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region southward, launched an offensive similar to its earlier January campaign, though this time the initial push came from Jbaa. According to Amal's account of the events, the village of Ain Qana was attacked first, shortly after mortar fire targeted the movement's positions throughout the Iqlim, followed by Kfar Fila. A subsequent counteroffensive by Amal failed to regain much ground. To the north, an Amal installation near Bouslaiya was ambushed from two directions, one being Jbaa and the other Mjaydal. The latter saw repeated clashes, after which Hezbollah militants reportedly withdrew from the village. Hundreds of families had already left the Iqlim when the mobilizations began days earlier, while others set up checkpoints near the Amal-held villages of Ain Qana, Arabsalim and Mjaydal to limit the infiltration of Hezbollah affiliates to the region. Hezbollah fighters, who were less numerous but better equipped than Amal's, had managed to occupy Ain Qana, Kfar Fila and Bouslaiya during their initial offensive, with conflicting reports over Kfar Melki. The following day, Amal commenced another counteroffensive, backed by artillery strikes on Jbaa, but failed to make any significant advances on Kfar Fila. Its fighters did, however, manage to penetrate Ain Qana. To the north, Amal fortified its positions in Mjaydal, fearing further incursions by Hezbollah. The fighting devolved into minor skirmishing by nightfall, and was widely condemned by Lebanese Shiite figures like Qabalan and other politicians, such as
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backed by rocket and artillery bombardment, on Jbaa. As part of the negotiations, Hezbollah said it would hand over the people responsible for the previous year's assassination of Amal's three commanders to Syrian authorities, on condition that it be allowed a strip of land in Amal territory from which it could launch armed assaults on Israeli and SLA targets, and that it be given a leading position in Amal's South Lebanon operations room. Those were some of the main points of contention during the meetings. A preliminary three-point agreement was reached in Damascus on January 25, which was announced by Syria and Iran, giving way to an official ceasefire arrangement. Until this moment, over 140 people had been killed in the January fighting. The ceasefire collapsed hours later, however, when both sides re-engaged in fighting over Jbaa that same day. The exchange of rocket and cannon fire intensified after 1:30 p.m., when Amal fired upon Jbaa and Ain Bouswar using 122mm and 130mm long-distance artillery weapons stationed in Sarba, Zefta and Marwania. Hezbollah retaliated by shelling Amal locations in Kfar Fila and Ain Qana. Fighting escalated in southern Beirut the following day around Amal's headquarters in Tahouitet al-Ghadir and in other parts of the suburbs. Amal blamed the Beirut escalation on Hezbollah. Both movements resumed the exchange of artillery fire in the Iqlim at 9:30 p.m., and reinforced their front lines there.
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around 9 p.m. and later on spread to the areas surrounding the Iranian Embassy, near the road to the airport. Clashes resumed on July 8 at 9:25 p.m., and the following escalation resulted in serious damage to property, especially in Haret Hreik and the Iranian Embassy's surroundings. The situation remained tense and both sides were on high alert, despite joint diplomatic efforts in the Syrian capital to enforce the Damascus Agreement. Sniper shots in Ghobeiry and Haret Hreik during the early dawn hours of July 9 led to a re-escalation of fighting, with both sides clashing at the entrances of Dahieh with machine guns and artillery, almost isolating the suburbs from the rest of West Beirut. The fighting, which led to 9 deaths, was happening while Berri was on an official visit to Tehran. Amal said that it had conducted an offensive at around 3:30 p.m. to reclaim its Ouzai possessions that were lost two days earlier, accusing its rival of having started the fighting when Hezbollah elements infiltrated its territory in the area. The situation gradually calmed following the deployment of joint security committees in Ghobeiry and Hayy Farhat, which called for a ceasefire that evening. A Syrian Army contingent consisting of 300 soldiers deployed along the path from Ouzai to the main coastal road at around 8:45 p.m., and other forces stationed themselves in different conflict zones to separate the warring sides.
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at 5 p.m., and was enforced by the Syrian Army which started deploying in coordination with the joint Security Committee. Both sides started mobilizing afterwards throughout West Beirut and the southern suburbs of Dahieh. Limited clashes took place an hour later around the Souks and in the Lija neighborhood, and gradually diminished towards nightfall. From that point, overnight, only intermittent gunshots were heard in the area. Another ceasefire was officially announced at 8 a.m. the following morning while Syrian troops were still deploying, but it was followed by occasional street battles that took place in the Bourj Abi Haydar and Wadi Abu Jamil regions, as well as in the Iranian Cultural Moustasharia's surroundings further south. By 2 p.m., the situation had been largely contained by the Syrian Army, which had set up over twenty checkpoints throughout the conflict zone and sent armed patrols to West Beirut and the southern Dahieh suburbs, with orders to shoot any armed individual on sight. Nine deaths were confirmed since the beginning of the violence in Beirut, and the origins of this escalation remained obscure.
1385:. The latter town was taken over by Hezbollah with relatively no violence, when its militants entered the homes of Amal members and disarmed them. Then the fighting in Machghara intensified at around 4 p.m., where Amal managed to retain only a small pocket near the town's northern entrance. Most of the Western Beqaa villages had come under Hezbollah's control by the end of the day. Amal was decisively defeated and lost its foothold in the region, and 15 people in total were killed, among them two Amal commanders in Sohmor. A joint Security Committee was formed, consisting of representatives from the warring factions, as well as Iranian Embassy and Syrian Army officials. The committee intervened to enforce a ceasefire agreement at 11:00 a.m. on December 5, and was handed over 29 Amal members held captive by Hezbollah. The situation gradually returned to normality, while militants and artillery installations were withdrawn from the conflict zone as part of the ceasefire's terms. The committee and the Red Cross coordinated the evacuation of the injured. 1156:, who had threatened to "eradicate any militia presence" in the areas under Syrian control, in response to the incident. They both agreed upon another ceasefire, which broke down two days later on May 15. A seventh ceasefire came into effect the following night, but it foundered like the ones before it, and clashes were renewed on May 17. Hezbollah now controlled up to 90% of the suburbs, and about 250 people had been killed since the fighting began. The Syrian government was already considering taking matters into its own hands and had deployed between 5,000 and 7,000 troops to West Beirut who, by May 18, were told by their superiors that it was only a question of time before they marched on Dahieh. Hezbollah warned that Western hostages held in the suburbs would be killed should Syrian troops enter the area, while Berri was lobbying for Syria's Assad to intervene. Iran, fearing an armed confrontation between Syria and Hezbollah, intensified its diplomatic efforts to delay the planned Syrian intervention. 1182:(LF), during the clashes. Hezbollah quickly denied the accusation but confirmed that some of its members were still in captivity. It accused Amal of employing torture and of trying to undermine the Islamic resistance. There were spillover confrontations between the two in the Beqaa Valley both during the Beirut fighting and two months later in July. The Beqaa clashes drew two local families in the region on a collision course, as each was backing one of the warring factions. On 13 August a Hizbollah leader, Sheikh Ali Krayyim, was assassinated at an Amal checkpoint in South Lebanon. Further disagreements over a number of issues during the mediation attempts were accompanied by occasional skirmishes, kidnappings and executions, which began to intensify in September that year. In early October, three Amal leaders were assassinated in a Hizbollah ambush in southern Beirut. The killing of the three, Daoud Daoud commander in the 1250:, and clashes ended the following morning on January 9, when it managed to retake the town following violent confrontations there between 7 and 10 a.m., during which hand grenades and melee weapons were used. The movement started conducting house-to-house raids in search of remaining Hezbollah elements in Kfar Fila after recapturing it. Its forces had done the same earlier in the villages of Kfar Heta and Kfar Melki, following Hezbollah's retreat from them and from the village of Mjaydal. A Lebanese security delegation visiting those villages noted in its report that it had found dozens of bodies along the streets there, and that the town of Kfar Fila was being shelled intermittently by Hezbollah artillery installations in Luwayza, Ain Bouswar and Jabal Safi. A group of women rallied in protest against the violence in Kfar Heta, and a 1304:, president of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council (SISC). Hezbollah's Tufayli and Musawi said they had welcomed the proposal in theory but sought guarantees that they would be allowed to pursue resistance operations against Israel. Another general strike, organized by Amal, took place that day and involved different parts of Lebanon, including the south, the Dahieh suburb of Beirut and the Beqaa, condemning the events of "Black Saturday" and other "massacres" which it accused Hezbollah of having committed earlier that month. By January 16, the conflict had been limited to relatively minor exchanges over the front lines that were drawn during the previous Iqlim fighting. Both Amal and Hezbollah disengaged for a period of time, as part of an unofficial ceasefire, to allow members of the 1428:, Hezbollah carried out an assault on Jernaya on the night of December 25, capturing the hill. Clashes took place the next day on the Jarjouh-Ain Bouswar front line. Hezbollah, which reportedly deployed 500 more fighters to the Iqlim since the war began, appeared to be pushing towards Jarjouh and Arabsalim, which were still controlled by Amal. On the same day, Berri made a visit to the Iqlim in an attempt to boost his men's morale. He spent that night near the front lines, where he met with senior Amal commanders and urged them to abide by a ceasefire that was proposed in Damascus. Clashes around Kfar Fila and Ain Qana had toned down considerably by then, but there was still fighting in the Jarjouh front on December 27. Iranian deputy foreign minister, 806: 730: 1227:
suburbs to West Beirut. The fighting later spread to Iqlim al-Tuffah in South Lebanon on January 2, 1989. It also spread to Beirut's downtown and the Khandaq al-Ghamiq district, two Syrian-controlled parts of West Beirut, on January 7. Clashes lasted for three hours there before Syrian troops intervened. The conflict was, by then, centered in Beirut. There were still occasional clashes in the Iqlim, however. On January 6, Amal accused its rival of shelling a house in Jbaa, while Hezbollah accused Amal of pounding its positions in Luwayza and Jabal Safi. Hezbollah blamed the violence on Amal and said that it had repelled a two-way assault by the latter on Nabi Safi.
