13 August 1989
⚔The Battle of Souk el-Gharb
Mount Lebanon#Civil war
AttackerSyria / Syrian Army➜TargetLebanese ArmyMichel Aoun / FPMGovernment
On 13 August 1989 the Syrian army and its allies launched a major attack on Souk el-Gharb to reach Baabda, and the Lebanese army (Aoun) repelled it in the fiercest battle of the War of Liberation.