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	Yassir 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 Special forces; ; Syrian Air Force; Pro-Syrian Alawite militants	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)

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.

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