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quickly escalated the following morning at around 7:45 a.m., after six hours of relative calm. Both sides engaged in burning and looting of property along Lija Street and the Salim Salam Bridge. Syrian troops intervened in neighborhoods where the clashes hadn't spread yet, to prevent spill over fighting there. A joint security team, comprising Amal, Hezbollah and Syrian forces, started patrolling the conflict zone at 8:30 p.m. to enforce the Damascus ceasefire. Representatives from both sides later met with Syria's Ali Hammoud at his office in the Beau Rivage Hotel in Beirut, and announced their commitment to the ceasefire.
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Syrian authorities. The situation escalated in mid-October, despite attempts by Hezbollah to blame a third party. Clashes erupted in the Chyah district and in the Beqaa. The Beirut conflict intensified the following month, leaving 30 fatalities, following a car bombing which almost killed four leading Hezbollah officials on November 21, including Subhi al-Tufayli. The confrontations, for the first time since 1987, spread to Syrian-controlled parts of West Beirut and to the
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use of heavy artillery weapons. Hezbollah announced that it had repelled an Amal offensive on Ain Bouswar, and that the town was being shelled, along with Jbaa, from Amal positions in the villages of Sarba and Al-Zahrani. Ten Amal members who were killed during earlier clashes were buried in Kfar Heta that day, and the funeral procession was accompanied by a pro-Amal demonstration. On January 11, Amal launched a series of raids throughout the
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Cross left the area. Amal blamed the escalation on Hezbollah, and said that it had repelled an assault by the latter when it took advantage of Israeli artillery strikes on Amal's positions in Jarjouh, an event which Hezbollah flatly denied. On January 19, Amal struck Hezbollah positions in Jabal Safi from Sarba, and clashes took place on the Kfar Fila-Jbaa and Jarjouh-Ain Bouswar front lines, as well as in Beirut's Dahieh.
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peacekeeping force rather than a primarily Syrian one. There was also uncertainty over the issue of Hezbollah's re-establishment in South Lebanon. Fighting resumed on May 24, and Amal had lost its remaining possessions in Ghobeiry, retaining solely the district of Chyah in south Beirut. The following day, however, Assad and leading Hezbollah representatives reached an agreement in the Syrian port city of
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wounded. Representatives from Syria, Iran, Amal and Hezbollah convened at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut and formed the Quadripartite Committee that day, aiming to put an end to the conflict. They formulated a ceasefire, and a joint security force involving Syrian troops, the IRGC and fighters from both Amal and Hezbollah started patrolling the suburbs on May 12 as part of the agreement's terms.
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other main points were the recognition of Amal's responsibility for the security of South Lebanon, while allowing Hezbollah to resume political and social activities there, and the handing over of Dahieh, which was dominated by Hezbollah, to the Syrian-sponsored security plan for Beirut. Both sides also agreed to protect internationals working in Lebanon. As a result the
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suburbs, occupying the district of Awzai. As they reached the main road connecting the capital to Beirut International Airport, they clashed with a Syrian military contingent that was manning a checkpoint there, resulting in the deaths of five Hezbollah fighters and a Syrian soldier. Iranian deputy foreign minister
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No significant territorial changes had occurred on the front lines since the January 9 counteroffensive by Amal until the signing of a ceasefire agreement on January 25. The village of Jbaa, along with Ain Bouswar, are strategically located at higher altitudes than the Amal-held villages of Kfar Fila
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Ideological differences between Khomeini's doctrine and that of Amal's Nabih Berri made it harder for Iran's new clerical regime to use Amal as a platform from which it could export the Islamic Revolution to Lebanon. Sadr was committed to a Shiite identity that is consistent with Lebanese nationalism
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at a Beirut mosque to protest the early clashes of the civil war. This earned him the admiration of both Shiites and non-Shiites. And although he supported the Palestinians by the early stages of the conflict, during which the Amal militia was primarily dedicated to protecting the Shiite community of
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On July 16, 1990, Hezbollah fighters overran the Amal-held village of Jarjouh, as well as Kfar Melki, the nearest village in Iqlim al-Tuffah to the port city of Sidon. After several failed attempts by Amal to recover Jarjouh the following week, the movement went instead on the offensive in Kfar Melki
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region. Syrian troops began deploying two hours later amid efforts to establish a ceasefire. The attempts failed after a short period of relative calm, and the fighting resumed at the edges of the Msaytbeh district, around Sanayeh Park, Haoud al-Wilaya Park and El Murr Tower. A ceasefire came through
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On December 20, Amal and Hezbollah started mobilizing in Iqlim al-Tuffah, amid increasing tension in the region. 2,000 Amal militiamen and 1,500 Palestinian fighters deployed to the Iqlim. A senior Hezbollah official said that it was only a matter of time before war broke out between the two rivals,
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on the night of December 3, 1989, at around 12 a.m., until a clear break from fighting took place from 7 to 9 a.m. the following morning, after which the violence re-escalated. Under the cover of repeated artillery shelling, both Amal and Hezbollah fighters raided each other's command centers in the
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of the Lebanese Army, fought Hezbollah in Beirut. They clashed once again in September, and this time the violence reportedly ended with a ceasefire, following an Iranian diplomatic intervention. Another confrontation took place in 1987, when over 2,500 Hezbollah supporters attempted a march on Tyre
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On its part, Amal was not only concerned because Palestinian fighters in Lebanon were increasing in number, but also because their camps were geographically located between its strongholds in West Beirut and Hezbollah-controlled Shiite districts in the city, where the latter was gaining influence at
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Both sides have disputed the origins of the Jarjouh escalation, amid mutual accusations. Hezbollah blamed it on a "surprise attack" by Amal on its positions in Ain Bouswar. In a statement the following morning, Berri accused Hezbollah of having "exploited" the ceasefire arrangements to launch their
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War eventually broke out on December 23 at around 4 a.m., despite mediation talks underway in the Syrian capital, which were later attended by Nabih Berri. The fighting began when Hezbollah, aiming to connect its encircled pocket in Jabal Safi to the Mediterranean coast westward and to the Nabatieh
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On January 30, 1989, representatives from Amal and Hezbollah signed the Damascus Agreement, a day after Syrian and Iranian officials gathered in Damascus and composed a draft of the document, before summoning the leaders of the warring factions to the Syrian capital. The agreement was supervised by
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Clashes were renewed on the night of January 22 while talks were underway in Damascus to end the conflict, following two days of relative calm in Dahieh and in the Iqlim. The situation escalated the following evening until the morning of January 24. Hezbollah said it had repelled an Amal offensive,
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Clashes re-erupted on December 31, 1988, at 3:30 p.m., until the intervention of a joint security committee two hours later, in the southern Chyah district of Beirut, as well as in the areas of Rawdat al-Shahidain, Abdel Karim al-Khalil and parts of Ghobeiry. Hundreds of families have fled the
