Battle of Amman (1970)

Battle of Amman
	Part of Black September
Date	16–27 September 1970
Location	Amman, Jordan
Result	Ceasefire brokered by Arab governments Signing of a 14-point agreement;
Belligerents
Jordan	Palestine Liberation Organization
Commanders and leaders
Hussein bin Talal; Habis Majali	Yasser Arafat
Units involved
Royal Army	PLO; Fatah; Popular Front; Democratic Front
Casualties and losses
	5,000 to 10,000 as of 22 September

The Battle of Amman (Arabic: معركة عمّان) took place in September 1970 between forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (the Fedayeen) and the Royal Hashemite Army. Hussein's government considers that the casus belli of the battle is the hijacking of planes carried out by the Popular Front on 6 September. On 17 September, the army launched a big attack against a Palestinian commandos bases in Amman.

The United States was in favor of Israeli intervention to aid Hussein, but this proved unnecessary. The violence was brough to an end after the parties agreed to a ceasefire agremeent signed in Cairo, Egypt.

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