Chronology of Crimes
Chronology of Crimes
Chronology of Crimes
Genocides, Crimes and Massacres Committed by the PLO and the Syrians Against the Lebanese (1975-2002).
- April 13, 1975 - At 10:30 am, 4 Palestinian Commandos, gun fired 4 civilians at the front door of Church " Notre Dame
De la Deliverance", in Ain El Remmaneh, East Beirut. The victims were: Joseph Abu Assi, Antoine Husseini, Dib Assaf
and Selman Ibrahim Abou khater.
- May 20, 1975 - The Palestinians of Tall Zaatar military camp and the Syrians attacked Dekkwaneh-Jisr El Basha, in East
Beirut. Tens of civilians were killed and massacred. Some others were beheaded.
The Martyrs and Victims' names: (1975/1976 incomplete)
1. Youssef Habib Bedran
2. Michel Fares Abou Zeid
3. Jean Youssef Shallita
4. Toufic Aoun
5. Tony Erkhali
6. Anwar Ezzeldine
7. Elias Massaad
8. Emile Fares
9. Albert Rahmeh
10. Antoine Youssef Bashaalany
11. Albert Jamil Rahmeh
12. Joseph Jamil El Hani
13. Jean Elias Hokeyyem
14. George Elias Aajel
15. George Ibrahim Abu Shaaya
16. Khalil Kodssi
17. Romanos Ghostine Hashem
18. Tony George Korfaly
19. Antoine Wakim
20. Antoine Elias Wakim
21. Jacques Bakhos
22. Jacques Nasr
23. Gerges Lias Rizk
24. George Awwad
25. George Shehoud
26. Joseph Rizk George Elias Haddad
- September 9, 1975 - The Palestinians and the Syrians attacked the Christian Village of Deir Ashash, in North Lebanon.
3 elderly priests were slaughtered, hacked and burnt. The people were forced out from their homes. The priests, "Father
Boutros Sassine, Father Antonios Tamineh and Father Hanna Makssoud", were respectively 98, 77 and 66 years old. The
Syrians were wearing the Palestinian's Military Uniform.
- September 11, 1975 - The Palestinians and the Syrians attacked the Christian village of Beit Mellat in the North. 8
people were killed and tens were kidnapped.
The Victims' names:
1. Edward Abdallah El Saifi
2. Berhan Tanios Chahine
3. Semaan Romanos Awwad
4. Kamel Chafic Al Jaiitany
5. Marie Nadim Jabbour
6. Romanos Awad
7. Assaad Wadih Makhoul
8. Assaad Massoud Trad
- October 9, 1975 - The Palestinians and the Syrians attacked the Christian village of Tall Abbas - Akkar, in North
Lebanon. 20 people were massacred. The church was burnt down to provoke a sectarian war between the Lebanese. The
village was partially destroyed.
The Victims' names:
1. Elias Wadih Hanna
2. Gerges Wadih Hanna
3. Adib Elias Hanna
4. Gerges Hanna El Daher
5. Gerges Abdallah Daaboul
6. Jamil Gergi Akkari
7. Michael Hanna Haidar
8. Michael Youssef Mitri
9. Nicolas El Khoury Aghabios
10. Nicolas Amine El Dahr
11. Youssef Mitri Mitri
12. Michael Youssef Bilad
- October 30, 1975 - The Palestinians and the Syrians attacked the convent of Naameh, the same convent that received
and sheltered Palestinian refugees in 1948. Tens of civilians were massacred.
The Victims' names:
1. George Khoury
2. Halim El Kroum
3. Pierre Edmond Helou
4. Habib Aziz Abu Nasr
5. Pierre Emile Abu Khalil
6. Chafic Haddad
7. Tanios Bshara Abu Khalil
8. Tanios Khalil Abu Khalil
9. Maroun Tanios Abu Khalil
10. Maroun Youssef Abu Nasr
11. Fouad Fares Abu Nasr
12. Albert Hanna Abu Nasr
13. Nabil Edmond Helou
14. Nemr Naaman Abu Serhal
15. Naiim Helou (was burnt alive in the middle of the village)
- December 23, 1975 - The Syrians and Palestinians shelled and attacked the town of Zahle, in the Bekaa. They killed 4
civilians and injured Tens of innocent people.
The Martyrs' names:
1. Tony Sader
2. Abdel Massih Haddad
3. Jacques Jaward
4. Khalil El Khoury
- January 8-12, 1976 - The Palestinians and the Syrians attacked the Christian towns of Damour and Jiyyeh, in Shouf. 50
civilians were slaughtered in one night. The entire "Selim El Asmar" and "El Azzi" Family were executed. The Syrians
were wearing the Palestinian's Military Uniform.
- January 14, 1976 - Same executions were perpetrated in the town of Damour. The Cemetery was completely excavated.
More than 180 inhabitants were killed and their churches profaned. The entire "Cannaan" Family was slaughtered in their
beds while sleeping
-January 15, 1976 - The Palestinians and the Syrians invaded and attacked East of Damour. Women were raped; children
of 2, 3, 4 and 10 years old were all hacked. Houses and churches burnt down. 100 victims were reported.
- January 15, 1976 - The Palestinians and the Syrians arrived at Abb-Elias, a Muslim - Christian village in the Bekaa. Few
days later, 16 Christians were massacred and another 23 were injured. The exodus of the Christians towards Zahle East
Beirut and Jounieh began.
The Victims' names: (incomplete)
- April 4, 1976- Dr. Kamal Youssef El Hajj, Dr. in Philosophy at the Lebanese University of Beirut, was assassinated in
Chbaniye, Baabda. Syrian Agents split open his scull with an axe, as a warning to every Lebanese Great Theorist.
- April 17, 1976 - A French Sniper, hired by the Palestinians, confessed executing 197 Christian civilians.
-May 1-2, 1976 - The Palestinians launched 2000 shells over the Regions of East and West Beirut. 100 civilians were
killed and hundreds were injured.
- May 16, 1976 - Edward Saab, Chief Editor of L'Orient-le Jour and Press Correspondent of the French Newspaper, Le
Monde, was assassinated. It was a Syrian Warning to muzzle the Lebanese Media.
On May the 17th, The Newspapers reported 700 victims (dead and injured), in East, West and the suburbs of Beirut,
during the first 17 days. (see References)
- May 27, 1976 - Linda Jumblat, sister of Kamal Jumblat, was assassinated in her home, in Sami El Solh, East Beirut.
Syrian collaborators shot her in the head. Her 2 daughters were seriously injured. It was the first warning addressed to her
brother the Druze leader, Kamal Jumblat.
- June 1, 1976 - The Syrian Army invaded Lebanon under the name of the Palestinian Liberation Army. They attacked the
region of Akkar and shelled all the regions under Muslim domination. They sacked the towns and villages. They killed over
500 civilians.
- June 4-5, 1976 - The Syrian Army invaded Aintoura, the Metns, Tarshish and Zaarour, injuring Tens of its inhabitants.
- June 16, 1976 - The American Ambassador of Beirut, Francis Edward Meloy, was assassinated along with his
Counselor, Robert Warring and the Lebanese driver, Zohair Moghrabi.
- June 29 to August 12, 1976 - The Palestinians and Syrians from Tall El Zaatar military Camp and Jisr El Basha,
massacred and killed hundreds of civilians and militants before the fall of the Camp.
