Regional1978

Battle of Beirut

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Lebanon

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Beirut (1978), part of the Lebanon Civil War. Syria defeated Lebanese Christian Militia.

Belligerents2

Syria
Lebanese Christian Militia

Conflict graph

PART OFLebanese Civil War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Beirut (1978). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-beirut-1978 · Sources & methodology