Bmaryam

Bmaryam, also spelled Bmariam, is a village in Baabda District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.[1]

Bmaryam
بمريم
Bmaryam is located in Lebanon
Bmaryam
Bmaryam
Coordinates: 33°49′43″N 35°43′25″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateMount Lebanon
DistrictBaabda District

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.[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]

References
  1. لوكاليبان. "بمريم - لوكاليبان". www.localiban.org (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  2. https://www.cairn.info/revue-critique-internationale-2004-2-page-55.htm#no26
  3. "Druze gunmen apparently massacred Christian civilians Tuesday following their..." UPI. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  4. "Desert Sun 1 September 1983 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-21.


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