Battle of Qnat

Battle of Qnat
	Part of Syrian occupation of Lebanon & Lebanese Civil War
Date	12 February 1980 - 17 February 1980
Location	Qnat, Bsharri District34.25333°N 35.89444°E
Result	Decisive Lebanese Front victory; Syrian Army withdraws to neighboring villages;
Belligerents
Lebanese Front Kataeb Regulatory Forces Adonis Defense Units; Commando Units; ; Local resistance fighters;	Syria
Commanders and leaders
Bachir Gemayel Samir Geagea; Hanna Atik; Suleiman Hoayek; Bob Haddad; Razzouk Shalita; Fouad Abou Nader;	Hafez Al Assad
Strength
40 local fighters; 20 members of the Adonis Defense Units; 7 members of the Commando units	3,000 troops; 7 troop carriers
Casualties and losses
Light:; 20+ killed; 80-200 civilians; Hundreds more wounded	Very heavy:; 400+ killed

The Battle of Qnat, was a military confrontation that occurred from February 12 to 17, 1980, in the village on Qnat, Bsharri District. The battle saw a group of 40 Phalangist resistance fighters defend the town of Qnat from a battalion of soldiers from the Syrian Army.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.