Battle of Qnat

Battle of Qnat
Part of Syrian occupation of Lebanon & Lebanese Civil War
Date12–17 February 1980
Location34°15′12″N 35°53′40″E / 34.25333°N 35.89444°E / 34.25333; 35.89444
Result
  • Lebanese Front victory
  • Syrian army withdraws to nearby villages
Belligerents

Lebanese Front Lebanese Forces

 Syria
Units involved
44 fighters from the Lebanese Front, including fighters from the Adonis Defence Units Approximately 3000 soldiers of the Syrian Special Units
Casualties and losses
50 civilians killed. [1]

The Battle of Qnat, was a military confrontation that occurred from February 12 to 17, 1980, in the village on Qnat, Bsharri District.

  1. ^ Lebanon's Legacy of Political Violence, page 27

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