Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei:
I le amataga o Setema 1983, na faʻatutuina ai iunite a le 7th Brigade i Achrafieh ma Hadath i Beirut, ma i Dahr al-Wahsh faʻasaga ia Aley i le Chouf District i sautesasaʻe o le Laumua o Lepanona, lea na latou feagai ai ma le osofaʻiga a le militia o le Druze militia, le People's Liberation Army (PLA) o le Progressive Socialist Party (PSP). I le faaiuga o le taua mo Souk El Gharb i le aso 24 o Setema, na sola ese ai le Gen. al-Hakim i teritori o loʻo pulea e le PSP / PLA ae na te leʻi taʻutino mai na ia sola ese. O le 72nd Battalion o le Brigade na tu i Dahr al-Wahsh na tuliesea mai le Chouf e le Druze PSP / PLA militia ma faamalosia e toe faaui i tua i East Beirut ia Fepuari 1984. I le masina lava lea e tasi, na toʻatele ai tagata Shia Muslim o le 97th Battalion na sosola "i le vaega" i le Shi'ite 6th Infantry Brigade ma le Amal Movement militia.