Multiple conflicts in Greater Beirut

Before and during the War of the Camps, several other conflicts were raging in Greater Beirut. In March 1984 Lebanese President Amine Gemayel denounced the May 13, 1983, agreement with Israel, following new rounds of talks in Geneva in late October and early November 1983 and in Lausanne in March 1984.
The Syrian Army reinstated its control in 1985 over most of Lebanon (namely in the North, the Beqaa, and West Beirut). Between 1983 and 1988, there was ongoing fighting between the LF (which also saw bitter internal power struggles) and the Lebanese Army on one side, and the Syrian Army and its allies on
the other. Moreover, various groups fought for control over West Beirut and its suburbs, namely among Amal and groups that were part of the Joint Forces alliance, for instance, with the Murabitun and the PSP.
On November 24, 1985, Amal and PSP agreed to a ceasefire. A month later, a tripartite agreement was concluded in Damascus among the LF, Amal, and the PSP to put an end to their war.
However in Beirut and its suburbs, fighting between the Syrian Army and its allies based in West Beirut, and the LF with the Lebanese Army led to intensive shelling of densely populated areas between East and West Beirut, as well as the Shuf and the capital’s eastern, northeastern, and southern suburbs.