RECENT SYRIAN DEPLOYMENTS INTO LEBANON (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 2, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350006-0
~~
RECENT S EPLOYMENTS INTO LEBANON. y
- u wy,n
z-~ ~ N~ICnEG ~siBZ- A~
a b a I
? ~,~;~I
~a~n
Kdr $pMh / /
H hnA /
Md~th
al luhhah M~ n j
~r TANK BATTALION
AI
Yemmun~h
ARMORED BRIGADE AND
FlELD ARTILLERY BATTALION J
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350006-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350006-0
ROUTING
TO:
NAME AND ADDRESS
DATE
INITIALS
1
2
3
4
ACTION
DIRECT REPLY
PREPARE REPLY
APPROVAL
DISPATCH
RECOMMENDATION
COMMENT
FILE
RETURN
CONCURRENCE
INFORMATION
SIGNATURE
REMAR6LS:
FROM:
NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO.
DATE
SECRET 4 9
(Security Classification)
(See inside cover)
CONTROL NO. 2-15849/82
NPIC/IEG (9/82)
Warning Notice
Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
SECRET
(Security Classification)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350006-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350006-0
Warning Notice
Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved
(WNINTEL) or (D)
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals
NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or
Contractor/Consultants
PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved
ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information
Controlled by Originator
REL ... This Information has been Authorized for
Release to .. .
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350006-0
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350006-0
Ic) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Page 1 of 1 Attachment to Z -15 8 4 9/ 8 2
Copy NPIC/IEG (9/82)
2 SEPTEMBER 1982
RECENT SYRIAN DEPLOYMENTS INTO LEBANON
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE SYRIANS HAVE RECENTLY AUGMENTED
THEIR FORC I F.B NON.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THREE SYRIAN ARMORED UNITS, TO INCLUDE A
TANK P~ATTALION EAST OF AL A URAH, A TANK BATTALION EAST OF
KLEIAT AIRFIELD AND AN ARMORED BRIGADE 25X1
. A10RTfI OF BALABAKK HAVE RECENTLY DEPLOYED INTO NORTHEF.N
LEBANON. SYRIAN AUGMENTATIONS WERE FIRST OBSERVED 0 25X1
IVI~IEN A TANK COA9I'AP1Y WAS SEEN ~ . 5 NM EAST OF AL ~~x'I
AQURAH AND 25 NM NORTHEAST OF BEIRUT, AT 34-06-40N
035-59-55E. THIS UN1?T HAD INCF,EASED TO BATTALION SIZF. BY
SE(_RFT
ELEMENTS OF A T-54/55-EQUIPPED 25X1`
TANK BATTALION YdERF. OBSER D AT AL MASUDIYAH MILITARY
DEPLOYN?fENT 1 NM EAST OF KLEIAT AIRFIELD 25X1
AND 2 NM SOUTH OF TIIE SYRIA-LEBANON BORDER. 25X1
A4AJOR ELEMENTS OF AN ARMORED BRIGADE WERE OBSERVED ALONG
ROUTE 4 (THE ZnHLAH-TO?}IIA4S HIGHWAY), APPROXIMATELY 6 NM
NORTH OF BALABAKK, AND 30 NM NORTHEAST OF BEIRUT AT
34-06-OON 0?6-13-30E. TIIE BRIGADE CONSISTED OF THREE TANK
BATTALIONS, ONE PROBABLE D4ECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, AND
ONE 122D9M D-30 HOWITZER BATTALION. ONE 1301L;M A4-46 FIELD
GUN BATTALION AND AT LEAST TWO ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
BATTERIES SUPPORTED THE BRIGADE.
3. (U) BE NONE, COORDINATES IJONE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boardlsl they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved
SE('RET
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350006-0