War of the Camps

War of the Camps
	Part of the Lebanese Civil War and Palestinian internal political violence
	; Syrian troops in Beirut during War of the Camps.
Date	May 1985 – July 1988
Location	West Beirut and Southern Lebanon
Result	Amal Movement and Pro-Syrian allies victory
Belligerents
PLO Fatah; DFLP; Palestinian Liberation Front; ; Supported by:; Al-Mourabitoun; Hezbollah; CAOL; SSNP-L (Anti-Syrian government faction); PSP; LCP;	Amal Movement Lebanese Resistance Regiments; ; SSNP-L (Pro-Syrian government faction) Eagles of the Whirlwind; ; PNSF PFLP-GC; Fatah al-Intifada; As-Sa'iqa; ; Supported by:; Syria Syrian Arab Army; ; Lebanese Armed Forces 6th Infantry Brigade; 8th Infantry Brigade; ;
Commanders and leaders
Yasser Arafat; Abu Abbas; Nayef Hawatmeh	Nabih Berri; Isaam al-Mahayri; Ahmed Jibril; Abu Musa; Isam al-Qadi
Casualties and losses
	Between 4,500 and 6,500 dead

The War of the Camps (Arabic: حرب المخيمات, romanized: Ḥarb al-Mukhayimat), was a subconflict within the 1984–1990 phase of the Lebanese Civil War, in which the Sunni Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut were besieged by the Shia Amal militia.

The "War of the Camps" was a struggle for control over West Beirut and was considered an extension of the political struggle between Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). It took place between May 1985 and July 1988.