The Martyrs' names: (see also art. May 20, 1975)
1. Gaby Selim El Aamoud - June 22-76
2. Nazih Michel El Alam - July 2-76
3. Ghawi Fouad Ghawi - July 3-76
4. Kamal Khawand - July 76
5. Kamil Elias El Helou - June76
6. Artine Shabotian - July 1-76
7. Michel Gerges Makhlouf May 5-76
8. Michel Youssef Tawk - June 25-76
9. Mounir Antoine Ziyade - July 76
10. Mansour Joseph Chaanine - July 12-76
11. Mounir Joseph El Asmar - June 29-76
12. Massoud Korkis Massoud - July 76
13. Moussa Rahil El Ghoul - July 76
14. Michel Abou Gerges - July 76
15. Michel Abou Abboud - July 76
16. Michel Abou Zeid - July 76
17. Maroun Joseph Farhat - July15-76
18. Mahrouss Gerges El Khoury and his son.
19. Mahrouss Gerges Khashan - June 7-76
20. Nabil Youssef El Asmar - July 1-76
21. Nemr Saad El Hage - June76
22. Nawal Zeidan - June 76
23. Nazih Fouad Rizk - June 16-76
24. Nabil Philippe El Jbeily - July 7-76
25. Nawal Abu Zeiydan - July 76
26. Nazih Fouad Rizk - July 76
- July 30, 1976- Dr. Khalil Salem, General Director in the Ministry of Finance, was kidnapped. He was found, 3 days later,
fiercely mutilated with his organs ripped out, in the trunk of his car, in Amioun - Koura. It was a Syrian Warning to every
Prominent Lebanese figure.
- July 21 to August 5, 1976 - The Palestinians and the Syrian Army shelled all the regions of East Beirut. 162 civilians
killed and 310 injured were reported. In the Region of Nabaa, in East Beirut, Tens of civilians and militants were reported
killed and massacred by the Palestinians.
The Martyrs' names of Nabaa:
1. Nawal Tohmeh Zeydan
2. Wadih Khattar El Arja
3. Nadri Elias El Hashem
4. Moussa Adib Younes
5. Fadi Joseph El Mneiyer
6. Maroun Elias Radi
7. Iqab Boutros El Droubi
8. Elias Youssef Nader
9. Edward George Ghawi
10. Alfred Haddad
11. Bshara Sabeh Bshara
12. Paul Bhouss
13. Paul Melki
14. Boulos Hanna Qoneisser
15. George Tannous Germanos
16. Joseph Daoud El Howayek
17. George Naiim Salameh
18. George Mansour Salameh
19. Joseph Makdessi
20. Joseph Mansour Salameh
21. Joseph Dib Dib
22. Hanna Tanios Shallita
23. Hanna Michael Nassif
24. Dib Saad El Saad
25. David Antoun El Kik
26. Rizkallah Fnoun
27. Simon Asshak El Khoury
28. Charles Sfeir
29. Charles Bshara Shawish
30. Tony Joseph Irani
31. Tony Tanios El Hkayyem
32. Tony Joseph Raad
33. Tony Nagib El Shawish
34. Tanios Youssef Atiyeh
35. Tony Tohmeh Abu Zeydan
36. Youssef Dib El Chidiac
- October 4, 1976- Dr. Robert Khalaf, Professor at the American University of Beirut, was assassinated in Souk El Gharb,
Aley. As usual, it was a Syrian Warning to the Educational Corps.
- October 18, 1976- The Syrian Army shelled Ashrafiyeh, Furn el Shebbak, Ain El Remmaneh and Jounieh. 25 civilians
were killed and 100 were seriously injured.
- October 19-21, 1976 - The Palestinians and the Syrians attacked the Village of Aishiyeh and committed a real Genocide.
The majority of the victims were women, children and elderly. Women and girls were raped then slaughtered inside the
church. Newborns were ripped apart. Children were decapitated with hatchets. Houses were burnt down. The rest
escaped to another region. Francis Alfred Nasr was burnt alive before his father's eyes.
The victim's names:
1. Francis Alfred Nasr (burnt alive).
2. Alfred Youssef Nasr
3. Fouad Gerges Najem (his wife and his 4 children).
4. Elias Fouad Najem
5. Amale Fouad Najem
6. Therese Fouad Najem
7. Georges Fouad Najem
8. Georgette Fouad Najem
9. Loutfallah Youssef El Chaar
10. Joseph Loutfallah El Chaar
11. Attallah Youssef El Chaar
12. Phillipe Sleiman Chedid
13. Albert Chahine Milan
14. Ibrahim Ephrem Nasr
15. Sleiman Ephrem Nasr
16. Tony Ibrahim Nasr (14 years old)
17. Jamil Elias Nasr
18. Nassim Jamil Nasr
19. Selim Jamil Nasr (16 years old).
20. Youssef Selim Nasr
21. Youssef Nasr Nasr
22. Antoinette Nasr Nasr
23. Simon Youssef Nasr
24. Fouad youssef Nasr (new born).
25. Toufic Nasr (70 years old).
26. Melhem Ephrem Ephrem (45 years old)
27. Sleiman Ephrem (25 years old).
28. Ibrahim Selim Aoun
29. Raymond Ibrahim Aoun (15 years old).
30. Melhem Mansour Aoun (73 years old)
31. Soldier Youssef Elias Abou Kheir (executed in the church).
32. Sleiman Ajjaj El Hajj (15 years old, executed in the church)
33. Pierre Naaemtallah Jabbour (13 years old, executed in the church).
34. Therese Fayez Najem
35. Najat Fayez Najem
36. Fayez Najem and his 2 daughters (5 and 3 years old).
37. Mountaha Rizk Najem
38. Karim Selim Najem
39. Youssef Tannous Abou Eid
40. Tannous Youssef Abou Eid
41. Ibrahim Elias Aoun
42. Jean Khalil Aoun
43. Gerges Maroun Aoun
44. Sleiman Ajjaj Aoun.
45. Tammam Abou Kheir Aoun
46. Assaad Melhem Anid
47. Elias Youssef Anid
48. Aziz Youssef Anid
49. Boulos Anid
-Taalabaya, Jwar el Hoz, Aintoura, Abaydiyeh, Araya, Chebanieh, Maasser Beiteddine...villages were partially or
completely destroyed and its inhabitants massacred.
The Victims of Maasser Beiteddine: (28/10/1976)
1. Jean Tanios Melhem Hanna
2. Mariam Melhem Hanna
3. Bahia Tanios Melhem Hanna
4. Selim Michael Rashed
5. Fouad Sleiman Rashed
6. Linda Fouad Sleiman Rashed
7. Toufic Assaad Saiid
8. Saadeh Michael Saiid
9. Georges Michael Saiid
10. Caroline Michael Saiid
11. Nada Michael Saiid
12. Wardiyeh Milad Saiid
13. Toufic Milad Saiid
14. Najat Milad Saiid
- The Zone of the Quarantina in Beirut was the main base where hundreds of arrests and executions were taking place.
