2007 Lebanon conflict

The 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on May 20, 2007 in Nahr al-Bared, a UNRWA Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli.

This article is about the conflict in Lebanon in 2007. For the conflict in 2008, see 2008 Lebanon conflict. For the war in 2006, see 2006 Lebanon war.
2007 Lebanon conflict
Part of the War on terror

The shelling of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp
Date20 May – 7 September 2007
Location
Fighting: Nahr al-Bared, Tripoli, Ain al-Hilweh
Bombings: Beirut, Aley, Zouk Mosbeh
Attack on UNIFIL: Khiam
Result Lebanese victory
Belligerents
Lebanese Armed Forces
Internal Security Forces
Supported by:
 United States		 Fatah al-Islam
Jund al-Sham
Commanders and leaders
Michel Suleiman
Francois al-Hajj
Chamel Roukoz
Antoine Pano
Saleh Kais
Georges Nader
Georges Chreim
Hanna Makdessi		 Shaker al-Abssi †
Abu Youssef Sharqieh (POW)
Abu Hureira †
Strength
4,000 troops 450 Fatah militants,
50 Jund militants
Casualties and losses
Northern casualties:
168–179 killed,
400–500 wounded
Southern casualties:
2 killed, 6 wounded		 Fatah al-Islam casualties:
226 killed, 215 captured
Jund al-Sham casualties:
5 killed
Bomber cells: 7 killed, 18 captured

Civilian casualties:
55 killed in the fighting,
12 killed in the bombings

International Red Cross:
2 killed
UNIFIL:
6 soldiers killed, 2 wounded

It was the most severe internal fighting since Lebanon's 1975–90 civil war. The conflict revolved mostly around the siege of Nahr el-Bared, in addition to clashes that occurred in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon and other bombings that took place in and around the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Fighting ended in September 2007.

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