The World - News from April 17, 1985
Muslim militias battled in the streets of West Beirut for the first time in months, driving noncombatants to cover with rockets, grenades and automatic weapons. At least two people were reported dead and 23 wounded in the fighting, which affected the main shopping and residential districts of the Lebanese capital’s Muslim sector. The battle was between Amal, the main Shia Muslim militia, and the Murabitoun militia of the Sunni Muslims. In the southern port of Sidon, meanwhile, Christian militiamen continued to exchange artillery and sniper fire with Muslim and Palestinian fighters.
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