate, is killed by a car bomb near Beirut.

2006

February 6 - Christian leader Michel Aoun, head of the Free Patriotic Movement, strikes a political alliance with the Syrian- and Iranian-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah.

July 12 - Hezbollah captures two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid, setting off a 34-day war which is eventually halted by a U.N. Security Council resolution.

November 11 - After the collapse of talks on giving Hezbollah and its allies more say in government, five pro-Syrian ministers loyal to Hezbollah and the Amal movement resign, stripping cabinet of all Shi'ite representation.

November 21 - Industry Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel, a member of the anti-Syrian coalition, is killed by gunmen.

December 1 - Hezbollah and its allies set up a tent city outside Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's office in Beirut, beginning a street campaign to press their demand for effective veto power in government.