• In June, Ahmad Al-Assir organized a sit-in in the street of Saida exposing the presence of Hezbollah in the apartments and gave a public ultimatum to clear them out by Monday June 24^th.  Hezbollah and the Lebanese army got the message that something big was going to happen.
• On the morning of Sunday June 23^rd an armed convoy consisted of Al-Assir men headed to the building where are located the Hezbollah apartments. Before reaching their destination, they were halted at a Lebanese Army checkpoint with their fully loaded arsenal. Eventually they didn’t respond to the Lebanese Army who summed them to stop and hand over their weapons. The armed men took the Lebanese Army by surprise and killed four soldiers on the spot. That was the moment everybody feared but expected.
• Al-Assir men immediately left the scene and took back positions around the Abra headquarters. The Lebanese Army had to quickly counter-attack to avoid the assailants from getting organized and reinforced.
• The army suffered many casualties in the first hours, due to snipers located on the main road leading to Al-Assir’s headquarters. That didn’t prevent the soldiers from taking over key positions allowing them to encircle Abra in no time.
• On Monday, the Lebanese Army was quickly gaining terrain with the retreating and surrender of the thugs.
• By Tuesday June 25^th, it was all over. The Lebanese Army took over Al-Assir’s headquarters and the villa of Fadel Shaker. The previous collected intelligence was very decisive in the course of the battle. No civilian casualties and no religious monuments were targeted. The road leading there was turned into a military base by Al-Assir, with blocks of cement, barbwires, surveillance hunts. The booby-trapped buildings contained a heavy arsenal of light & medium weapons, explosives, personal mines, military gear and other combat equipments. But no sign of the cleric or his fellow singer.
• Many rumors emerged on the disappearance of Ahmad A-Assir, some say he left Saida few hours after the assault on the army checkpoint and is now safe in Syria, other believe he sneaked out disguised as a veiled woman heading to the nearest Palestinian camp (Ain El-Helweh or Miyyeh w Miyyeh). While other say that he’s still in the area above Saida, hiding in caves before trying to reach the Syrian border.

One thing for sure, Ahmad Al-Assir and Fadel Chaker will remain a threat to Lebanon until the day they’re brought in, dead or alive.