- March 16, 1977 - The Syrian Agents assassinated the Druze Leader, Kamal Jumblatt, along with his bodyguards. The
Palestinians, the Syrians and their Collaborators attacked the villages of the Shouf: Barouk, Botmeh, Kfarnabrakh,
Mazraat El Shouf, Maaser El Shouf, Mashghara and Brih. They massacred 107 of its Christian inhabitants to activate
religious frictions between the Christians and the Druze, in the whole Shouf. Several times, Mr. Kamal Jumblat, as leader
of the PSP, progressive socialist party, openly accused the Syrians for wickedly interfering in the Lebanese internal
affairs.
- June 4, 1977 - Syrian Agents placed a Bomb near yesuuY el Malaq Convent, (King Jesus), in Zouk Michael, Kesserwan.
1civilian was killed and 13 were injured.
- August 21, 1977 - The Palestinians and their collaborators attacked the village of Brih in Shouf and committed Genocide
of 20 civilians to reactivate religious frictions in the Area. (see References)
The Victims' names: (incomplete)
1. Camille Chalhoub
2. Melhem Shoukrallah El-Kawkabani
3. Farida Khalil Khalil
4. Amalia Hassoun
5. Sariyah Hassoun
6. Eugenie Hassoun
7. Karim Melhem Hassoun
8. Nabih Abi Hanna
9. Ibrahim Gergi Lahoud
10. Michel Melhem Khalil
11. Mrs. Fares Kamar
12. Nabihat Chalhoub
13. Marta Touma
- February 8, 1978 - The Syrian Army attacked the Lebanese Army at the caserne "Chukri Ghanem" of Fayadiyeh. At 5.30
am, the Syrians shelled all the Regions of East Beirut and opened fire towards the caserne. Lieutenant Abdallah Hadshiti,
3 soldiers and 4 civilians were killed on that day. Karam Karam, Samia Salameh and Christine Nasr Soleiman got killed,
the day after. Hundreds were injured.
- April 9 to 13, 1978 - The Syrian Army wrathfully shelled the region of Ain El Remmaneh, East Beirut. The Hospitals Al
Hayat and Hotel Dieu De France in the vicinity were completely or partially destroyed. All the patients were moved out
from their rooms to the hospital's shelter. The Syrian Army used the kind of artilleries that is forbidden at the Geneva
Convention. More than 60 civilians were killed and 300 people injured.
The Martyrs of Ain El Remmaneh: (1976/77 incomplete - 1978 missing)
1. Therese Naoum
2. Toufic Nagib Canaan
3. Dani Kessabian
4. Tony Hatem Yazbek
5. Tony Khalil Hosh
6. Tony Yazbek
7. Tony Youssef El Mouallem
8. Tanios Rizk Harb
9. Robert Robershik
10. Chawki George Khabbaz
11. Charbel Melhem Haykal
12. Shehade Nohra Bassil
13. Charbel Selim Jaber
14. Toufic Youssef Nohra
15. Saad Mansour El Hayek
16. Semaan Assaker
17. Sami Sobhi Abdel Ahad
18. Saiid Elias El Halil
19. Samir Antoine Nassif
20. Samir Bshara Demian
21. Samir George Daaybess
22. Samir Sassine Mokbel
23. Raymond Tanios Saade
24. Joseph George Jazra
25. Joseph Haddad
26. George Tanios Hashem
27. Joseph Elias Abu Jaoude
28. Joseph Milad El Assiss
29. George Ghanem
30. Jean Anis Hashem
31. Gerges Zakhour
32. George Boulos Moa wad
33. George Pierre Minassian
34. Gerges Abdo Abu Rashed
35. Hamid Ghandour El Khoury
36. Hanna Amine Aoun
37. Hanna Samaha
- September 27, 1980 - Syrian Agents placed a Bomb in a public bus, in East Beirut. 2 civilians were killed and 22 were
injured.
- November 10, 1980 - Syrian Agents placed two booby-trapped cars in Ashrafiyeh, East Beirut. 10 civilians were killed
and Tens were injured.
- December 24, 1980 - On Christmas Eve, the Syrian Army shelled the Christian town of Zahle, in the Bekaa Valley. Tens
were killed and injured.
The Martyrs' names:
1. Elie Joseph Saade
2. Hagop Hazigzian
3. Elias Nemr Abu Rjeily
4. Antoine Nagib Jabbour
5. Anis Youssef El Khoury
6. Elie Abu Rjeily
7. Pierre jean Moukarzel
8. Toufic Saliba
9. George Joseph Eid
10. George Jaalouk
11. George Dib el Khoury
12. George Chafic Hariz
13. Jean El Baalbaki
14. Gerges Jaalouk
15. Khalil Sleiman El Khoury
16. Rizkallah Youssef El Kassouf
17. Roukoz Sabbagh El Rami
18. Rita George Saade
19. Selim Farhat Assi
20. Tony Hanna Kassouf
21. Tony Zambaka
22. Farhat Issa
23. Farhat Kozhaya Shakira
24. Fassih Saiid Aylo
25. Fahima Younan
26. Louis Colanjian
27. Louis Youssef Younan
28. Marie Mershed Barakat
29. Michel Maalouf
30. Michel Elias Helou
31. Nicolas Selim Abu Dahr
32. Nicolas Mrad El Maalouf
33. Haroun Koshkarian
- December 24, 1980 - On Christmas Eve, the Syrian Army attacked Ain Dara village, in the Shouf. They massacred 2
civilians and kidnapped Tens others. Houses were burnt down.
- April 1 to July 1, 1981- The Syrian Army besieged and shelled the town of Zahle. Hundreds were killed and injured. Even
the Red Cross was a target for the Syrians. On April 3rd, the Nun Marie Sophie Zoghbi was shot down with the driver, in
her Red Cross Ambulance.
- April 2, 1981- The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut, at the time where students were leaving school. Hundreds were
killed and injured, mostly students. Ain El Remmaneh was brutally hit. A hospital in Badaro was destroyed and one branch
of the Red Cross, located in Gemayze, was hit, injuring its volunteers.
- September 9, 1981 - The French Ambassador in Beirut, Louis Delamare, was assassinated. His body was found riddled
with bullets. 4 Palestinians under Syrian orders executed this crime.
- December 15, 1981 - A truck full of explosives destroyed the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut. 30 people were killed and 120
injured. Iraq accused the Syrian Secret Service.
- April 27, 1982 - Syrian Agents assassinated Sheikh Ahmad Assaf for disapproving with their occupation. It was also
meant to activate religious frictions in the area.
- May 1, 1982 - Syrian Agents assassinated Father Philippe Abu Sleiman, 70 years old, in order to activate religious
frictions in the area. He was found shot with 3 bullets in the forehead, neck and back, in Aley.
Among the priests who were killed during the war, 7 were "Jesuits": some were killed, some were massacred and some
others were executed:
1. Father Michel Allard, (52 years old, died in his room shelled by the Syrians, 16/1/1976).
2. Father Louis Dumas, (74 years old, was tied up to a car and dragged until death, 25/10/1975).
3. Father De Jerphanion. (75 years old, was shelled in his car, 14/3/1976).
4. Father Meigne
5. Father Kluiters, (45 years old was found mutilated, slaughtered and executed, 14/3/1985).
6. Father Seinnigan (72 years old was killed with a shell, Februay 1984).
7. Father Masse
- May 24, 1982 - The French Embassy in Beirut was bombarded. The car of Anna Comidis, French secretary of the
commercial service, exploded while entering the gates of the Embassy. Her body was shredded into pieces. 10 other
people were killed and 26 were injured.
