Dinnieh clashes

Dinnieh fighting
Date30 December 1999 – 6 January 2000 (1 week)
Location
Dinnieh district
Status Lebanese Army victory
Belligerents
Lebanon Lebanese Army
Lebanon 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]

  1. ^ a b "Bin Laden's Network in Lebanon" (September 2001) Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ LEBANON - The Limited Scope For Sunni Militancy. - APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map | Encyclopedia.com
  3. ^ "Syrian, Lebanese Security Forces Crush Sunni Islamist Opposition" (January 2000) Archived 2009-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Islamists on a rampage in Lebanon Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine