Berri takes over the Amal Movement

In 1980, after the 1978 disappearance of Amal's founder Imam Musa al-Sadr, Nabih Berri assumed leadership of the Shia Amal Movement and turned it into one of the most powerful militias of the Lebanese Civil War — including the bloody "War of the Camps" against Palestinian factions and fierce clashes with the rising Hezbollah in the late 1980s.

Referenced entities

Parties

Amal Movement

Politicians

Nabih Berri speaker

Sources

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Berri takes over the Amal Movement [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/5dc552c7-5451-40a6-b886-da8542ba90e3

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Berri takes over the Amal Movement." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/5dc552c7-5451-40a6-b886-da8542ba90e3.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-5dc552c7-5451-40a6-b886-da8542ba90e3,
  title     = {{Berri takes over the Amal Movement}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/5dc552c7-5451-40a6-b886-da8542ba90e3},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 1980-04-01. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 1980-04-01. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.