The French newspaper "Le Matin" openly accused the Syrian Secret Service of bombarding the French Embassy and
published their names.
- July 11, 1982 - The Syrian Army shelled the area of East Beirut for no reason, killing and injuring more and more
innocent citizens.
- September 14, 1982 - President Bashir Gemayel was assassinated with a Bomb placed in his headquarters, in
Ashrafiyeh, East Beirut. 24 people were killed and 70 were seriously injured. Habib Chartouni, a Syrian agent, who
executed the operation, was arrested and jailed, in Roumieh. On Oct. 14, 1990, when the Syrian Army invaded the last
free zone, they released Habib Chartouni. He is currently living in Syria.
The Martyrs' names:
1. Jean Nader
2. Fouad Abi Najm
3. Sassine Karam
4. Michel Talej
5. Jean Asmar
6. Pierre Fadel
7. Melhem Ibrahim Nemr
8. Marie Lahoud
9. Georges Assaad Karam
10. Michel Haddad
11. Hiyam Chukri El Hayek
12. Feriale Saloukji
13. Adiba Andraos
14. Marcelle Andraos
15. Mona Andraos Salem
16. Randa Mechantaf
17. Antoine Youssef Ayoub
18. Janette Nawwar
19. Hiyam Najjar
20. Rogers Chemali
- September 21, 1982 - A bomb exploded at the Lebanese Forces Headquarters, in Ashrafiyeh, East Beirut. 1 civilian was
killed and 17 were seriously injured.
- December 1, 1982 - Syrian Agents attempted to assassinate Walid Kamal Jumblat, the Druze leader of the PSP, with a
car bomb in Kantari, West Beirut. The operation failed but killed his bodyguard, 2 other civilians and injured 39 Innocent
people.
- December 1982 - The Syrian Army shelled and destroyed the town of Tripoli, in North Lebanon. Hundreds were Killed,
massacred or were deported to Syria.
- April 18, 1983 - At 13.05 am, a Syrian/Iranian agent detonated a truck full of explosives inside the American Embassy, in
West Beirut, killing 63 and injuring 123 innocent.
The Victims' names:
1. Maxwell, Ben H. ...SSGT
2. McMaugh, Robert V. ...CPL
3. Salazar, Mark E. ...SSGT
4. Twine, Richard ...SFC
5. Maxwell, Ben H. ...SSGT
The international Media and World Press from Egypt, Jordan, United States and Israel revealed that the Islamic Jihad
group, who claimed responsibility for the bomb attack on the US Embassy in Beirut, was nothing but a Cover up for the
Syrian Secret Services.
- September 1, 1983 - The Syrians and their collaborators attacked the Village of Bmarryam and commit Genocide of 35
Children, women and elderly. Among them was the Priest of the village, "Father Gerges El Rahi", 80 years old. It was
planned to activate Religion Frictions in the Area.
- September 2, 1983 - The Palestinians, led by Special Syrian Units, launched a massive attack over the town of Souk ElGharb in an attempt to take over the Presidential Palace, in Baabda district. Tens were killed and hundreds were injured.
- September 6, 1983 - The Syrian Army invaded the village of Bhamdoun. They destroyed it and massacred tens of
civilians.
- September 7, 1983 - Syrian Agents assassinated the French Lieutenant, Colonel "Sahler", in Beirut.
US spokesman, Mr. Allen Ronberg, declared on September 8, 1983 in a press release, that the US was holding Syria and
its troops responsible for the deterioration in Lebanon and for supplying its allies with all kinds of weapons.
A French official from the Quai D'Orsay revealed on September 9, 1983 that Damascus was disrupting all positive
negotiations between the Lebanese and accused Syria for bombing the French Embassy.
- September 9-10, 1983 - The Syrians and their Collaborators attacked Maaser El Shouf and executed Genocide of 63
Children, women and elderly. Among them was the Priest of the village, "Father Antoine Abboud". It was meant to activate
religious Frictions in the Shouf, between the Christians and the Druzes
- September 10, 1983 - The Syrians and their Collaborators attacked the village of Bireh and executed Genocide of 64
civilians.
- September 11, 1983 - The Syrians and their Collaborators massacred 15 civilians in Maaser Beiteddine.
- September 12, 1983 - The Syrians and their Collaborators massacred 11 civilians in Fawara.
- September 12, 1983 - The Syrians and their Collaborators massacred 12 civilians in Ain El Hor.
- September 12, 1983 - The Syrians and their Collaborators massacred 12 civilians in Bourjayn.
- September 12, 1983 - The Syrians and their Collaborators massacred 36 civilians in Chartoun and deported 41 to Syria.
- September 16, 1983 - The Syrians and their Collaborators massacred 21 civilians in Majdlaya.
- September 22- 1983, The Catholic Center of information of Beirut officially stated that in 116 Christian villages of the
Shouf, 1500 civilians have been massacred.
- September 26, 1983 - The Syrian Army shelled from Alley the French Residence des Pins, in Beirut, for ten consecutive
days. 7 civilians were killed and 14 were injured.
- October 12, 1983 - The Syrian Army attacked the city of Tripoli, in North Lebanon. 60 civilians were killed and hundreds
were injured. Many others were deported to Syria and remain detained until this day.
- October 23, 1983 - At 6.17 am, Syrian-Iranian Agent executed a suicidal attack at the headquarters of the US marines,
located near the International Airport. The Blast killed 241 marines and injured 144.
The Victims' names:
1. Abbott, Terry W. ...CPL
2. Alexander, Clemon S. ...LCPL
3. Allman, John R. ...PFC
4. Arnold, Moses J. Jr. ...CPL
5. Bailey, Charles K. ...PFC
6. Baker, Nicholas ...LCPL
7. Banks, Johansen LCPL
8. Barrett, Richard E. ...LCPL
9. Bates, Ronny K. ...HM1
10. Battle, David L. ...1stSGT
11. Baynard, James R. ...LCPL
12. Beamon, Jesse W. ...HN
13. Belmer, Alvin. ...GYSGT
14. Bland, Stephen ...PFC
15. Blankenship, Richard L. ...SGT
16. Blocker, John W. ...LCPL
17. Boccia, Joseph J. Jr. ...CAPT
18. Bohannon, Leon Jr. ...CPL
19. Bohnet, John R. Jr. ...SSGT
20. Bonk, John J. Jr. ...CPL
21. Boulos, Jeffrey L. ...LCPL
22. Bousum, David R. ...CPL
23. Boyett, John N. ...1stLT
24. Brown, Anthony ...CPL
25. Brown, David W. ...LCPL
26. Buchanan, Bobby S. Jr. ...LCPL
27. Buckmaster, John B. ...CPL
28. Burley, William F. ...PFC
29. Cain, Jimmy R. ...HN
30. Callahan, Paul L. ...CPL
31. Camara, Mecot E. ...SGT
Caritas-Lebanon diffused on November 22, 1983 in Paris that the Christians evacuated from the regions of Aley and the
Shouf. 100.000 people fled, 85 churches, schools and 17.200 houses were hit and destroyed; 56 villages of the Shouf and
32 of Aley were razed to the ground.
