Bmaryam
بمريم | |
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Coordinates: 33°49′43″N 35°43′25″E / 33.82861°N 35.72361°E | |
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Governorate | Mount Lebanon |
District | Baabda District |
Bmaryam, also spelled Bmariam, is a village in Baabda District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. [1]
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. [2] [3] 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. [4]
Bmaryam
بمريم | |
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Coordinates: 33°49′43″N 35°43′25″E / 33.82861°N 35.72361°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Mount Lebanon |
District | Baabda District |
Bmaryam, also spelled Bmariam, is a village in Baabda District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. [1]
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. [2] [3] 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. [4]