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in Beirut which struck separate buildings housing MNF troops, killing 241 American soldiers and 58 French paratroopers. The movement also engaged in a series of kidnappings of foreigners and assassinations of politicians throughout the civil war. Given the criticism Syria has received for its links
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the basis for an independent state of their own. But due to the Christians' limited geographic distribution, the mandate was including Muslims' lands as well, which only contributed to the complication of the political situation. The situation gradually became better over the years, however, as the
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At 10 p.m. on the night of July 1, 1989, Amal and Hezbollah clashed once again in West Beirut, in the Khandaq al-Ghamiq and Zuqaq al-Blat districts. The fighting, the origins of which remained unclear, proceeded intermittently and gradually spread to other districts of Beirut, such as Msaytbeh. It
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in and out of the war zone. They organized funeral processions for their dead in Tyre and Dahieh respectively, which were accompanied by solidarity demonstrations. Both sides engaged in a war of accusations over the following days, accompanied by renewed clashes on January 17 shortly after the Red
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The fighting escalated in Jbaa on January 10 at around 11:30 a.m., as well as on the outskirts of Ain Bouswar. Amal deployed a relief force of about 500 fighters in the region encompassing Luwayza, Nabi Safi and Ain Bouswar, cutting off Hezbollah supply routes to the area. The battles saw the
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which allowed for a Syrian military deployment in the suburbs. Fighters from both sides were to withdraw from the streets and retreat to specific positions throughout the suburbs, and both factions were allowed to keep their offices. The death toll had so far reached 300. Syrian troops entered the
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in 1978 against the PLO in South Lebanon, disproportionate damage was inflicted upon the Shiite community, as it was caught in the crossfire. Sadr himself criticized the PLO for provoking the conflict, and supporters of Amal shifted to blaming the Palestinians for their community's plight. Violent
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in South Lebanon before the expulsion of Hezbollah, the withdrawal of all militiamen from Jbaa and Ain Bouswar, the establishment of a common operations room to coordinate the "resistance" against Israel, and the allowance of the UNIFIL to operate freely in the country without being harassed. Two
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and Hassan Sbaiti, was a significant loss for Amal’s forces in the south of Lebanon. Amal responded by expelling Hezbollah affiliates and their families from its territory. It identified three individuals whom it accused of being involved in the assassinations, and demanded they be handed over to
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fighters also mobilized in Ain Bouswar and Jbaa, a Hezbollah-controlled town where Iranian physicians had arrived a month earlier and were assigned to field hospitals there. Berri received that day a delegation representing residents of the Iqlim, and reassured them that Amal would not allow the
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to Hezbollah, and were left in control of only Chyah and parts of Ghobeiry. Hezbollah, on the other hand, had occupied about 80% of the suburbs, including the districts of Hayy Ma'adi, Haret Hreik, Bir al-Abed and Hayy Muawwad. By this day, up to 150 people had been killed and hundreds more were
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In July 1975, a PLO officer, while instructing Shiite militants on the use of explosives in a training camp established by Amal, accidentally detonated a device which killed up to thirty Amal members. Because of the secretive nature of the Amal-PLO training program, Sadr was forced to admit the
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newspapers at a joint Amal-Hezbollah checkpoint in the Ouzai district of West Beirut resulted in street clashes which had spread by 2:30 p.m. to the Jnah and Bir Hassan districts. The fighting diminished an hour later following a Syrian Army deployment to the area, but flared once again at
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The ceasefire, however, collapsed 48 hours later. Opposition by Syria and Amal to the renewal of Hezbollah's pre-April presence in South Lebanon played a role in its failure to materialize. On May 13, Hezbollah began an offensive that pushed Amal fighters southward to the outer perimeter of the
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Another ceasefire agreement was reached by the Quadripartite Committee on May 21, and the fighting diminished. There was disagreement by Syrian and Amal representatives during the following negotiations in regards to an Iranian proposal, backed by Hezbollah, to establish a joint Syrian-Iranian
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following the Higgins incident. Hezbollah, while backing his captors' demands, denied any responsibility for the kidnapping. When Amal's operation spread to villages in the region which Hezbollah controlled, carrying out a series of arrests and home to home inspections, the latter responded by
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in which 23 Hezbollah militiamen were executed by the Syrians. Hezbollah fighters were placed on high alert following the massacre, while the movement's top leadership condemned it and demanded an apology. Following intense pressure from Iran the Syrians agreed to stop further activity against
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Hezbollah rejected the SISC's authority over the country's Shiite community. Amal, on the other hand, sought to establish the council as a superior authority and supported its mediation attempts. Qabalan later reiterated Amal's position, and called on both sides to respect the SISC and its
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Amal, later fearing a southward expansion by Hezbollah in the direction of Nabatieh, made a number of political moves, aiming to secure its other fronts in order to concentrate efforts on Hezbollah. Such moves included the signing of a peace agreement on December 22 with Arafat's
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stationed in Zefta, Arabsalim, Marwania and Houmine al-Fawqa, about 600 Amal fighters participated in the offensive, and made no significant territorial gains. Hezbollah, which was still controlling the entrance to Jbaa overlooking Kfar Fila, said it had repelled the offensive.
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and Ain Qana at the bottom of the Jabal Safi hills. With the capturing of Jbaa, Hezbollah gained the upper hand in the coming battles, and the steep and exposed terrain leading to the hills made it even more challenging for Amal fighters to reach the Hezbollah villages.
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in the south. They retreated when Amal mobilized its men to block the move. The standoff was accompanied by a large demonstration in the city in which thousands of Shiites rallied in support of Amal. On 22 February 1987, spurred by the kidnapping of
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acronym for "Lebanese Resistance Brigades") as the military wing of the Movement of the Dispossessed. Amal grew rapidly in size, though with an increasingly weaker central command. This, in addition to the growing military presence of the
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situation to escalate militarily. The mobilizations were met by general strikes in Tyre and Nabatieh the following day, where shops, schools and state institutions were closed. Street demonstrators in Nabatieh called for "ending the
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took place throughout South Lebanon, which was ordered by Amal's regional command in solidarity with the victims. Following the earlier battle in Kfar Fila, Amal forces later marched on the town of Jbaa from Ain Qana, and on
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system. Sadr's promotion of the idea of social solidarity among Shiites which, coupled with the narrative of "resistance" to Israel, were particularly appealing to his community and contributed to the growth of his movement.