- November 30, 1983 - The Syrian Army shelled the East area of Beirut: Ashrafiyeh, Dora, Jamhour, Hazmiyeh, and
Baabda. 6 civilians were killed and 30 injured.
- December 1, 1983 - Sheikh Halim Taqieddine, head of the Spiritual Druze Court, was assassinated.
- December 4, 1983 - The Syrian Army shot down 2 US Air Force. The one who survived was detained then deported to
Syria.
- December 5, 1983 - A Booby-trapped car exploded in West Beirut. 20 civilians were killed and 84 were injured.
- December 21, 1983 - Syrian Agents exploded a truck bomb at the French Fregate Post , in West Beirut. A French officer
and 14 Lebanese civilians were killed. 90 other civilians were injured.
- January 16, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled the Christian areas. 5000 shells were launched in one single day. 26
civilians were killed and 75 were severely injured.
- January 18, 1984 - The President of the American University of Beirut, Malcom Kerr, was assassinated. It was a Syrian
Warning to every American resident.
- January 20-21 to 30, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut. More than 2 Lebanese and 1 US Marine were killed.
50 Lebanese and 3 US Marines were injured.
- February 1, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut. 6 civilians were killed and tens were injured.
- February 2 to 11, 1984 - The Syrian Army brutally shelled Metn, Kesserwan and the Mountains. 48 were killed and 153
were injured on the first two days. 12 were killed and 116 were injured on the third. Houses, Schools and Hospitals were
hit and partially or completely destroyed. In Yarze, tens were killed and injured.
The Newspapers reported the month of February, as the most barbarian month that has ever struck Lebanon. The
Syrians were shelling with heavy artilleries, on daily basis, all the regions of Lebanon. Schools, Hospitals Asylums,
Churches and Shelters were their main target. They killed 500 civilians and seriously injured 2300 innocent people.
- March 13, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut. 27 were killed and 125 were injured.
- March 26, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut. 5 were killed and 20 injured. A French Diplomat was shot in West
Beirut.
UNIFIL withdrew its Troops from Lebanon, after a period of 18 months, on April 1, 1984. 308 injured and 353 dead, 264
Americans, 112 French, and 62 Italians, were reported.
- April 3 to 29, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut. 10 were killed and 79 were injured.
- April 8, 1984 - Syrian Agents murdered the entire "Al Haddad' family, in their home, in Cola area, West Beirut, in order to
activate religious frictions in the area.
- April 1984- Syrian Agents assassinated Dr. Salah Yassine, Professor at the Lebanese University.
- May 3- 4, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut. 29 were killed and 18 children were injured.
The Newspapers published on May 3rd 1984, that 150 were reported dead, in the month of April.
- May 12, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East Beirut. 19 civilians were killed and 72 were injured.
- May 14, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled "Notre Dame de l'Annonciation" school in Ashrafieh, East Beirut. 1 Student was
killed and 21 were seriously injured. (see References)
- June 11, 1984 - The Syrian Army shelled East and West Beirut to provoke an internal confrontation. 105 civilians were
killed and 250 were injured in the West Side. 19 were killed and 107 were injured in the East Side.
- June 23, 1984 - Syrian Agents kidnapped then executed Gerhard Loitzenbaur, the Consul of Austria, in West Beirut.
- July 6, 1984 - A booby-trapped car exploded in a Supermarket in Jbeil-Byblos, North Lebanon. 2 civilians were killed and
3 were seriously injured.
- July 16, 1984 - The Syrian Army controlled the villages of North Lebanon. Tens were killed and hundreds were injured.
- August 9, 1984 - A Booby trapped car exploded in West Beirut, killing and injuring tens of civilians.
- August 17, 1984 - The Syrians assassinated Dr. Andre Nasri Nahhass, Professor at the Lebanese University and
Director of a Public School, in Tripoli. As usual, it was a Syrian Warning to the educational corps.
- August 21, 1984 - The Syrian Army attacked the city of Tripoli, North Lebanon. 30 Sunnite resistant were killed and 150
were injured. Others were deported to Syria where they remain until this day. Tripoli had been the target of the Syrian
Army for a whole month, killing 90 dead and injuring 300 civilians.
- September 20, 1984 - A truck bomb exploded near the American Embassy in Awkar, East Beirut. 12 civilians were killed
and 96 were injured.
- September 27, 1984 - 3 Lebanese Soldiers were found massacred in Zghorta, North of Lebanon; zone controlled by the
Syrians.
- March 6, 1985 - Syrian-Iranian groups attacked Rashaya, in South Lebanon. Tony Kfoury was killed and Tens were
injured.
- May 22, 1985 - A booby-trapped car exploded in a Supermarket in Sin El Fil, East Beirut. 42 civilians were killed and 177
seriously injured.
- June 4, 1985 - Denis Hill, a British Professor at the American University of Beirut, was found assassinated. It was a
Syrian Warning to all the Britsh and American Residents.
- June 30, 1985 - Syrian-Iranian groups attacked Zaghraya-Sidon, in South Lebanon. Mustafa Khalil, Abdel Raouf El Hajj
and Mahmoud Haffouda, were killed.
- August 12, 1985 - The Syrians shelled East and West Beirut. 17 innocent were killed and 140 were injured.
- August 14, 1985 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Sid El Baouchriyeh, East Beirut. 21 civilians were killed and 120
seriously injured.
- August 17, 1985 - A booby-trapped car exploded in a Supermarket in Jal El Dib, East Beirut. 31 civilians were killed and
85 seriously injured.
- August 19-20, 1985 - The Syrian Army brutally shelled the regions of Beirut, Kesserwan, Metns and Jbeil-Byblos. 22
civilians were killed and 86 were injured.
- September 4, 1985 - A booby-trapped car exploded in the town of Zahleh, in the Bekaa. 15 civilians were killed and 47
were seriously injured.
- October 1, 1985 - On the same day, Syrian Agents kidnapped and executed Arkadi Katakov, first Secretary at the Soviet
Union Consulate, in West Beirut.
- October 4, 1985 - Syrian Agents executed William Buckley, third secretary at the American Embassy of Beirut. He was
kidnapped 19 days earlier.
- November 13, 1985 - A booby-trapped car exploded in the court of the St. George Convent, in Awkar, East Beirut. 38
were seriously injured and 4 civilians were killed, including 2 Lebanese Lieutenants.
- December 31, 1985 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Jal El Dib, East Beirut. 3 civilians were killed and 23 were
seriously injured.
According to official Statistics, Reuters Agency reported 3693 killed in 1985 and 2200 in 1984.
- January 21, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Furn El Chebback, East Beirut. 22 civilians were killed and 110
were seriously injured.
- January 31, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Sin El Fil, East Beirut. 5 civilians were burnt and seriously injured.
- February 1, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Sin El Fil, East Beirut. 1 civilian was seriously injured.
- February 2, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Dekkwaneh, East Beirut. 2 civilians were seriously injured.
- February 3, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in New Jdeideh, East Beirut. 4 civilians were killed and 20 were
seriously injured.
- February 12, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Ain El Remmaneh, East Beirut. 2 civilians were killed and 17
seriously injured.
- February 24, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Sin El Fil -Dekkwaneh highway, East Beirut. 5 civilians were killed
in their car (Lieutenant Elias Abou Zeid and his whole family), 16 were seriously injured.
