War of the Camps

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The War of the Camps was a series of brutal mid-1980s sieges and battles in Lebanon in which the Amal Movement and its allies fought Palestinian factions for control of refugee camps during the Lebanese Civil War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
War of the Camps canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amal–PLO War ⓘ
Lebanese War of the Camps ⓘ
linked to: Lebanese Civil War
cause Syrian attempt to curb PLO autonomy ⓘ
struggle for control of Palestinian refugee camps ⓘ
characterizedBy intra-Arab conflict ⓘ
sieges ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ
conflict Amal–Palestinian conflict ⓘ
linked to: Amal Movement
conflictIn Beirut refugee camps ⓘ
Sidon area refugee camps ⓘ
Tyre area refugee camps ⓘ
conflictType sub-conflict of the Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
endTime 1988 ⓘ
hasPart Siege of Burj el-Barajneh refugee camp ⓘ
Siege of Sabra refugee camp ⓘ
Siege of Shatila refugee camp ⓘ
fighting in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp ⓘ
fighting in Rashidieh refugee camp ⓘ
location Beirut ⓘ
South Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: southern Lebanon
mainBelligerent Amal Movement ⓘ
Fatah ⓘ
Palestine Liberation Organization ⓘ
Palestinian factions ⓘ
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ⓘ
Syrian-backed militias ⓘ
notableFor sectarian and political dimensions of violence ⓘ
siege-induced starvation and deprivation in camps ⓘ
opposedBy PLO ⓘ
opposingForce Lebanese Shiite militia ⓘ
Palestinian guerrilla organizations ⓘ
partOf Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
relatedTo Israeli invasion of Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: 1982 Lebanon War

PLO expulsion from Beirut in 1982 ⓘ
result displacement of Palestinian civilians ⓘ
heavy destruction of Palestinian refugee camps ⓘ
large number of civilian casualties ⓘ
strengthening of Syrian influence in Lebanon ⓘ
weakening of PLO presence in Lebanon ⓘ
startTime 1985 ⓘ
supportedBy Syria ⓘ
target Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon ⓘ
timePeriod mid-1980s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lebanese Civil War → significantEvent → War of the Camps ⓘ
Amal Movement → participatedInConflict → War of the Camps ⓘ
Amal–PLO War → relatedTo → War of the Camps ⓘ
Amal militia → notableEvent → War of the Camps ⓘ
Siege of Shatila refugee camp → conflict → War of the Camps ⓘ