Draft:War of the barracks(Lebanon)

Lt. Khatib and his rebellious soldiers managed to seize parts of the Beqaa and south Lebanon regions, and the northern port city of Tripoli, all areas with a clear Muslim majority. Lt. Khatib later claimed that his LAA faction controlled over 80 percent of Lebanon's territory and was just 10 km away from jounieh.

War of the Barracks(Lebanon)
Part of the Lebanese Civil War
Date January-March 1976 Location Beqaa valley South Lebanon Result LAA/LNM victory
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 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 <br Zuheir Mohsen 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: ~500 Lebanese Arab Army: ~1000	LF: ~1,500 LLA:~300
Casualties and losses
10-100 Dead 100-200 Wounded	50-300 Dead 100 Wounded 10-50 captured

Aftermath

On 5 March 1976 a LAA unit under the command of Major Ahmad Ma'amari clashed with the 200 men-strong, predominately Christian Lebanese Liberation Army (LLA) dissident faction of the Lebanese Army at the towns of Al-Qoubaiyat and Andaket in the Akkar District of Northern Lebanon