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	Syrian-allied victory PLO driven out of Lebanon;
Belligerents
Syria; Pro-Syrian Palestinian factions; Arab Democratic Party; SSNP-L; Supported by:; Libya	Palestine Liberation Organization; Islamic Unification Movement; Supported by:; Al-Mourabitoun
Commanders and leaders
Hafez al-Assad; Mustafa Tlass; Suleyman al-Issa; George Habash; Ahmed Jibril; Said al-Muragha; Isam al-Qadi; Abu Nidal; Abu Khalid al-Amla; Ali Eid; Isaam al-Mahayri	Yasser Arafat; Khalil al-Wazir; Abu Abbas; Nayef Hawatmeh; Said Shaaban; Hashem Minqara
Units involved
Syrian Arab Armed Forces: Syrian Arab Army Defense Companies; ; Syrian Air Force; ; Pro-Syrian Palestinian factions: PFLP; PFLP-GC; Fatah al-Intifada; As-Sa'iqa; Abu Nidal Organization; Palestine Liberation Army; ; Arab Red Knights; Eagles of the Whirlwind;	PLO: Fatah Al-'Asifah; ; DFLP; Palestinian Liberation Front; ; Al-Tawhid;
Strength
10,000 Syrian soldiers; 6,000 Palestinian fighters; 1,000 ADP fighters; 3,000 SSNP-L fighters	7,000 PLO fighters; 1,000 IUM fighters
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.