Dinnieh clashes

Dinnieh fighting
Date 30 December 1999 – 6 January 2000 (1 week) Location Dinnieh district Status Lebanese Army victory
Belligerents
Lebanese Army Internal Security Forces	Takfir wa al-Hijra Abou Aisha
Commanders and leaders
Francois al-Hajj	Bassam Kanj
Strength
13,000	200–300
Casualties and losses
12 killed[1]	25 killed 55 captured

The Dinnieh fighting (Arabic: اشتباكات الضنية) (30 December 1999 – 6 January 2000) involved the Sunni Islamist group Takfir wa al-Hijra and the Lebanese Army fighting for eight days^[1] in the mountainous Dinnieh region, east of the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli.

Over a period of several days, an estimated 13,000 Lebanese army troops backed by tanks and artillery swiftly defeated the group of 200–300 rebels, driving isolated bands of surviving guerrillas into remote areas of north Lebanon. The Lebanese army reported a total of 12 soldiers killed in action, while 25 rebels were killed and 55 captured.^[2][3][4]