20 December 1983
●Arafat leaves Tripoli
North & Bekaa#Palestinians in Lebanon
PartiesPLO / FatahSyria / Syrian ArmyFrance
On 20 December 1983 Yasser Arafat and some 4,700 of his supporters left Tripoli on five Greek ships under French naval protection after a Syrian siege; his second departure from Lebanon in 16 months.