Bmaryam بمريم | |
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Bmaryam | |
Coordinates: 33°49′43″N 35°43′25″E / 33.82861°N 35.72361°E / 33.82861; 35.72361 | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Mount Lebanon |
District | Baabda District |
Bmaryam, also spelled Bmariam, is a village in Baabda District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.
History
During the Mountain War many of the Christians in the village fled due to fighting. On 1 September 1983, Druze militias entered the Syrian-controlled village and killed 39 of Christian civilians. The right-wing Phalangist-operated Voice of Lebanon radio station reported that the militias had "butchered about 40 elderly persons and children with knives, including the town’s priest, Gergis El-Rai," and that only one remaining Christian had survived.
References
- لوكاليبان. "بمريم - لوكاليبان". www.localiban.org (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- https://www.cairn.info/revue-critique-internationale-2004-2-page-55.htm#no26
- "Druze gunmen apparently massacred Christian civilians Tuesday following their..." UPI. Archived from the original on 2024-07-15. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- "Desert Sun 1 September 1983 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
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