RECENT SYRIAN DEPLOYMENTS INTO LEBANON (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: September 2, 1982
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RECENT SYRIAN DEPLOYMENTS INTO LEBANON
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE SYRIANS HAVE RECENTLY AUGMENTED
THEIR FORCES I EB NON.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THREE SYRIAN ARMORED UNITS, TO INCLUDE A
TANK BATTALION EAST OF AL AOU H, A TANK BATTALION EAST OF
KLEIAT AIRFIELD ( , AND AN ARMORED BRIGADE
NORTH OF BALABAKK HAVE RECENTLY DEPLOYED INTO NORTHERN
LEBANON. SYRIAN AUGMENTATIONS WERE FIRST OBSERVED ON
WHEN A TANK COMPANY WAS SEEN 4.5 NM EAST OF AL
AQURAH AND 25 NM NORTHEAST OF BEIRUT, AT 34-06-40N
035-59-55E. THIS D INCREASED TO BATTALION SIZE BY
ELEMENTS OF A T-54/55-EQUIPPED
TANK BATTAL ON WFRF OR`i7 D AT AL MASUDIYAH MILITARY
DEPLOYMENT 1 NM EAST OF KLEIAT AIRFIELD
AND 2 NM SOUTH OF THE SYRIA-LEBANON BORDER. BY
MAJOR ELEMENTS OF AN ARMORED BRIGADE WERE OBSERVED ALONG
ROUTE 4 (THE ZAHLAH-TO-HIMS HIGHWAY), APPROXIMATELY 6 NM
NORTH OF BALABAKK, AND 30 NM NORTHEAST OF BEIRUT AT
34-06-OON 036-13-30E. THE BRIGADE CONSISTED OF THREE TANK
BATTALIONS, ONE PROBABLE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, AND
ONE 122MM D-30 HOWITZER BATTALION. ONE 130MM M-46 FIELD
GUN BATTALION AND AT LEAST TWO ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
3. (U) BE NONE, COORDINATES 14ONE
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