The ruined Holiday Inn Beirut in the hotel district of Beirut, with the Phoenicia in front of it on the right in 2009
Date
23 October 1975 – 2 April 1976
Location
Beirut
Result
Division of Beirut along East-West
Expulsion of Muslim/Leftist militias and civilians from East Beirut
Holiday Inn comes under control of the LNM
Belligerents
Lebanese National Movement
Al-Mourabitoun
Progressive Socialist Party
Popular Liberation Forces
Lebanese Communist Party
Popular Guard
Organization of Communist Action in Lebanon (OCAL)
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Lebanon
Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party
SSNP
Nasserite Correctionist Movement
ASALA
PLO
Fatah Movement
PFLP
DFLP
Palestine Liberation Front
As-Sa'iqa
Lebanese Arab Army
Lebanese Front
Kataeb Party
Kataeb Regulatory Forces
National Liberal Party
Tigers Militia
Marada Brigade
Al-Tanzim
Guardians of the Cedars
Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG)
Army of Free Lebanon
Internal Security Forces
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Kulaylat Kamal Jumblatt George Hawi Muhsin Ibrahim Assem Qanso Inaam Raad
Hagop Hagopian
Yasser Arafat Zuheir Mohsen George Habash Nayef Hawatmeh
Ahmed al-Khatib
Pierre Gemayel Bachir Gemayel William Hawi Camille Chamoun Dany Chamoun Etienne Saqr Tony Franjieh Obad Zouein Fawzi Mahfouz Bashir el-Khoury
Saad Haddad Antoine Barakat
Strength
LNM: ~1,500 PLO: ~500 Lebanese Arab Army: ~300
LF: ~1,500
Casualties and losses
300 dead and 500 wounded
500 dead and 750 wounded
The Battle of the Hotels (Arabic: معركة الفنادق, Maʿrakah al-Fanādiq) was a subconflict within the 1975–77 phase of the Lebanese Civil War that occurred in the Minet-el-Hosn hotel district of downtown Beirut. This area was one of the first major battles of the war that began in April 1975.
The battle was fought for the possession of a small hotel complex, the St. Charles City Center, adjacent to the gilded Corniche seafront area on the Mediterranean, in the north-western corner of the downtown district of Beirut, and it quickly spread to other areas of central Beirut. The often fierce battles that ensued were fought with heavy exchanges of rocket and artillery fire from the various hotel rooftops and rooms. Sniper fire was commonly utilized.
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500 dead and 750 wounded