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and even Palestinian movements. The Movement of the Dispossessed became increasingly popular among the middle class Shiites and Lebanese returnees from West Africa, as well as some progressive elements within the influential
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In early May, 1988, two Amal members were killed at a Hezbollah-manned roadblock in southwest Beirut. The ensuing clashes saw defections from Amal, and led to Hezbollah's occupation of Amal positions in the neighborhoods of
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In 1978, many fighters, who never went through Amal's official recruitment process, self-organized into local militias, claiming the defense of certain pieces of land in the name of Amal. The movement's leadership did not
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on July 28. Backed by Palestinian guerilla fighters from the Hamas movement, Amal recaptured Kfar Melki. 16 people were killed during the offensive, among them a Palestinian, raising the death toll since mid-July to 166.
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offensive, and demanded that his rivals fully withdraw to Jbaa and Ain Bouswar or be "treated like any occupier" in South Lebanon. Hezbollah responded to Berri's statement by describing it as "political cover" for Amal.
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The exchange of propagandist accusations never ceased. On May 29, 1988, Amal publicized claims, citing its interrogation of Hezbollah captives, that its rival collaborated with Christian war factions, namely the
1117:, backed by Berri, proposed the deployment of Syrian troops in south Beirut to enforce a ceasefire. On May 11, Amal fighters were cornered in the western edge of the suburbs, having lost their headquarters in 1275:, amid continuing skirmishes in the Iqlim. The following day, Amal launched an unsuccessful offensive on Jbaa, which failed to break through Hezbollah's defenses. Backed by rockets and artillery strikes from 769:'s leading imam, sought to further his community's interests by promoting and strengthening a certain 'Shiite identity' that is consistent with the broader Lebanese identity. Before Sadr's founding of the 1574:. Khoei, who became one of Sadr's critics, later appointed Fadlallah as his representative in Lebanon. Amal's deal with the Phalangists furthered tension in the relationship between Sadr and Fadlallah. 982:
Amal's expense. Violent skirmishes between Amal and Hezbollah were rare, but limited clashes did, however, break out twice in 1986 during the War of the Camps. In February, Amal, backed by the Shiite
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in the South. After three days of fighting, in which fifty were killed, the Amal fighters succeeded in taking the village. At the time it had been Hizbollah’s last stronghold in Southern Lebanon.
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to Hezbollah, the latter's tactics were badly received by both the Syrian government and Amal, who had been working toward achieving favorable perception by world media and the United States.
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operation, which eventually succeeded in routing the PLO out of Lebanon, was welcomed by a portion of the southern Shiite community, given that it aimed to destroy their Palestinian foes.
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before it, the Shiites, who long felt disenfranchised in the political spectrum, tended to join ranks with a variety of available sociopolitical movements, among which were the
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neighborhood on May 27 at 11 a.m., before which fighters had disappeared from the streets. The first phase of the deployment involved 800 Syrian soldiers and 100 Lebanese
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Hezbollah, on its part, increased contacts with Palestinian factions rivaling Arafat's, and considered the notion of maintaining joint "resistance bases" in the south.
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and Berri. Iran and Hezbollah, on the other hand, promoted a pan-Islamic revolutionary ideology that is transnational and not confined to specific countries' borders.
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movement, the PLO's leading faction, which was based in the Sidon region. Berri also worked to improve Amal's relations with clans in the Beqaa for the same purpose.
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Clashes, however, did occasionally occur between Shiite elements and the PLO upon the eruption of civil war in 1975, and intensified as the conflict progressed.
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existence of the militia. This came out as a surprise to many Lebanese observers, and as an embarrassment to Sadr who had recently ended his hunger strike.
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As the economic situation began to improve in the 1950s, the Shiites, many of whom had relocated to urban areas, started seeking political representation.
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Higgins was later tortured and murdered by his captors. His death was confirmed in July 1990, when the perpetrators released a video showing his body.
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On December 7, fighting broke out once again around 11:30 a.m., this time in West Beirut. Amal and Hezbollah militants clashed repeatedly in the
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and its surroundings in the Iqlim, capturing the town, along with Kfar Fila, Kfar Melki and Kfar Heta. Amal counterattacked that night in
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operation, led to a struggle for influence among the Shiites, and left Amal's leadership divided along moderate and extremist lines. The
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reported that 2,500 people had been killed so far throughout the entire Amal-Hezbollah war, in addition to five thousand injuries.
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and advocated for stronger Lebanese state and military presence in the south, a position later reiterated by Sadr's successors,
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Beirut, Sadr and his movement favored a more neutral and non-confrontational approach when it came to their Christian rivals.
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killing a Lebanese Army officer associated with Amal, and by attacking an Amal checkpoint on the outskirts of the village of
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clashes between Amal and the various Palestinian factions operating in the country became more frequent between 1978 and the
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Sometimes called the "Brothers-Enemies War" (Harb al-Ikhwa al-A'daa) or the "War of the Two Brothers" (Harb al-Shaqiqayn).
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The conflict had been centered around Jbaa during the next two days, with some clashes occurring in Ain Bouswar and
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The LF, which opposes Syrian presence in Lebanon, had sent weapons to Hezbollah from its power base in East Beirut.
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was raided by Israeli commandos on May 2. This pushed Hezbollah to seek further assistance from the IRGC.
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One of the Syrian government's longstanding concerns when it came to its Lebanon policy was its fear of
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On February 17, 1988, while on his way back from a meeting with a local Amal official, American colonel
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Hezbollah originally devoted itself to overthrowing the Lebanese government and establishing a Faqihi
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of 1979 had an equally significant impact on the Shiites of Lebanon, which later managed, through
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that would compromise its interests in Lebanon and would further isolate it on a regional scale.
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in the south, as well as the Khalil family of Tyre, were two of Sadr's prominent opponents then.
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and the surrounding villages. It seized Amal positions and offices in the town, as well as in
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deployed 7,000 commandos into West Beirut. On February 24, 1987, an incident occurred at the
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of Iraq, both of which Fadlallah helped create, as well as Hussein al-Musawi's Islamic Amal.
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the al-Nabaa district of Beirut, allowing the relocation of 100,000 Shiites, among whom were
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Religion, National Identity, and Confessional Politics in Lebanon: The Challenge of Islamism
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proposed a plan for disengagement on January 13. His terms, which included a return to the
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During the early stages of an Amal offensive on April 5, 1988, Hezbollah managed to occupy
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from Athens to Rome in 1985 by Hezbollah, which was forced to land in the Amal-controlled
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The Tripartite Accord was an attempt by Syria to end the civil war, and to emphasize its
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Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the
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of Khandaq al-Ghamiq, Basta al-Tahta, Basta al-Fawqa, Wadi Abu Jamil and in the old
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Hezbollah: The Story of the Party of God: From Revolution to Institutionalization
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Shiites were officially recognized as a sect and granted the right to celebrate
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The Amal Movement was formed in 1974 as the armed wing of popular Shiite cleric
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district. Syrian troops ended the fighting by disarming units from both sides.
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Syria and Lebanon: International Relations and Diplomacy in the Middle East
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there. It then launched a surprise offensive westward on Amal positions in
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The Lessons Of Modern War: Volume I: The Arab-israeli Conflicts, 1973-1989
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Sadr initially advocated for non-violence during the early stages of the
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Syria and Iran: Diplomatic Alliance and Power Politics in the Middle East
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Armed Hezbollah fighters patrol a neighborhood in southern Beirut, 1980s.
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Warriors of God: Inside Hezbollah's Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel
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This article is about the conflict in Lebanon. For other uses, see
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resumed activities in Lebanon which it had suspended in December.
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Hizb'Allah in Lebanon: The Politics of the Western Hostage Crisis
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Beware of Small States. Lebanon, battleground of the Middle East.
