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22 October 1969

⚔Army–fedayeen clashes before the Cairo Agreement

AttackerLebanese Army➜TargetPLO / Fatah

On 22 October 1969 wide clashes broke out between the Lebanese army and the Palestinian fedayeen in the South, the Bekaa and around the camps, after the army tried to control their movements; Syria closed its border and Egypt mediated, and the crisis ended with the Cairo Agreement on 3 November.

▲ The 23 April 1969 clashes and the seven-month cabinet crisisThe Cairo Agreement ▼
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