Battle of Tripoli (1983)

Battle of Tripoli
Part of the Lebanese Civil War
Tripoli Battle of Tripoli (1983) (Lebanon)
Date 3 November – 20 December 1983 (1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days) Location Tripoli, Lebanon Result Pro-Syrian Palestinian victory PLO driven out of Lebanon
Belligerents
Pro-Syrian Palestinian factions Syria Libya (alleged)	Palestine Liberation Organization Islamic Unification Movement (IUM)
Commanders and leaders
Said al-Muragha ("Abu Musa") Abu Khalid al-Amla Ahmed Jibril Hafez al-Assad Suleyman al-Issa	Yasser Arafat Khalil al-Wazir Said Shaaban
Units involved
PLO dissidents Fatah al-Intifada PFLP As-Sa'iqa Non-PLO Palestinian factions Abu Nidal Organization PFLP-GC Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army[1] Special forces Syrian Air Force Pro-Syrian Alawite militants[2]	Fatah
Strength
6,000 Palestinian troops 10,000 Syrian soldiers	4,500–8,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	200 killed, 2,000 wounded
~1,500 casualties overall (first month)[3]

The Battle of Tripoli (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة طَرَابُلُس, romanized: Maʿrakat Ṭarābulus) was a major battle during the middle of the Lebanese Civil War in late 1983. It took place in the northern coastal city of Tripoli between pro-Syrian Palestinian militant factions and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) led by Yassir Arafat. It resulted in the withdrawal of PLO and mostly ended their involvement in the war.