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Middle East International No 296, 20 March 1987; Jim Muir pp.6-7
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that existed prior the Iqlim war, were welcomed by Berri and by
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No 295, 4(6th according to page footer) March 1987; Publishers
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with Lebanon. The agreement included Berri of the Shiite Amal,
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Musa al-Sadr's unsolved disappearance in 1978 during a trip to
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Middle East International No 342, 20 January 1989, Publishers
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Armed Political Organizations: From Conflict to Integration
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landed in the port city of Tyre. They were then met in the
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On January 8, 1989, Hezbollah concentrated its presence in
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Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God
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Gambill, Gary C.; Abdelnour, Ziad K. (February 2002).
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Arafat took advantage of the IDF's withdrawal to the "
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Map of Hezbollah and Syrian control of Beirut in 1987.
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Middle East International No 335, 7 October 1988; p.6
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Sadr and Fadlallah were both students of the Iranian
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and resisting the presence of Israeli troops and the
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Middle East International No 344, 17 February 1989;
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The distribution of the Shia population in Lebanon.
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(2020). 1759: 5569:"بشاراتي اعلن وقف النار في اقليم التفاح مساءً" 5271:[Tension between Amal and Hezbollah]. 4554: 5599:Military operations of the Lebanese Civil War 2147: 1095: 290: 5169:"التوازن السياسي بين امل وحزب الله طرح خطير" 4929:"بري : الاصراب ضد مجزرة "السبت الأسود"" 4679:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 4644:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 4215:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 4188: 4012:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 3985: 3964: 3956:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 3929: 3787: 3527: 3224: 3103: 3087: 3046: 2959: 2778: 2392: 2353: 1287:shots targeting Kfar Fila from Jbaa. Shiite 122:Later reconciliation between the two parties 5109:"اشتباكات في اقليم التفاح و حذر في الضاحية" 4909:"أمل شنّت هجمات على جباع والحزب أعلن فشلها" 4189:Harris, William; Haris, William W. (2014). 1755: 1753: 1316: 1028:workers in an area controlled by Amal near 5529:"اتصالات لتهدئة الوضع وبري في الجنوب مساء" 4653:Rabinovich, Itamar; Olmert, Yosef (1989). 4618:Rabinovich, Itamar; Olmert, Yosef (1988). 3933:Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume 12 1080:A high-level Iranian delegation headed by 297: 283: 5011:[Escalation in Iqlim al-Tuffah]. 4764:"Cease-fire has little impact in Lebanon" 4338:Khaled, Abdel Mawla (December 25, 1989). 4083: 3986:Ayalon, Ami; Harris, William. W. (1992). 3930:Ayalon, Ami; Harris, William. W. (1990). 1988: 1986: 1937: 1885: 1720:A week earlier, 450 Palestinian fighters 5209:"وقف النار وانتشار سوري في اماكن القتال" 4790:""مقاومة".. الحرب الأهلية وإقليم التفاح" 4748:"Rival Shiite militias battle in Beirut" 4687: 4575: 4355:Khaled, Abdel Mawla (January 18, 1990). 4308:. The Indianapolis Star (UPI). p. 3 4146: 4107:"Hezbollah: Between Tehran and Damascus" 4062: 2944: 2911: 2896: 2884: 2872: 2860: 2848: 2836: 2824: 2809: 2790: 2766: 2750: 2738: 2726: 2714: 2690: 2675: 2663: 2544: 2480: 2468: 2444: 2337: 2082: 2012: 1977: 1925: 1750: 1364:Beqaa battles spark new war in the south 916: 804: 728: 707:invasion and occupation of South Lebanon 64:War of the Two Brothers (disambiguation) 4725: 4422: 2702: 2615: 2603: 2242: 2226: 2198: 2129: 2055: 2008: 1996: 1965: 1949: 1913: 1897: 1881: 1869: 1857: 1845: 1816: 5591: 4509: 4488: 4446: 4286:"Militia in Lebanon drives back enemy" 4264:Hijazi, Ihsan A. (December 25, 1989). 4244:Hijazi, Ihsan A. (December 24, 1989). 4224:Hijazi, Ihsan A. (December 23, 1989). 4167: 4113:(2). 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(December 2007). 4389:Khaled, Abdel Mawla (July 29, 1990). 4372:Khaled, Abdel Mawla (July 28, 1990). 4041: 4020: 3901: 3034: 2995: 2932: 2762: 2651: 2639: 2627: 2420: 2408: 2368: 2322: 2294: 2230: 2156: 2113: 2094: 1992: 1953: 1833: 1801: 278: 5349:"من البقاع الغربي الى بيروت الغربية" 4425:"Retour sur les traces d'un conflit" 4246:"2 Shiite militas battle in Lebanon" 1173:Intermittent violence and propaganda 630:Civil Administration of the Mountain 487:1982 kidnapping of Iranian diplomats 267:500+ Hezbollah fighters wounded/dead 15: 5329:"عودة الهدوء الى سحمر ويحمر ومشغرة" 5289:"اشتباكات عنيفة بين امل و حزب الله" 4467: 4374:"Rival Shiite forces resume battle" 3099: 3019: 2974:No 335, 7 October 1988, Publishers 2586: 2574: 2492: 2396: 2380: 2349: 2214: 2210: 2186: 2125: 2109: 2040: 2036: 2024: 1909: 1786: 1152:met that day with Syrian brigadier 699:Palestinian Liberation Organization 667: 13: 4709:Saoud, Dalal (December 29, 1989). 4432:Institut Français du Proche-Orient 4284:Hijazi, Ihsan A. (July 29, 1990). 4226:"Lebanon militias are splintering" 14: 5660: 5634:Battles of the Lebanese Civil War 4788:Rehan, Fady (November 15, 2007). 4780: 4471:Nabih Berri and Lebanese Politics 4406:Ladki, Nadim (January 12, 1989). 