- March 8, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Rmeil-Ashrafiyeh, East Beirut. 6 were killed and 53 were seriously
injured.
- March 26, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Tahwita - Furn El Chebback. 6 were seriously injured.
- March 5, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Saida. 2 civilians were killed and 2 were injured.
- March 5, 1986 - Syrian-Iranian Agents executed the French researcher, Michel Seurat.
- March 21, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Furn El Chebbak, East Beirut. 30 civilians were killed and shredded
into pieces. More than 132 civilians were seriously injured.
- April 8, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in the market of Jounieh. 11 civilians were killed and 89 were seriously
burnt and injured.
- April 17, 1986 - Peter Kilburn (US), Phillip Patfield (UK) and John Leigh Douglas (UK), Members of the American
University of Beirut were found mutilated and executed in Sofar. It was the usual Syrian Warning to all American and
British Residents.
- April 23, 1986 - Alec Colett (UK), staff at the UNRWA, in West Beirut, was assassinated. (see References)
- May 12, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Saida-Sidon. 2 civilians were killed and 2 were injured.
- May 21, 1986 - On the same day, 2 booby-trapped cars exploded in East Beirut. 7 Civilians were killed and shredded
into pieces. More than 100 civilians were seriously injured.
- May 23, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Sin El Fil, East Beirut. 7 civilians were killed and shredded into pieces.
4 were missing and 94 were seriously injured.
- May 24, 1986 - Father Boutros Abi Akl, 62 years old, was shot. Syrian Agents riddled him with bullets on his way to
Cadmus School, in Tyr.
- May 25, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Sid El Baouchriyeh, East Beirut. 4 civilians were seriously injured.
- May 27, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Dora, East Beirut. A mother and her son were killed and 7 others were
seriously injured.
- July 28, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Ain El Remmaneh, East Beirut. 32 Civilians were killed and shredded
into pieces. More than 140 were seriously injured.
- July 30, 1986 - A booby-trapped Mercedes car exploded in Barbir, West Beirut. 22 civilians were killed and shredded into
pieces. More than 163 civilians were seriously injured.
At the same time as The French Secret Services accused Colonel Ghazi Kanaan of all terrorist activities taking place in
Lebanon and in France, Damascus was promoting him as Commander-in Chief.
- August 1, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in a parking lot at Dora, East Beirut. 2 innocent people were killed and
29 were burnt and seriously injured.
- August 2, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded at the entrance of a bakery, in Jal El Dib, East Beirut. 6 innocent people
were burnt and seriously injured.
- August 4, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded at the entrance of a Caf in Bourj Hammoud, East Beirut. 2 innocent
people were killed and 31 were burnt and seriously injured.
The Catholic Center of information of Beirut officially stated that since 1975 until August 4, 1986, 74 Explosions were
reported, causing 638 dead and 2752 injured.
- August 15, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Dora, East Beirut. 21 Civilians were killed and shredded into pieces.
More than 84 were seriously injured.
- September 18, 1986 - The Military Attach of the French Embassy in Beirut, Colonel Christian Gouttire, was
assassinated near the Embassy, in Mar Takla. Richard Gimpel, a French employee in an Arak factory, was assassinated.
Lieutenant Jacques Meurand, who was sent from France to investigate on that case, was killed too.
- October 7, 1986 - Syrian agents assassinated Sheikh Subhi El Saleh, Vice President of the Islamic Center, in Broad
daylight.
- October 14, 1986 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Tariq El Jdide, West Beirut. 3 Civilians were killed and 42 were
seriously injured.
- November 22, 1986 - The Syrian Army arrested and tortured hundreds of Lebanese from the city of Tripoli. Tens of
Civilians were found dead in the streets of Tripoli and the rest were deported to Syria, where they remain until this day
- November 30, 1986 - The Syrian Army accused civilians of collaborating against them. They executed 34 civilians.
- June 1, 1987- Prime Minister Rashid Karami was assassinated with a bomb planted under his helicopter seat, on his
way from Tripoli to Beirut.
- July 15, 1987 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Tripoli, North of Lebanon. 5 Civilians were killed and 90 were seriously
injured.
- August 2, 1987 - Syrian Agents assassinated Doctor Muhammad Shoukeir, President Amine Gemayel's special advisor,
in his home in West Beirut.
- November 14, 1987 - Syrian Agents placed a booby-trapped chocolate box at the American University Hospital of Beirut.
7 innocent civilians were killed and shredded into pieces. 37 others were seriously injured.
- October 14, 1988 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Tariq El Jdide, West Beirut. 4 Civilians were killed and 33 were
seriously injured.
- February 8, 1989 - Syrian agents, assassinated Anwar Al Fatayri, a prominent Druze figure of the PSP, with his
bodyguard. The 2 other political members, Joseph El Azzi and Georges Dib Nehmeh, were seriously injured. The latter,
suffers and limps until this day.
- March 7, 1989 - A booby-trapped car exploded in Hamra Street, West Beirut. 2 Civilians were killed and shredded into
pieces, 21 were seriously injured.
- March 13, 1989 - A booby-trapped car exploded at the entrance of a bakery, in Jal El Dib, East Beirut. 15 Civilians were
killed and shredded into pieces, 140 were seriously injured.
- March 14, 1989 - At 7:30 am, school time, the Syrian Army committed from the hills of Aramoun a children Genocide
with a 240mm mortar, launched at the UNESCO, in West Beirut. 13 innocent children were killed and Tens were injured. 4
civilians were burnt in their car.
- March 14, 1989 - The Spanish Ambassador, Pedro Manuel de Aristigui, was killed with his father, his sister in-law and
the Lebanese Writer, Toufic Youssef Awwad. The Syrians shelled his quarters at the Spanish Embassy in Baabda, East
Beirut, with a 240 mm mortar. De Aristigui survived the first time, from a kidnapping, on 10/10/1984.
- March 14, 1989 - The Syrian Army kept shelling all the regions of East, West Beirut, Metn, Byblos and the Shouf. They
used all kind of heavy artilleries. They killed 40 innocent and injured 132 Civilians. St-Charles, Sacre-Coeur, St.Therese
and few other hospitals were partially or completely destroyed. Schools and churches were as well targeted with 240mm
mortars.
- March 17, 1989 - A booby-trapped car exploded for the second time that week, at the entrance of a bakery, in Jal El Dib,
East Beirut. 13 innocent people were killed and 119 were burnt and seriously injured.
- May 9, 1989 - The Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Hassan Khaled, was assassinated along with his bodyguards, for
opposing and denouncing the Syrian occupation. He informed Kuwait's Ambassador that the Syrians committed the
UNESCO children Genocide to implicate the Legal Lebanese Army of General Michel Aoun.
- August 5, 1989 - In the middle of the night, at 12:30 am, the Syrian Army executed Genocide in Fayadiyeh. The Syrians
shelled 6 bombs of 240mm mortars from 6 different launchers, targeting the only Shelter of the region and killing 150
Civilians; no injured, no survivors.
- November 22, 1989 - President Rene Moawad was assassinated along with 22 others by a roadside bomb, in West
Beirut. While his motorcade was passing through for the Independence Day, two bombs exploded, one in the trunk of his
car and the other one on the sideways of the street. Nominated by Hafez Assad, Rene Moawad refused to overthrow the
legal Government of General Michel Aoun by force and preferred, as a first alternative, to negotiate and convince him to
resign.
