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MID#3439
Dispute Number: 3439
Date(s): November 26, 1975 to September 21, 1977
Participants: 666 Israel/652 Syria
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On November 26, 1975, Syria threatened further fighting if Israel did not
make political and territorial concessions for a renewed UN peacekeeping mandate along
the border. Israel refused to take action while under threat and resisted the demands. A
border clash followed in March 1976, and Israel threatened additional force in April.
Then, on November 22, Israeli troops and reinforcements were sent to the border in order
to back a threat to Syria not to allow its forces near the Israeli border with Lebanon.
The conflict devolved into a proxy war fought mostly in Lebanon. Both shelled
across their border and caused destruction to fields and villages. Syria attacked
Israeli villages, but those incidents were rare as both sides try to contain the conflict
to control over Lebanon. Syria eventually took control of the north of Lebanon, but
on September 21, 1977, Israel warned Syria against moving its peacekeeping troops
toward the Lebanese southern border near the fighting between Palestinian leftist
forces and the Israeli-backed Christian forces. Israel stated that it would not tolerate
Syrian troops or other peacekeeping troops that were not Lebanese near its border.
Coding changes: End Date changed from September 23, 1977.
MID#3382
Dispute Number: 3382
Date(s): November 14, 1977 to November 19, 1977
Participants: 666 Israel/652 Syria
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Anwar Sadat was preparing a visit to Israel in order to negotiate peace
accords. Israeli forces were put on alert for possible attacks from Syrian forces across
the border or through Lebanon.
Coding changes: Participant changed: Israeli forces were put on alert as Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat was preparing a visit. The alert was initiated in case of action
by Syrian forces, the real target of the dispute, and not Egypt as originally coded.
MID#3440
Dispute Number: 3440
Date(s): July 6, 1978 to July 7, 1978
Participants: 666 Israel/652 Syria
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Syrian forces in Lebanon began firing indiscriminately within the Chris-
tian districts of Beirut on July 1, 1978. Israel responded by threatening intervention