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There’s too many Lebanese who are silent about the Syrian regime’s war crimes in our country. Here’s a thread of all the massacres committed by the Syrian regime on Lebanese soil:
October 19-21, 1976 - the Syrian army attacked the village of Aishiyeh and massacred 63 people. The majority of the victims were women, children, & elderly. Women and girls were r*ped and slaughtered inside the towns church. Newborns were ripped apart, children were dec*pitated-
with hatchets, houses were burned down. One of the victims was burned alive in front of his fathers eyes.
April 9-13, 1978 - The Syrian army shelled Ain l Remmeneh in East Beirut. Al Hayat & Hotel Dieu De France hospitals were destroyed. Patients were moved out of their rooms to shelters. The Syrian army used artilleries that were forbidden at the Geneva convention.
More than 60 civilians were killed and 300 people injured.
June 15, 1978 - The Syrian Forces, under Rifaat el Assad’s command, attacked the village of Deir el Ahmar and executed 13 innocent civilians and one officer, Sgt. Mansour Chitt.
June 28, 1978 - Syrian Special Forces, under Ali Dib’s command, attacked the villages of Al-Kaa, Ras Baalbek, Jdeidet Baalbek and Jdeidet el Feqha. 36 civillians were found in their pajamas tied up, mutilated, and torn to pieces.
June 30, 1978 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut for 90 days. The shelling killed 600 civillians and injured 3000. It destroyed schools and hospitals. A booby trapped car exploded in Achrafieh, meant for Bachir Gemayel, but killed tens of civillians instead.
The Syrian Army continued to shell Shahroureh Shelter in Achrafieh, killing 30 innocent civillians.
July 21-27, 1978 - The Syrian Army brutally shelled Hadath in East Beirut. Houses, schools, hospitals, asylums & churches were partially or totally destroyed. 70 innocent civillians were killed and 350 were injured.
August 24 to September 30, 1978 - The Syrian Army shelled, invaded, and massacred the villages of Zgharta, Bcharre, Koura, and Batroun. Hundreds of civilians were massacred, mutilated, chopped up with hatchets and burned alive.
In Batroun alone, the number of civillians killed reached 65, with 40 others disappeared. An 89 year old man in a wheelchair was found with his throat riddled with bullets.
October 1-8, 1978 - The Syrian Army brutally bombarded the regions of East Beirut and Metn with Phosporic bombs. They targeted the gas and fuel tanks of Dora. Four tanks exploded, burning the civillians in the vicinity and reducing the houses to ash.
45 innocent civillians were killed and 74 were seriously injured.
November 1, 1978 - The Syrian Army attacked the village of Bhamdoun and slaughtered nine members of two Christian families in order to activate religious friction in the area.
February 1, 1979 - The Syrian Army violently shelled Achrafieh killing a total of 60 civillians and injuring more than 300.
February 24, 1980 - Journalist Salim Al-Lawzi was assassinated near Beirut airport. Al-Lawzi, the owner of Al-Hawadeth magazine, was tortured by the Syrians and found mutilated in Aramoun.
His right hand was burned with acid for writing an article, criticizing Syria’s Ba’ath regime.
March 12, 1980 - Syrian agent, Hassan Tless, placed a bomb in the northern suberb of Beirut in an attempt to assassinate former President Camille Chamoun.
April 2, 1981 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut, at a time when students were leaving school. Hundreds were killed and injured, mostly young students.
December 1982 - The Syrian Army shelled and destroyed the city of Tripoli in north Lebanon. Hundreds of innocent civillians were killed/massacred and others deported to Syria.
September 1, 1983 - The Syrian Army and their collaborators attacked the village of Bmarryam and massacred 35 women, children, and elderly. Among them was the village priest, Father Gerges el Rahi.
September 9-10, 1983 - Similarly to Bmarryam, Syrian Army and collaborators attacked Maaser el Shouf and killed 63 women, children, and elderly. Among them was the village priest, Father Antoine Abboud. This was meant to stir sectarian tension between Christians and Druze.
September 10, 1983 - Syrian Army and collaborators attacked the village of Bireh and executed 64 innocent civillians.
September 11, 1983 - Syrian Army and collaborators massacred 15 civillians in Maaser Beittedine.
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September 12, 1983 - The Syrian Army massacred 11 civillians in Fawara, 12 civillians in Ain l Hor, 12 civillians in Bourjayn, and 36 civillians in Chartoun. 41 innocent civillians were also deported to Syria
September 16, 1983 - The Syrian Army massacred 21 civillians in Madjlaya
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October 12, 1983 - The Syrian Army attacked the city of Tripoli, 60 civillians were killed and hundreds were injured. Many were deported to Syria and remain there detained until this day.
November 16, 1983 - The Syrian Army brutally shelled East Beirut: Sin el Fil, Achrafieh, Kahaleh, Fiyadieh, Hazmieh, Mkalles, Jisr el Basha, Ain l Remmeneh, Dekkwaneh and Furn el Shebbak. Hundreds of civillians were reported dead and hundreds others injured.
February 2 to 11, 1984 - The Syrian Army brutally shelled Metn, Kesserwan and the mountains. 48 civillians were killed and 153 were injured in the first two days alone. 12 were killed and 115 injured on the third day.
Hospitals, schools, and houses were hit and partially or completely destroyed.
The newspapers reported the month of February, as the most barbarian month that had ever struck Lebanon. The Syrian Army was shelling with heavy artillery on a daily basis, in all regions of Lebanon. Schools, hospitals, asylums, churches, and shelters were their main targets.
They killed 500 civillians and seriously injured 2500 more.
March 13, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut. 27 civillians were killed and 125 were injured.
May 3 to 4, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut, 29 civillians were killed and 18 were injured (mostly children).
June 11, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East and West Beirut to provoke an internal confrontation. 105 civillians were killed and 250 were injured in the West side. 19 were killed and 107 injured in the East side.
August 21, 1984 - The Syrian Army attacked the city of Tripoli. 30 civillians were killed and 150 were injured. Others were deported to Syria where they remain to this day. Tripoli had been the target of the Syrian Army for the whole month, killing 90 civillians and injuring 300.
I’ve been accidentally spelling civilians “civillians” this entire thread l3ama shu ghabe please ignore my dumbass and my dumbass phone which wasn’t autocorrecting me anw ba3d ma khalaset.