- In 1990 - Al-Ma Ayta, the First Secretary of the Jordanian Embassy was assassinated in broad daylight.
- July 6, 1990 - Syrian/Iranian groups murdered U.S. Officer William Higgins, commander of the UNIFIL forces, in South
Lebanon.
- October 12, 1990- Francois Halell, a Syrian Agent, attempted to assassinate General Michel Aoun. The bullet missed its
target but killed General Aoun's soldier. Later on, the Syrians considered him as a national hero.
- October 13, 1990 - The Syrian Army invaded The Christian area of Beirut, called the last free Zone. At 7:00 am, the
Syrian Air force bombarded the Presidential Palace while the Syrian Army shelled with heavy artilleries and attacked the
rest of the regions. Soldiers of the Lebanese Army were executed naked with a bullet in their foreheads. Thousands of
civilians were massacred; women and girls were raped and ripped open; children were slaughtered and cut into pieces.
Hospitals, Schools, Monasteries, houses and churches were shelled, destroyed and burnt down. Shelters were attacked
and people were massacred; Priests were strangled or butchered. Hundreds were deported to Syrian prisons where they
are detained until this present day.
- In Dawar, houses and churches were burnt down. 5 civilians were killed and 32 were injured.
- The village of Dahr Al-Sawan was completely sacked. Tens were killed and injured; among them, a French priest from
the Lazarus College was killed.
- In the region of Beit-Mery, Tens of civilians and soldiers were massacred. The Monastery of Deir El Qalaa in Beit-Mery,
was attacked. Soldiers and Priests were first tortured. And around noon, 30 Lebanese soldiers were placed in a pit and
executed in cold blood with machine guns and hand grenades. The Priests, like Father Sleiman Abu Khalil, head of the
Monastery and Father Albert Sherfan, were deported to Anjar at the Lebanese-Syrian borders, then to Palestine Branch,
in Syria. Their fates remain unknown until this day. The corpses of those who were buried alive in the pit are still present,
but no one is allowed to approach the site because of the Syrian forces that are positioned there.
The Al-Qalaa Monastery Incident was one of the most awful incidents of human rights abuses in which the Syrian army
bears direct responsibility"...according to SOLIDE Org. in their report addressed to the United Nations. (SOLIDE Org.,
"UNReport1).
- In the region of Hadath, the 19 young volunteers who tried to defend their homes were executed in cold blood. They
were placed against the wall of "Al Sayydeh" church and gun fired:
The Victims'names:
Rock Jabbour
Elie Barrack
Elie Hawlo Barrack
Claude Jetty
George Zayrob
Andre Chebbly
Saad Al Barrack
Philippe Wanniss and 11 others.
- In the region of Dahr El Wahesh, The Syrian Army attacked and massacred civilians. 76 Lebanese soldiers who even
though surrendered, were shot down. The Red Cross found them naked, tied up and shot in the head. One of them
survived. A nurse at the Public Hospital of Baabda, who saw the arrival of the corpses in the Red Cross ambulances,
declared to a journalist, "I counted between 75 and 80 soldiers. Most of them had a bullet in the nape of the neck or in
their mouth. They carried marks of cords around their wrists. They were naked, wearing only underwear. Some of them
had their eyes extracted; some others had an arm or a leg torn apart. They all have been shot in their heads. There can
be no doubt about their execution".
- On the night of the 13th-14th, the Syrian Army attacked the village of Bsouss, expelled its inhabitants and executed 15
people in cold blood. They were shot in the heart and the head. Their relatives were not allowed to burry them, until the
day after. The rest of its inhabitants got expelled from their homes and were only allowed to regain them after 6 years, in
1996, where they found the whole village razed to the ground. (see references)
The Victims'names:
1. Dr. Nazih Naoum, 25 years old, medical student.
2. Officer Boutros Wehbe, 40 years old.
3. Melhem Lias Sader, 42 years old.
4. Abdo Lias Sader, 50 years old.
5. Rafic Lias Sader, 40 years old.
6. Imad Abdo Sader, 25 years old.
7. Lias Sader, 78 years old.
8. Elie Joseph Feghali, 30 years old.
9. Zeydan Said Feghali, 30 years old.
10. Assaad Sayyah, 50 years old.
11. Elie Assaad Sayyah, 19 years old.
12. Edward Assaad Sayyah, 16 years old.
13. Emile Sayyah, 40 years old.
14. Joseph Sayyah, 42 years old.
15. Robert Joseph Sayyah, 13 years old.
For the first time, the Private hospitals Association refused to publish and reveal the number of victims, as well as the
number of corpses in the morgues.
- October 14, 1990 - The Syrian soldiers were holding with an iron grip all the regions and as barbarians, were torturing,
raping, deporting and killing civilians for no reason. Gaby Hariqa was shot at a Syrian checkpoint, in Hazmieh and one
other civilian in Beit-Mery. A couple of students were found shot in their car, in Ain Saade. 3 Syrian soldiers rapped C.M.,
16 years old, near her house, in Baabda. These daily atrocities remained unbearable for more than 3 consecutive years.
- October 20, 1990 - Syrian collaborators assassinated Dany Chamoun, Leader of the PNL, with his wife and 2 children in
his apartment, in Baabda, under Ali Dib's supervision, a Syrian officer. Dany Chamoun was a close ally to the Prime
Minister General Aoun and the Leader of the Guardians of the Cedars, Etienne Sakr, all opposing the Syrian occupation
and its barbarism against the Lebanese.
- May 22, 1991 - After midnight, Dr. Michel Salhab, the General Secretary of the National Bloc party, was assassinated, in
his home in Baabdat. Syrian Agents, under Ali Eid's Command executed this crime.
- January 15, 1992 - Syrian Agents assassinated Mustafa Geha, a Lebanese Poet and writer for his Anti-Syrian's writings.
His books were later on, removed from the market.
- November 9, 1998 - Syrian-Iranian groups planted an explosive charge, in Ain Majdalain-Niha Road, in Jezzine, South
Lebanon. 4 Southern Lebanese soldiers were killed and 1 other was seriously injured.
- June 8, 1999 - 2 Syrian Agents assassinated 3 Judges and 1 Prosecutor, in Saida 's Supreme Court. Hassan Osman,
Walid Harmoush, Imad Chehab and Assem Abu Daher, were murdered in broad daylight, in front of dozens of witnesses.
The 2 gunmen fled to Ain el Helweh Palestinian refugee Camp. It was as usual, a Syrian warning to subdue the Judiciary
Corps.
- September 22, 1999 - Syrian-Iranian groups planted an explosive charge, in Kfar Houneh, South Lebanon. 2 Southern
Lebanese soldiers were killed.
- September 28, 1999 - Syrian-Iranian groups detonated a roadside bomb, in South Lebanon. 1 Southern Lebanese
Officer with his driver was killed and Tens were seriously injured.
- March 2, 2000 - Syrian-Iranian groups planted an explosive charge, in South Lebanon. 1 Southern Lebanese soldier was
killed and Tens were seriously injured.
- March 3, 2000 - Syrian-Iranian groups detonated a roadside bomb, in South Lebanon. 6 Southern Lebanese soldiers
were killed in their military car and 4 civilians were seriously injured.
