Ka dib guulaha milatari ee isbahaysiga, madaxweynaha garabka midig ee Maronite, Suleiman Frangieh, wuxuu ugu baaqay Suuriya inay soo farageliso. PLO ayaa markaa dib ugu laabatay koonfurta laakiin waxay sii waday howlgalada jabhadaha.
Xaduuda Lubnaan iyo Israa'iil, taasoo keentay in Israa'iil ay soo duulaan bishii Maarso, 1978.