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 District 34°15′12″N 35°53′40″E / 34.25333°N 35.89444°E / 34.25333; 35.89444 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
7 killed	400+ killed
80-200 civilians killed Hundreds more wounded

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.