1983 · Lebanon History
- 28 January 1983Car bomb in Chtaura
- 6 February 1983Bombing of the Palestine Research Center in Beirut
- 8 February 1983Kahan Commission report
- 13 April 1983Ali Safieddine suicide operation at Deir Qanoun al-Nahr
- 18 April 1983US embassy bombingOn 18 April 1983 a truck bomb destroyed the front of the American embassy in Ain el-Mreisseh during a meeting of CIA…
- 17 May 1983The 17 May AgreementOn 17 May 1983 Lebanon and Israel signed, under American sponsorship, an agreement ending the state of war and tying…
- 17 May 1983Bir al-Abed mosque demonstration
- 21 July 1983David Dodge released
- 23 July 1983The National Salvation Front formedOn 23 July 1983 Suleiman Frangieh, Rashid Karami and Walid Jumblatt announced from Damascus the "National Salvation…
- 24 July 1983Escape from Ansar camp
- 7 August 1983Car bomb in the Baalbek market
- 28 August 1983Army–Amal fighting in West Beirut
- 3 September 1983Israel withdraws from the Mountain and BeirutOn 3–4 September 1983 the Israeli army withdrew from the Chouf, Aley and the suburbs of Beirut to the Awali river line.…
- 4 September 1983The Mountain WarOn 4 September 1983, as soon as Israel withdrew from the Chouf, the Mountain War broke out between the Progressive…
- 5 September 1983Kfarmatta massacreFrom 5 to 7 September 1983 members of the Lebanese Forces killed some 145 Druze in Kfarmatta and the villages of the…
- 7 September 1983Fall of Bhamdoun to the Druze
- 15 September 1983Battle of Souk el-Gharb 1983On 15 September 1983 the Druze forces and their allies massed on the outskirts of Souk el-Gharb, and the Lebanese army…
- 16 September 1983The Hawker Hunters' first and last combat sorties
- 17 October 1983Ashura uprising in NabatiehOn 17 October 1983 (the tenth of Muharram) an Israeli patrol drove into the Ashura procession in Nabatieh; the…
- 23 October 1983Marine and French paratrooper barracks bombingsOn the morning of 23 October 1983 two suicide bombers drove trucks into the Marine barracks near the airport (241 dead)…
- 31 October 1983The Geneva national dialogue conference
- 3 November 1983Battle of Tripoli: the Palestinian dissidents against ArafatFrom 3 November 1983 Fatah al-Intifada (Abu Musa), with Syrian forces, attacked Arafat's positions in Beddawi and Nahr…
- 4 November 1983Second Tyre suicide operation on the Israeli intelligence HQ
- 4 December 1983US air strike on Syrian positions, pilot Goodman capturedOn 4 December 1983 US navy aircraft struck Syrian and Druze positions near Falougha and Hammana in reply to the…
- 5 December 1983The Chiyah bombing
- 15 December 1983Sea evacuation of Deir el-Qamar
- 20 December 1983Arafat leaves TripoliOn 20 December 1983 Yasser Arafat and some 4,700 of his supporters left Tripoli on five Greek ships under French naval…
- 24 December 1983The Sabra-Shatila battle between the army and Amal