Battle of Amman (1970)

Battle of Amman
Part of Black September
Date 16–27 September 1970 Location Amman, Jordan Result Ceasefire brokered by Arab governments Signing of a 14-point agreement
Belligerents
Jordan	Palestine Liberation Organization
Commanders and leaders
Hussein bin Talal Habis Majali	Yasser Arafat
Units involved
Royal Army	PLO Fatah Popular Front Democratic Front
Casualties and losses
5,000 to 10,000 as of 22 September[1]

The Battle of Amman^[2] (Arabic: معركة عمّان) took place in September 1970 between forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (the Fedayeen) and the Jordanian Army. Hussein's government considers that the casus belli of the battle is the hijacking of planes carried out by the Popular Front on 6 September. On 17 September, the army launched a big attack against a Palestinian commandos bases in Amman.^[3]

The United States was in favor of Israeli intervention to aid Hussein, but this proved unnecessary. The violence was brough to an end after the parties agreed to a ceasefire agremeent signed in Cairo, Egypt.^[4]