February 6 Intifada

February 6 Intifada
	Part of Lebanese Civil War
Date	6 February 1984
Location	West Beirut
Result	Amal-LNRF victory
Belligerents
Amal Movement; PSP; SSNP-L; Supported by: Sixth Infantry Brigade	Lebanese Army Kataeb Party

The February 6 Intifada or February 6 uprising in West Beirut took place on 6 February 1984 during the Lebanese Civil War. It was a battle where the Shia Amal Movement and the Druze Progressive Socialist Party decisively defeated the Lebanese army and the Multinational Force present in Lebanon that supported it. It resulted in the collapse of the United States and Israel's influence in Lebanon, and the beginning of the War of the Camps.

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