At Tiri

Al Tiri is a village in the south of Lebanon. The village is noted for the At Tiri Incident: an April 1980 confrontation between the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the South Lebanon Army in which three Irish Army soldiers were killed.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Murphy, Ray (2007). UN Peacekeeping in Lebanon, Somalia and Kosovo: Operational and Legal Issues. Cambridge University Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-521-84305-8.

Coordinates: 33°08′N 35°24′E / 33.133°N 35.400°E / 33.133; 35.400

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