January 1986 Lebanese Forces coup

January 1986 Lebanese Forces coup
Part of the Lebanese Civil War

Samir Geagea (left) and Elie Hobeika (right)
DateJanuary 1986
Location
Result

Pro-Geagea/Kataeb Victory

Belligerents
Pro-Geagea faction
Kataeb Party Militia
Pro-Hobeika faction
Commanders and leaders
Samir Geagea
Karim Pakradouni
Amine Gemayel
Elie Hobeika

On January 15, 1986,[1] forces loyal to Lebanese president Amine Gemayel and Samir Geagea, intelligence chief of the Lebanese Forces (LF), ousted Elie Hobeika from his position as leader of the LF and replaced him with Geagea. The coup came in response to Hobeika's signing of the Syrian-sponsored Tripartite Accord that aimed to put an end to the Lebanese Civil War.[2]

  1. ^ Viorst 1995, p. 180.
  2. ^ Geha 2016, p. 60.