Battle of the Hotels
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The Battle of the Hotels 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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1975 — 1976 Battle of the Hotels
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 2499 | Phoenicia | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1109 | Lordship of Gibelet | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1861 | Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1926 | Lebanese Republic under French mandate | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1943 | Lebanon | Mediterranean country, sovereign state, country, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | Campaigns of Ptolemy I Soter in Phoenicia | Ptolemy I Soter, military campaign | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1100 | Battle of the Dog River | Kingdom of Jerusalem, battle, Seljuk Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1110 | Siege of Beirut | Fatimid Caliphate, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Republic of Genoa, siege, Republic of Pisa, County of Toulouse | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1126 | Battle of Beirut | Kingdom of Jerusalem, battle, Fatimid Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1383 | Battle of Beirut | battle, Republic of Genoa, Mamluk Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1520 | Battle of Beirut | Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of France, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1585 | Ottoman expedition against the Druze | Ottoman Empire, Druze Faith, military expedition | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1711 | Battle of Ain Darra | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1840 | Battle of Nahr al-Kalb | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Austrian Empire, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1840 | Bombardment of Beirut | Ottoman Empire, Austrian Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Egypt Eyalet, bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1912 | Battle of Beirut | Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Italy, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Battle of the Litani River | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Battle of Beirut | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | 1968 Israeli raid on Lebanon | airstrike, raid | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1973 | 1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon | battle, military operation | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1975 | Two-year war | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1975 | Battle of the Hotels | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1981 | Bombing of Lebanon | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1982 | Siege of Beirut | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1983 | Battle of Bhamdoun | Progressive Socialist Party, battle, Kataeb Regulatory Forces | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1984 | Battle of Damour | battle, Progressive Socialist Party, Kataeb Regulatory Forces | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2021 | 2021 Beirut clashes | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | 20 September 2024 Beirut attack | homicide, war crime, airstrike, massacre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike | military operation, airstrike, assassination | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | Battle of Odaisseh | Israel Defense Forces, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | October 2024 Dahieh airstrike | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | October 2024 central Beirut medical center airstrike | war crime, airstrike, massacre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | 2024 Basta airstrikes | war crime, massacre, airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1958 | 1958 Lebanon crisis | political crisis, aspect of history, proxy war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1975 | Lebanese Civil War | Amal Movement, Lebanese National Movement, Tigers Militia, Lebanese Front, Arab Deterrent Force, Al-Tanzim, Multinational Force in Lebanon, Islamic Unification Movement, Army of Free Lebanon, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Hezbollah, civil war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1985 | War of the Camps | civil war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1989 | War of Liberation (1989–1990) | civil war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1990 | War of Elimination (1990, Lebanon) | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1996 | Operation Grapes of Wrath | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 2006 | 2006 Lebanon War | Hezbollah, Israel Defense Forces, Amal Movement, Lebanese Communist Party, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, war | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | Souffleur | attack submarine, Requin-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| organisation | military branch | 1950 | Lebanese Navy | navy | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1974 | Lebanese Military Museum | military museum | Wikidata |