Dinnieh clashes

BelligerentsLebanese Army
Internal Security ForcesTakfir wa al-HijraCommanders and leadersFrancois al-HajjBassam Kanj†Strength 13,000 200–300Casualties and losses 12 killed 25 killed
55 captured

The Dinnieh fighting (Arabic: اشتباكات الضنية) (30 December 1999 – 6 January 2000) involved the Sunni Islamist group Takfir wa al-Hijra and the Lebanese Army fighting for eight days in the mountainous Dinnieh region, east of the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli.

Over a period of several days, an estimated 13,000 Lebanese army troops backed by tanks and artillery swiftly defeated the group of 200–300 rebels, driving isolated bands of surviving guerrillas into remote areas of north Lebanon. The Lebanese army reported a total of 12 soldiers killed in action, while 25 rebels were killed and 55 captured.