Al Madfoun Checkpoint
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Syrian Checkpoint
Syrian Checkpoint
Activity Period
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Address
المدفون
البترون
Lebanon
Armed/Political Groups involved/responsible
Syrian Armed Forces
On March 16th, 1985, a Syrian brigade composed of about 800 troops, 25 tanks and two dozen armored personnel carriers embarked forward to the area around the Madfoun River Bridge, about 30 miles north of Beirut. They set up a checkpoint on the Madfoun Bridge.