Dinnieh fighting

Dinnieh fighting
Date December 30, 1999 - January 6, 2000 Location Dinnieh district Status Lebanese victory
Belligerents
Lebanon	Takfir wa al-Hijra
Commanders and leaders
Francois al-Hajj	Bassam Ahmad Kanj  †
Strength
13,000	200-300
Casualties and losses
14 killed	25 killed 55 captured

The Dinnieh fighting (December 1999-January 2000) involved the 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 twelve soldiers killed in action, while twenty-five rebels were killed and fifty-five captured.