Bmaryam

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Bmariam
بمريم
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Bmariam
Coordinates: 33°49′43″N35°43′25″E / 33.82861°N 35.72361°E / 33.82861; 35.72361
Country Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
Governorate Mount Lebanon
District Baabda District

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

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. Archived from the original on 2024-07-15. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  4. ↑ "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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