Fathallah barracks

The Fathallah barracks were the early headquarters of the Hezbollah organisation, situated in the Basta neighbourhood of West Beirut. [1][2] On February 25th 1987 it was attacked by Syria in retaliation for Hezbollah's support for Palestinian factions in the War of the Camps against the Syrian-backed Amal movement. [3] Hezbollah condemned the attack as an "unjustifiable massacre" and called for the prosecution of the Syrian troops involved, but did not call for revenge attacks. [4] Hezbollah's headquarters were later moved to secret locations in Dahieh.


References

  1. ↑ Pax Syriana
  2. ↑ Beirut Shows Signs Of Life, Death
  3. ↑ Washington and Hezbollah Rare Convergence of Interests?
  4. ↑ Middle East Contemporary Survey
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