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War of the Camps

War of the Camps
Part of the Lebanese Civil War
Date 19 May 1985 – July 1988
Location Beirut and Southern Lebanon
Result

Indecisive

  • Defeat of Al-Mourabitoun
  • Syrian occupation of West Beirut
  • Much of the Palestinian camps destroyed
  • PLO retains control of some of the camps
  • Stalemate in the Amal-Hezbollah war, destruction of the Fathallah barracks
Belligerents

 PLO
Hezbollah
Al-Mourabitoun
Sixth of February Movement
Communist Action Organization in Lebanon
Lebanese Kurds

Flag of the Progressive Socialist Party.svg PSP

Flag of the Amal Movement.svg Amal Movement
Syria Syrian Army
Lebanon Lebanese Army
Palestinian National Salvation Front
Commanders and leaders

Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat
Abbas al-Musawi
Ibrahim Kulaylat
Muhsin Ibrahim (Communists)

Flag of the Progressive Socialist Party.svg Walid Jumblatt

Salah Badreddine (Kurds)		 Flag of the Amal Movement.svg Nabih Berri
Michel Aoun
Syria Hafez al-Assad
Syria Ghazi Kanaan
Said al-Muragha
PFLP-GC Flag.svg Ahmed Jibril
Casualties and losses
3,781 dead and 6,787 injured

Indecisive

 PLO
Hezbollah
Al-Mourabitoun
Sixth of February Movement
Communist Action Organization in Lebanon
Lebanese Kurds

Flag of the Amal Movement.svg Amal Movement
Syria Syrian Army
Lebanon Lebanese Army
Palestinian National Salvation Front


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