List of massacres in Ottoman Syria and Lebanon

The following is the List of massacres in Ottoman Syria and Lebanon, mass atrocities committed during the Ottoman rule in the provinces Damascus, Aleppo and Beirut, roughly corresponding to modern Syria and Lebanon, between 1517 and 1917.

Name Date Location Responsible Party Deaths Notes
Aleppo Massacre 1850 Aleppo Muslim rioters 5,000[1] Attacks on Christian neighborhoods in Aleppo
1860 Druze-Maronite massacre July 9-11, 1860 Damascus Druze and Sunni Muslim paramilitary groups 25,000[2] Organized pogroms against Maronite Christians; 326 villages, 560 churches, 28 colleges, 42 convents, and 9 other religious establishments were completely destroyed
Hauran massacre 1909 Hauran Ottoman army 2,000 Ottoman Army under the command of Sami Pasha al-Farouqi crush the Druze revolt in Hauran and massacre 2,000 Druzes.

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References

  1. ↑ Eldem, Edhem; Goffman, Daniel; Masters, Bruce (11 November 1999). The Ottoman City between East and West: Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul. Cambridge University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-521-64304-7. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Shaw, Ezel Kural. History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1977
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