Battle of Bhamdoun (1983)

Battle of Bhamdoun
Part of the Mountain War and the Lebanese Civil War
Date5–7 September 1983 (1983-09-05 – 1983-09-07)
Location
Result Progressive Socialist Party victory
Territorial
changes
Belligerents

PSP

Supported by:

LNRF

Kataeb Party

Supported by:

Lebanese Army
Commanders and leaders
Walid Jumblatt
Anwar al-Fatayri
Ramzi Al-Rayess
Saleh al-Deek
Ramez Assaf
Amine Gemayel
Fadi Frem
Fouad Abou Nader
Samir Geagea
Paul Andari

The Battle of Bhamdoun was fought over Bhamdoun between the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and the Lebanese Forces (LF) from 5 to 7 September 1983. It was the opening battle of the 1983 phase of the Lebanese Civil War and resulted in the successful capture of Bhamdoun by the Druze PLA militia.