2007 Lebanon conflict

2007 Lebanon conflict
	Part of the War on terror
	; The shelling of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp
Date	20 May – 7 September 2007
Location	Fighting: Nahr al-Bared, Tripoli, Ain al-Hilweh; Bombings: Beirut, Aley, Zouk Mosbeh; Attack on UNIFIL: Khiam
Result	Lebanese victory
Belligerents
Lebanese Armed Forces; Internal Security Forces; Supported by:; United States	Fatah al-Islam; Jund al-Sham;
Commanders and leaders
Michel Suleiman; Francois al-Hajj; Chamel Roukoz; Antoine Pano; Saleh Kais; Georges Nader; Georges Chreim; Hanna Makdessi	Shaker al-Abssi †; Abu Youssef Sharqieh (POW); Abu Hureira †
Strength
4,000 troops	450 Fatah militants,; 50 Jund militants
Casualties and losses
Northern casualties:; 168–179 killed,; 400–500 wounded; Southern casualties:; 2 killed, 6 wounded	Fatah al-Islam casualties:; 226 killed, 215 captured; Jund al-Sham casualties:; 5 killed; Bomber cells: 7 killed, 18 captured
	Civilian casualties:; 55 killed in the fighting,; 12 killed in the bombings; International Red Cross:; 2 killed; UNIFIL:; 6 soldiers killed, 2 wounded

The 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on May 20, 2007 in Nahr al-Bared, a UNRWA Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli.

It was the most severe internal fighting since Lebanon's 1975–90 civil war. The conflict revolved mostly around the siege of Nahr el-Bared, in addition to clashes that occurred in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon and other bombings that took place in and around the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Fighting ended in September 2007.

^ U.S. resupplies Lebanon army for refugee camp standoff Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Fatah Al-Islam: the new terrorist threat hanging over Lebanon". LEFIGARO. April 16, 2007. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011.
^ "U.S. Adds Lebanese Group To Terror List". CBS News. August 11, 2007. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011.
^ Newman (2010), pp. 314
^ ^a ^b Nalla & Newman (2013), pp. 25
^ "Local people against rebuilding of Palestinian refugee camp". irinnews.org. September 10, 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

[1] U.S. resupplies Lebanon army for refugee camp standoff Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Fatah Al-Islam: the new terrorist threat hanging over Lebanon". LEFIGARO. April 16, 2007. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011.

[3] "U.S. Adds Lebanese Group To Terror List". CBS News. August 11, 2007. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011.

[crime-4] Newman (2010), pp. 314

[policing-5] Nalla & Newman (2013), pp. 25

[local-6] "Local people against rebuilding of Palestinian refugee camp". irinnews.org. September 10, 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

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