The World - News from April 9, 1985
Renewed fighting in Lebanon broke out in Beirut, in the mountains east of the capital and in the southern port of Sidon. Overall, four people were reported killed and 10 wounded. In Sidon, Defense Minister Adel Osseiran and other Lebanese army officers, Christian and Muslim members of Parliament from the Sidon area and a representative each from the Shia Amal militia and the Christian Falangist Party attended a meeting to discuss ways of ending the fighting there. Fighting in the Sidon area between Christians and Muslims has claimed at least 67 lives in the last 20 days.
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