Beirut 1985: The War of the Camps and the Shia Rise
In 1985, as Lebanon's civil war entered its second decade, a new conflict erupted within the conflict: the War of the Camps. For nearly three years, the Shia Amal militia, led by Nabih Berri, besieged Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut and the south, seeking to break the PLO's military and political hold on Lebanon. This episode explores the origins of the Shia political awakening, the rise of Amal and its rivalry with Hezbollah, the brutal sieges of Shatila and Bourj al-Barajneh, and the role of Syria's Hafez al-Assad in manipulating the violence. Lucas and Luna discuss how the war reshaped Lebanon's sectarian landscape, driving thousands of Shia into Hezbollah's orbit and cementing the marginalization of the Palestinian cause in Lebanon.
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