4069:. Random House Publishing Group. 912: 828:Palestine Liberation Organization 563:January 1986 Lebanese Forces coup 5509:"أمل اشارت إلى اشتراك فلسطينيين" 5309:"اشتباكات عنيفة بين أمل و الحزب" 4521:(4). The International Spectator 3877: 3822: 3803: 3781: 3643: 3591: 3563: 3432: 3362: 3311: 3230: 3093: 3052: 3001: 2965: 1731: 1714: 1704: 1694: 1685: 1676: 1186:area, Mahmud Faqin commander in 1124: 1045:Fighting in Nabatieh and Ghazieh 264:2000+ Amal fighters wounded/dead 213: 188: 166: 140: 20: 5389:"حشودات عسكرية في اقليم التفاح" 5269:"اجواء توتر بين أمل و حزب الله" 5069:"مفاوضات في دمشق لإنهاء القتال" 4811:[Escalation in Chyah]. 4453:. Georgetown University Press. 4304:Kadi, Samar (January 9, 1989). 2756: 2550: 2514: 2486: 2386: 2343: 2300: 2236: 2220: 2204: 2119: 2103: 2088: 2030: 2002: 1943: 1903: 1875: 1667: 1654: 1625: 1604: 1590: 1577: 1554: 1545: 1535: 1525: 1511: 1368:Violent clashes started in the 1326:, and his Iranian counterpart, 995:in a week of fighting with the 801:Civil War and rise of Hezbollah 497:Assassination of Bachir Gemayel 5575:. December 28, 1989. p. 7 5555:. December 27, 1989. p. 8 5535:. December 27, 1989. p. 7 5515:. December 25, 1989. p. 5 5495:. December 25, 1989. p. 1 5475:. December 24, 1989. p. 6 5455:. December 24, 1989. p. 5 5429:"وأد الفتنة بين امل وحزب الله" 5415:. December 21, 1989. p. 3 5395:. December 21, 1989. p. 5 5049:"القوات السورية كثفت تدابيرها" 4495:. Princeton University Press. 4192:Lebanon: A History, 600 - 2011 1490: 1481: 1422:Popular Nasserist Organization 950:, the acting president of the 935:Multinational Force in Lebanon 775:Supreme Islamic Shiite Council 568:Assassination of Rashid Karami 492:Multinational Force in Lebanon 1: 5649:Iran–Syria military relations 5375:. December 9, 1989. p. 5 5355:. December 8, 1989. p. 5 5335:. December 6, 1989. p. 5 5315:. December 5, 1989. p. 1 5195:. January 31, 1989. p. 5 5175:. January 28, 1989. p. 4 5155:. January 27, 1989. p. 6 5135:. January 26, 1989. p. 6 5115:. January 25, 1989. p. 6 5095:. January 25, 1989. p. 1 5075:. January 24, 1989. p. 4 5055:. January 22, 1989. p. 6 5035:. January 20, 1989. p. 6 4995:. January 17, 1989. p. 6 4975:. January 15, 1989. p. 5 4955:. January 14, 1989. p. 5 4935:. January 14, 1989. p. 3 4915:. January 13, 1989. p. 5 4895:. January 12, 1989. p. 5 4875:. January 11, 1989. p. 5 4855:. January 10, 1989. p. 5 4558:Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92 4321:Kaj, Riad (January 3, 1989). 4174:. Syracuse University Press. 1744: 1517:He went on a much publicized 952:American University of Beirut 724: 154:Lebanese Resistance Regiments 60:Brothers War (disambiguation) 5411:[Berri's activity]. 4835:. January 7, 1989. p. 5 4815:. January 1, 1989. p. 4 4489:Norton, Augustus R. (2014). 4168:Hamzeh, Ahmad Nizar (2004). 4090:. Harvard University Press. 2509:Rabinovich & Olmert 1989 2497:Rabinovich & Olmert 1988 2457:Rabinovich & Olmert 1988 2307:Gambill & Abdelnour 2002 2161:Gambill & Abdelnour 2002 2099:Gambill & Abdelnour 2002 1086:United Nations Interim Force 964:Beirut International Airport 771:Movement of the Dispossessed 695:Movement of the Dispossessed 595:Assassination of René Moawad 7: 5471:[Iqlim al-Tuffah]. 4195:. Oxford University Press. 4147:Goodarzi, Jubin M. (2009). 4063:Blanford, Nicholas (2011). 1641:Progressive Socialist Party 1453: 745:in 1920, aiming to provide 640:South Lebanon security belt 419:1978 South Lebanon conflict 202:Lebanese Islamic Resistance 10: 5665: 5551:[Amal-Hezbollah]. 5295:. July 10, 1989. p. 5 5255:. July 8, 1989. p. 14 5251:[Amal-Hezbollah]. 4659:. The Moshe Dayan Center. 4624:. The Moshe Dayan Center. 4555:O'Ballance, Edgar (1998). 4492:Hezbollah: A Short History 3992:. The Moshe Dayan Center. 3936:. The Moshe Dayan Center. 3922: 3891:Hijazi (December 25, 1989) 3810:Hijazi (December 25, 1989) 3799:Hijazi (December 24, 1989) 3761:Hijazi (December 23, 1989) 3657:Khaled (December 25, 1989) 1322:Syria's foreign minister, 1302:Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine 1096:Battle for southern Beirut 1041:in the Jabal Amel region. 844:Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah 832:Lebanese National Movement 548:U.S. embassy annex bombing 503:Sabra and Shatila massacre 89:April 1988 – November 1990 57: 5491:[On the ground]. 5275:. July 9, 1989. p. 6 5235:. July 8, 1989. p. 5 5215:. July 3, 1989. p. 5 5009:"انتكاسة في اقليم التفاح" 4809:"انتكاسة امنية في الشياح" 4688:Ranstorp, Magnus (1996). 4597:Rabil, Robert G. (2011). 4084:El-Khazen, Farid (2000). 4042:Berti, Benedetta (2013). 2972:Middle East International 2521:Middle East International 1015: 739:French mandate in Lebanon 709:. As the Amal-initiated " 620:People's Republic of Tyre 608:Cantons and puppet states 407:St George's Church attack 316: 260:Between 500 and 750 dead 258: 253: 234: 132: 81: 74: 5639:Wars involving Hezbollah 4447:Levitt, Matthew (2015). 4171:In The Path Of Hizbullah 3971:. HarperCollins Canada. 3788:Ayalon & Harris 1991 3528:Ayalon & Harris 1991 3225:Ayalon & Harris 1991 3190:Ladki (January 12, 1989) 3104:Ayalon & Harris 1991 3088:Ayalon & Harris 1991 3047:Ayalon & Harris 1990 2960:Ayalon & Harris 1990 2779:Ayalon & Harris 1990 2393:Harris & Harris 2014 2354:Harris & Harris 2014 1475: 1317:First Damascus Agreement 779:Lebanese Communist Party 558:1985 Beirut car bombings 366:1976 Syrian intervention 4766:. UPI. January 26, 1989 4576:Osoegawa, Taku (2013). 541:Fourth phase: 1984–1990 393:Second phase: 1977–1982 4750:. UPI. January 7, 1989 4542:Cite journal requires 4423:Lamloum, Olfa (2010). 4134:Cite journal requires 3495:UPI (January 26, 1989) 3160:Kadi (January 9, 1989) 1465:Mountain War (Lebanon) 1430:Ali Mohammad Besharati 922: 810: 741:was carved out of the 734: 583:Dahr al-Wahsh massacre 470:Third phase: 1982–1984 372:Siege of Tel al-Zaatar 319:First phase: 1975–1977 31:is missing information 4726:Szekely, Ora (2016). 