battle, Cold War

Battle of Damour

Name: Battle of Damour
Location: Damour, Lebanon

Battle of Damour was a battle fought in 1984 at Damour, in what is now Lebanon. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Damour. It was part of the Mountain War, which ran from 1983 to 1984. The recorded result: LNRF & Amal Movement victory; February 6 Intifada; Withdrawal of the MNF; Exodus of the local Christians towards East Beirut.

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Fought1984

WhereDamour, Lebanon33.733N, 35.450E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeLNRF & Amal Movement victory; February 6 Intifada; Withdrawal of the MNF; Exodus of the local Christians towards East Beirut

Belligerents22px|border Lebanese National Resistance Front; PSP; People's Liberation Army; LCP; Popular Guard; SSNP-L; 20px Eagles of the Whirlwind; Al-Mourabitoun; 20px Sentinels; 22px|border ASAP-L; 20px ASAP-L Forces; 22px|border Amal Movement; 22px|border Lebanese Resistance Regiments; Palestinian National Salvation Front; 24px|border PFLP-GC; Fatah al-Intifada; 20px As-Sa'iqa; Supported by: Syria; Syrian Arab ArmyagainstLebanese Armed Forces; Kataeb Party; Lebanese Forces; 20px Multinational Force in Lebanon; United States; France; Italy; United Kingdom

Casualties and losses1,200 dead and 1,600 woundedand1,800 dead and 2,400 wounded

Part ofMountain War1983 to 1984

Record

Date	1984 (year precision)
Place	Damour, Lebanon 33.733N, 35.450E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Territorial change	Walid Jumblatt’s Progressive Socialist Party consolidates the Chouf region; West Beirut and its periphery comes under the control of Amal
Casualties and losses	1,200 dead and 1,600 wounded	1,800 dead and 2,400 wounded
Commanders	Walid Jumblatt George Hawi Ibrahim Kulaylat Nabih Berri Ahmed Jibril Said al-Muragha	Amine Gemayel Ibrahim Tannous Michel Aoun Fadi Frem Fouad Abou Nader Samir Geagea

Placed at Damour; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Beirut 1982, 18 km N
Battle of Beirut 1912, 18 km N
Battle of the Hotels 1976, 19 km N
Siege of Sidon 1110, 20 km S
Battle of Sidon 1941, 20 km S

In the same war

Before: Battle of Bhamdoun 1983

Elsewhere in 1984

Battle of Damour is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Lebanon.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q135682714, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Damour (1984), revision 1384011017, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.