Qnat (also spelled Qanat) (Arabic: قنات) is a municipality in the Bsharri District of Lebanon. The village is located just south of a large cliff and near the towns of Mazraat Bani Saab and Mazraat Assaf. The town is a member of the Federation of Municipalities of Bcharreh District. The name of the town comes from the Syriac word Qno meaning ′to win′ and from the name of the Greek goddess, Anat. Religion Qnat is predominately Maronite, with Saint Mary of Qnat church being the main, but not only, church in the town. There are many shrines dedicated to saints in the town, such as the St. Takla shrine, or the Saint Mema shrine. There is a large two floor cave and monastery in the south of the town dedicated to Saint Challita. There is also a spring named after Saint Chalita which provides water for agriculture and which used to provide drinking water before the main water network was installed. There is also a historic Mar Chayna chrurch which was built in 1800 on the remains of a pagan temple. Bishop Francis Baysari of the Eparchy of Jebbe was born in Qnat. A street that connects the public square to the churches was named after him. History On Tuesday, February 12, 1980, a Syrian patrol unit entered the town of Qnat and skirmishes then began between the unit and about 40 local combatants. As a result, reinforcements were called in and arrived that night. On the morning of the new day, 11 Lebanese reinforcements also arrived from the Adonis' Defense Units, headed by Hanna Atik, along with 7 elite ″commandos″, led by Suleiman Hoayek. The next day, 9 more Adonis units arrived, and the day after that, in the morning around 5 AM, Syrian forces bombed parts of the town, near the school. This provoked fighting, and after 2 and a half hours, the Syrians retreated and returned to their original positions outside the town, having suffered dozens of casualties while only wounding two members of the Lebanese resistance. During the night of the 15th, 6 troop carries arrived, carrying reinforcements for the Syrians. Near midnight that night, Bob Haddad led a group of Lebanese fighters through the mountains to the town as well. The following morning, on Saturday, the Lebanese launched a two pronged surprise attack on the Syrians. One group, led by Abou Nader, would attack from