By the end Process_end of 1993 , the Sierra Leone Army ( SLA ) had succeeded in pushing Motion the RUF rebels back to the Liberian border , but the RUF recovered Recovering and fighting continued .

Various forces — Israeli , Phalangists and possibly also the South Lebanon Army ( SLA ) — were in the vicinity of Sabra and Shatila at the time of the slaughter , taking Action advantage of the fact that the Multinational Force had removed Removing barracks and mines that had encircled Attack Beirut 's predominantly Muslim neighborhoods and kept Temporary_stay the Israelis at bay during the Beirut siege .