4021:Azani, Eitan (2011). 3914:Hijazi 1990 (July 29) 3143:UPI (January 7, 1989) 3131:Kaj (January 3, 1989) 1572:Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei 1150:Hossein Sheikholeslam 1075:psychological warfare 939:1983 suicide bombings 920: 808: 732: 721:'s southern suburbs. 635:State of Free Lebanon 464:Iraqi Embassy bombing 254:Casualties and losses 3965:Ayalon, Ami (1991). 3887:(December 27, 1989a) 3854:(December 27, 1989b) 3839:(December 25, 1989a) 3832:(December 25, 1989b) 3795:(December 24, 1989a) 3776:(December 24, 1989a) 3734:(December 21, 1989b) 3719:(December 21, 1989a) 3291:(December 24, 1989b) 2245:, pp. 149–150; 1884:, pp. 120–121; 1633:special relationship 1496:The majority of the 883:Revolutionary Guards 534:1984 Sohmor massacre 509:U.S. embassy bombing 459:1981 Israeli bombing 336:Battle of the Hotels 248:(only a few engaged) 242:(only a few engaged) 5435:. December 22, 1989 3872:(December 28, 1989) 3817:(December 28, 1989) 3749:(December 22, 1989) 3478:(January 25, 1989a) 3463:(January 25, 1989b) 3379:(January 14, 1989a) 3372:(January 14, 1989b) 3342:(January 14, 1989b) 3321:(January 14, 1989b) 1722:coming from Tunisia 1599:Hussein el-Husseini 1445:"Hundred-day siege" 1401:and confirmed that 1343:West Beirut clashes 1222:Iqlim al-Tuffah war 1139:Abdul Halim Khaddam 751:Maronite Christians 529:February 6 Intifada 477:1982 Beirut bombing 347:Black Saturday 330:Black Thursday 5015:. January 18, 1989 4468:Nir, Omri (2011). 4290:The New York Times 4270:The New York Times 4250:The New York Times 4230:The New York Times 3701:(December 9, 1989) 3686:(December 8, 1989) 3671:(December 6, 1989) 3653:(December 5, 1989) 3558:(January 31, 1989) 3543:(January 27, 1989) 3513:(January 26, 1989) 3449:(January 22, 1989) 3442:(January 24, 1989) 3427:(January 18, 1989) 3412:(January 20, 1989) 3394:(January 17, 1989) 3357:(January 28, 1989) 3328:(January 15, 1989) 3306:(January 13, 1989) 3276:(January 12, 1989) 3261:(January 11, 1989) 3227:, p. 526-527. 3210:(January 10, 1989) 2887:, p. 274-275. 2863:, p. 273-274. 2851:, p. 270-271. 2769:, pp. 266–267 2741:, p. 265-266. 2717:, p. 264-265. 2678:, p. 263-264. 2547:, p. 201-202. 2132:, pp. 148–149 2128:, pp. 11–12; 1872:, p. 117-118. 1460:Lebanese Civil War 1328:Ali Akbar Velayati 1294:Abdul Amir Qabalan 1236:South Lebanon Army 1022:William R. Higgins 1009:Fathallah barracks 923: 907:Islamic Dawa Party 895:Ayatollah Khomeini 875:Iranian Revolution 815:Lebanese Civil War 811: 735: 684:Lebanese Civil War 615:East Beirut canton 588:War of Elimination 353:Karantina massacre 308:Lebanese Civil War 5614:Conflicts in 1990 5609:Conflicts in 1989 5604:Conflicts in 1988 3242:Dennis Walters MP 3175:(January 7, 1989) 3119:(January 1, 1989) 3071:978-0-571-23741-8 3065:Faber and Faber. 2980:Dennis Walters MP 2529:Dennis Walters MP 1647:of the Christian 1273:Bint Jbeil region 1238:(SLA), forming a 1145: 1144: 1119:Bourj el-Barajneh 968:Tripartite Accord 954:. Amal's leader, 887:Hussein al-Musawi 678:, Lebanon's main 655: 654: 578:War of Liberation 524:Battle of Tripoli 519:Mountain War 514:Barracks bombings 424:Battle of Kaukaba 414:Hundred Days' War 386:Aishiyeh massacre 273: 272: 249: 243: 128: 127: 54: 53: 5656: 5584: 5582: 5580: 5564: 5562: 5560: 5549:"امل – حزب الله" 5544: 5542: 5540: 5524: 5522: 5520: 5504: 5502: 5500: 5484: 5482: 5480: 5464: 5462: 5460: 5444: 5442: 5440: 5424: 5422: 5420: 5404: 5402: 5400: 5384: 5382: 5380: 5364: 5362: 5360: 5344: 5342: 5340: 5324: 5322: 5320: 5304: 5302: 5300: 5284: 5282: 5280: 5264: 5262: 5260: 5249:"امل – حزب الله" 5244: 5242: 5240: 5224: 5222: 5220: 5204: 5202: 5200: 5184: 5182: 5180: 5164: 5162: 5160: 5144: 5142: 5140: 5124: 5122: 5120: 5104: 5102: 5100: 5084: 5082: 5080: 5064: 5062: 5060: 5044: 5042: 5040: 5024: 5022: 5020: 5004: 5002: 5000: 4984: 4982: 4980: 4964: 4962: 4960: 4944: 4942: 4940: 4924: 4922: 4920: 4904: 4902: 4900: 4884: 4882: 4880: 4864: 4862: 4860: 4844: 4842: 4840: 4824: 4822: 4820: 4804: 4802: 4800: 4775: 4773: 4771: 4759: 4757: 4755: 4743: 4722: 4720: 4718: 4705: 4684: 4678: 4670: 4649: 4643: 4635: 4614: 4593: 4572: 4551: 4545: 4540: 4538: 4530: 4528: 4526: 4516: 4506: 4485: 4464: 4443: 4441: 4439: 4429: 4419: 4417: 4415: 4402: 4400: 4398: 4385: 4383: 4381: 4368: 4366: 4364: 4351: 4349: 4347: 4334: 4332: 4330: 4317: 4315: 4313: 4300: 4298: 4296: 4280: 4278: 4276: 4260: 4258: 4256: 4240: 4238: 4236: 4220: 4214: 4206: 4185: 4164: 4143: 4137: 4132: 4130: 4122: 4120: 4118: 4101: 4080: 4059: 4038: 4017: 4011: 4003: 3982: 3961: 3955: 3947: 3917: 3911: 3905: 3899: 3893: 3881: 3875: 3866: 3857: 3848: 3842: 3826: 3820: 3807: 3801: 3785: 3779: 3770: 3764: 3758: 3752: 3743: 3737: 3728: 3722: 3713: 3704: 3695: 3689: 3680: 3674: 3665: 3659: 3647: 3641: 3632: 3626: 3617: 3611: 3595: 3589: 3580: 3574: 3567: 3561: 3552: 3546: 3537: 3531: 3525: 3516: 3507: 3498: 3492: 3481: 3472: 3466: 3457: 3451: 3436: 3430: 3421: 3415: 3406: 3397: 3388: 3382: 3366: 3360: 3351: 3345: 3336: 3330: 3315: 3309: 3300: 3294: 3285: 3279: 3270: 3264: 3255: 3249: 3234: 3228: 3222: 3213: 3204: 3193: 3187: 3178: 3169: 3163: 3157: 3146: 3140: 3134: 3128: 3122: 3113: 3107: 3097: 3091: 3085: 3074: 3056: 3050: 3044: 3038: 3032: 3023: 3017: 3008: 3005: 2999: 2998:, p. 79-80. 2993: 2987: 2969: 2963: 2957: 2948: 2942: 2936: 2930: 2915: 2909: 2900: 2894: 2888: 2882: 2876: 2870: 2864: 2858: 2852: 2846: 2840: 2834: 2828: 2822: 2813: 2807: 2794: 2788: 2782: 2776: 2770: 2760: 2754: 2748: 2742: 2736: 2730: 2724: 2718: 2712: 2706: 2700: 2694: 2688: 2679: 2673: 2667: 2661: 2655: 2649: 2643: 2642:, p. 77-78. 2637: 2631: 2625: 2619: 2613: 2607: 2601: 2590: 2589:, p. 73-74. 2584: 2578: 2572: 2557: 2554: 2548: 2542: 2536: 2518: 2512: 2506: 2500: 2490: 2484: 2478: 2472: 2466: 2460: 2454: 2448: 2442: 2436: 2430: 2424: 2418: 2412: 2406: 2400: 2390: 2384: 2378: 2372: 2366: 2357: 2347: 2341: 2335: 2326: 2320: 2314: 2304: 2298: 2292: 2286: 2280: 2274: 2268: 2262: 2256: 2250: 2240: 2234: 2224: 2218: 2208: 2202: 2196: 2190: 2184: 2178: 2172: 2163: 2154: 2145: 2139: 2133: 2123: 2117: 2107: 2101: 2092: 2086: 2080: 2071: 2065: 2059: 2053: 2044: 2034: 2028: 2022: 2016: 2006: 2000: 1990: 1981: 1975: 1969: 1963: 1957: 1947: 1941: 1935: 1929: 1923: 1917: 1907: 1901: 1895: 1889: 1879: 1873: 1867: 1861: 1855: 1849: 1843: 1837: 1831: 1820: 1814: 1805: 1799: 1790: 1784: 1778: 1777: 1757: 1739: 1735: 1729: 1718: 1712: 1711:decision-making. 1708: 1702: 1698: 1692: 1689: 1683: 1680: 1674: 1671: 1665: 1658: 1652: 1629: 1623: 1608: 1602: 1594: 1588: 1581: 1575: 1558: 1552: 1549: 1543: 1539: 1533: 1529: 1523: 1515: 1509: 1494: 1488: 1485: 1470:War of the Camps 1324:Farouk al-Sharaa 1198:In May 1988 the 1125: 972:War of the Camps 929:in the image of 927:Islamic Republic 899:Subhi al-Tufayli 869:, following the 856:Israeli invasion 711:War of the Camps 669: 553:War of the Camps 505: 482:1982 Lebanon War 454:Battle of Zahleh 444:At Tiri incident 403: 388: 381: 374: 362: 355: 342:ASALA insurgency 338: 311: 309: 299: 292: 285: 276: 275: 247: 241: 219: 217: 216: 193: 192: 191: 172: 170: 169: 145: 144: 143: 99:Southern Lebanon 83: 82: 72: 71: 49: 46: 40: 24: 16: 5664: 5663: 5659: 5658: 5657: 5655: 5654: 5653: 5629:1990 in Lebanon 5624:1989 in Lebanon 5619:1988 in Lebanon 5589: 5588: 5587: 5578: 5576: 5558: 5556: 5538: 5536: 5518: 5516: 5498: 5496: 5478: 5476: 5458: 5456: 5438: 5436: 5418: 5416: 5398: 5396: 5378: 5376: 5358: 5356: 5338: 5336: 5318: 5316: 5298: 5296: 5278: 5276: 5258: 5256: 5238: 5236: 5218: 5216: 5198: 5196: 5178: 5176: 5158: 5156: 5138: 5136: 5118: 5116: 5098: 5096: 5078: 5076: 5058: 5056: 5038: 5036: 5018: 5016: 4998: 4996: 4978: 4976: 4958: 4956: 4938: 4936: 4918: 4916: 4898: 4896: 4878: 4876: 4858: 4856: 4838: 4836: 4818: 4816: 4798: 4796: 4783: 4778: 4769: 4767: 4753: 4751: 4740: 4716: 4714: 4702: 4672: 4671: 4667: 4637: 4636: 4632: 4611: 4590: 4569: 4543: 4541: 4532: 4531: 4524: 4522: 4514: 4503: 4482: 4461: 4437: 4435: 4427: 4413: 4411: 4396: 4394: 4379: 4377: 4362: 4360: 4345: 4343: 4328: 4326: 4311: 4309: 4294: 4292: 4274: 4272: 4254: 4252: 4234: 4232: 4208: 4207: 4203: 4182: 4161: 4135: 4133: 4124: 4123: 4116: 4114: 4098: 4077: 4056: 4035: 4005: 4004: 4000: 3979: 3949: 3948: 3944: 3925: 3920: 3912: 3908: 3900: 3896: 3882: 3878: 3867: 3860: 3849: 3845: 3827: 3823: 3808: 3804: 3790:, p. 528; 3786: 3782: 3771: 3767: 3759: 3755: 3744: 3740: 3729: 3725: 3714: 3707: 3696: 3692: 3681: 3677: 3666: 3662: 3648: 3644: 3638:(July 10, 1989) 3633: 3629: 3618: 3614: 3608:(July 8, 1989b) 3601:(July 8, 1989a) 3596: 3592: 3581: 3577: 3568: 3564: 3553: 3549: 3538: 3534: 3526: 3519: 3508: 3501: 3493: 3484: 3473: 3469: 3458: 3454: 3437: 3433: 3422: 3418: 3407: 3400: 3389: 3385: 3367: 3363: 3352: 3348: 3337: 3333: 3316: 3312: 3301: 3297: 3286: 3282: 3271: 3267: 3256: 3252: 3235: 3231: 3223: 3216: 3205: 3196: 3188: 3181: 3170: 3166: 3158: 3149: 3141: 3137: 3129: 3125: 3114: 3110: 3098: 3094: 3086: 3077: 3057: 3053: 3045: 3041: 3033: 3026: 3018: 3011: 3006: 3002: 2994: 2990: 2970: 2966: 2958: 2951: 2943: 2939: 2931: 2918: 2910: 2903: 2895: 2891: 2883: 2879: 2871: 2867: 2859: 2855: 2847: 2843: 2835: 2831: 2823: 2816: 2808: 2797: 2789: 2785: 2777: 2773: 2761: 2757: 2749: 2745: 2737: 2733: 2725: 2721: 2713: 2709: 2701: 2697: 2689: 2682: 2674: 2670: 2662: 2658: 2650: 2646: 2638: 2634: 2626: 2622: 2614: 2610: 2602: 2593: 2585: 2581: 2573: 2560: 2555: 2551: 2543: 2539: 2519: 2515: 2507: 2503: 2491: 2487: 2479: 2475: 2467: 2463: 2455: 2451: 2443: 2439: 2431: 2427: 2419: 2415: 2407: 2403: 2395:, p. 249; 2391: 2387: 2379: 2375: 2367: 2360: 2348: 2344: 2336: 2329: 2321: 2317: 2305: 2301: 2293: 2289: 2281: 2277: 2269: 2265: 2257: 2253: 2241: 2237: 2229:, p. 149; 2225: 2221: 2209: 2205: 2197: 2193: 2185: 2181: 2173: 2166: 2155: 2148: 2140: 2136: 2124: 2120: 2108: 2104: 2093: 2089: 2081: 2074: 2066: 2062: 2054: 2047: 2035: 2031: 2023: 2019: 2011:, p. 126; 2007: 2003: 1991: 1984: 1976: 1972: 1964: 1960: 1952:, p. 113; 1948: 1944: 1936: 1932: 1924: 1920: 1908: 1904: 1896: 1892: 1880: 1876: 1868: 1864: 1856: 1852: 1844: 1840: 1832: 1823: 1815: 1808: 1800: 1793: 1785: 1781: 1774: 1758: 1751: 1747: 1742: 1736: 1732: 1719: 1715: 1709: 1705: 1699: 1695: 1690: 1686: 1681: 1677: 1672: 1668: 1659: 1655: 1649:Lebanese Forces 1630: 1626: 1609: 1605: 1595: 1591: 1582: 1578: 1559: 1555: 1550: 1546: 1540: 1536: 1530: 1526: 1516: 1512: 1495: 1491: 1486: 1482: 1478: 1456: 1447: 1366: 1345: 1319: 1261:Nabatieh region 1224: 1180:Lebanese Forces 1175: 1141:, in May 1988. 1098: 1047: 1034:Iqlim al-Tuffah 1018: 915: 903:Lebanese branch 803: 743:region of Syria 727: 660:War of Brothers 656: 651: 610: 605: 602: 600:Battle of Sidon 573:War of Brothers 543: 536: 501: 472: 401:Chouf massacres 399: 395: 384: 379:Chekka massacre 377: 370: 360:Damour massacre 358: 351: 334: 321: 312: 307: 305: 303: 214: 212: 197: 189: 187: 167: 165: 149: 141: 139: 109: 76: 75:War of Brothers 70: 67: 50: 44: 41: 34: 25: 12: 11: 5: 5662: 5652: 5651: 5646: 5641: 5636: 5631: 5626: 5621: 5616: 5611: 5606: 5601: 5586: 5585: 5565: 5545: 5525: 5505: 5485: 5469:"اقليم التفاح" 5465: 5445: 5425: 5405: 5385: 5365: 5345: 5325: 5305: 5285: 5265: 5245: 5225: 5205: 5185: 5165: 5145: 5125: 5105: 5085: 5065: 5045: 5025: 5005: 4985: 4965: 4945: 4925: 4905: 4885: 4865: 4845: 4825: 4805: 4784: 4782: 4781:Arabic sources 4779: 4777: 4776: 4760: 4744: 4738: 4723: 4706: 4700: 4685: 4665: 4650: 4630: 4615: 4609: 4594: 4588: 4582:. 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