A Southern Lebanese Officer reported to the Media, that from 1978 until 2000, 621 Southerners of the Lebanese Army
and 200 civilians were killed and assassinated, while 230 Soldiers and 80 civilians became handicapped.
From 1969 till 2000 - The Palestinians, the Syrians and later the Syrian/Iranian agents, kidnapped, tortured, massacred,
and assassinated hundreds of civilians, in South Lebanon. They attacked the villages of Jezzine Kfarfalous, Naqoura Bent
Jbeil, Marjaayoun, Qlayaa, Hasbaya, Debil, Deir Mimass, Ain El Mir, Roum, Anan, Shuwaya, Labaa, Rmeish, Kfarhouna,
Aramta, Rihane, Ain Ebel, Beit Lif, Tebnine, Bkassine, Aytoula, Sabbah and many others in south Lebanon. They burnt
down houses, churches, schools and 2 Hospitals in order to occupy the rest (8%) of the Lebanese territory and to
undermine the state of lull between Lebanon and Israel.
The Victims and Martyrs' names: (incomplete)
1. Officer Akl Hashem - (SLA - Debil, 31/1/2000)
2. Akiki - (SLA - Debil, 31/1/2000)
3. Fawzi El Saghir - (SLA - 28/9/1999)
4. Milia Naaman Rashed - (72 years old - Jezzine)
5. Maroun Neemeh Neemeh - (67 years old Qlayaa)
- December 1999 - Taqfir wal Hijra, a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist movement established in the mountains of Dinniyeh in
Tripoli, under Syrian's control, ambushed a Lebanese Army unit in the village of Assoun, killing 5 Soldiers. The clashes
remained until first week of January. The Lebanese Army reported a total number of 11 Lebanese soldiers killed. The
group allegedly bombed 4 Orthodox Christian churches in and around Tripoli in October and November of last year. The
same group is linked to the Ain El Helweh Palestinian's camp, in Saida They all operate under Syrian's command.
- April 11, 2000 - David Ajaltouni and Alain Khalifeh, students at the University of Esib - USJ, were killed with a booby
Trapped Box, placed in their Classroom. Ajaltouni, who opened the box containing a hand grenade was immediately
killed. Khalifeh, died later on at the hospital. 3 other students were seriously injured. It was a Syrian Warning to the
rebellious students.
February 10, 2001 - Syrian-Iranian groups excavated the Cemetery of the Shiite Village of "Aytaroun", in South Lebanon
and dug out 17 Southerner Lebanese Soldiers' corpse, from the graves. This profanation was executed on order of
"Hassan Ali As-Sayyed".
The 17 bodies dug out from the graves were the bodies of:
1. Mansour Khalil
2. Aakanen Ali
3. Aalik Samih
4. Droubi Hassan
5. Marmar Ali
6. Mustafa Yasser
7. Abdel Hassen Assayed Hassen
8. Fakih Mohammad
9. Hijazy Fouad
10. Kassem Ali Hussein
11. Taoube Bahige
12. Mawwassi Abed
13. Awada Wafic
14. Assayed Mohammad Mustafa
15. Abbass Aadel
16. Shour Salah
17. Farhat Hussein
- May 7, 2002 - Ramzi Albert Irani, a member of The LF Party was assassinated. Syrian Agents kidnapped him from
Hamra Street in West Beirut, on his way home. He was found, 17 days later, mutilated and killed, in the trunk of his own
car. Once more, it was a Syrian Warning.
- October 11, 2002 - Henri Daou, a member of the PNL Party, was kidnapped and detained in Syrian Prisons; his fate
remains unknown. (SOLIDE Org.,"UNReport1"; UN Human Right Committee, "71session/art.10")
- November 21, 2002 - At 7.30am, a Syrian Agent assassinated Bonnie Penner-Witheral, 31 years old, an American
missionary, in Saida-Sidon. She was found with a bullet in the head and 2 others in the chest. It was a Syrian warning
against the American new policy, in the Middle East.
From 1975 till present - The Syrians kidnapped, deported, detained and tortured thousands of Lebanese in their prisons in
Syria. Many of them were first tortured in Beau Rivage, Anjar and other Syrian Posts in Lebanon, by Ghazi kanaan and
Rustom Ghazali, 2 Syrian commanders-in-chie, before being deported to Syria.
Faraj Obeid, Adel Khalaf Ajouri, Radwan Shakib Ibrahim and Joseph Zoghaib died under torture and from ill- treatment.
Several International Human Rights Organizations reported it. (SOLIDE Org.,"UNReport1"; UN Human Rights
Committee,"71session/art.10").
- On October 1987, Amnesty International released a report about torture in Syrian prisons. The report entitled, "SYRIA torture by the security forces" clearly mentions in page 25 that: "... people arrested or abducted in Lebanon are usually
transferred to Syria soon afterwards. However, they are usually taken first to prisons or detention centers in areas under
the control or jurisdiction of Syrian forces. It is at this early stage in their detention, while undergoing preliminary
interrogation, that detainees first experience torture or ill treatment at the hands of Syrian forces in Lebanon. As in Syria,
torture continues throughout their subsequent detention..." The same report enumerates 38 methods of torture inside the
Syrian detention centers and prisons. (Amnesty International, "SYRIA - torture by the security forces"- 1987; SOLIDE
Org.,"UNReport1").
- On May 1997, Human Rights Watch / Middle East, declared in its report, the following: "... Lebanese complicity in
abuses by Syrian forces sometimes goes beyond official acquiescence and becomes direct collaboration with Syrian
forces in carrying out reported 'disappearances' ...". (Human Rights Watch / Middle East- May 1997).
In May 1984, the "Swiss Association for the Defense of the Liberties of Political Prisoners in Syria" published in Geneva, a
document entitled "The Rights of Man in Syria" and which refers to the treatments exerted on political prisoners held by
the Syrian Secret Services:
Terminology:
*The Term Syrian Agents designates: Syrians, Palestinians, Syrian-Iranian under Hezballah or the Islamic Jihad groups
name. The Syrians Regime of Damascus orchestrates and supervises all terrorist groups in Lebanon.
*Taqfir wal Hijra group, Al Qaida members of Ben Ladden in Lebanon and other terrorist groups are all orchestrated by
the Syrians Regime of Damascus and under Syrian control in Lebanon. They entered Lebanon from Syrian-Lebanese
Borders.
*The word Martyr symbolizes all the civilians who heroically defended their regions and its inhabitants to prevent
extensive attacks and massacres. Some Martyrs were defending independently and some others through their political
affiliation, as the Guardians of the Cedars, the Tanzeem, the PNL and the Phalangist-Kataeb.
* The SLA represents a Unit of 600 soldiers of the Lebanese Army sent to the South, on 1978. The Commanding Officers,
Saad Haddad and Sami Chidiac were officially designated.
* Syrian Collaborators designate: Lebanese Agents, operating for the Syrians Regime.
* Syrian soldiers were present in the Palestinians Camps in Lebanon since 1969. (Livre Blanc, p.140)
* Palestinians and Syrian soldiers were provided with more munitions and their presence in the Camps was reinforced, in
1973. (Livre Blanc p.137).
* Syrian soldiers were involved with the Palestinians since the first Genocide committed against the Lebanese. (Livre
Blanc p.120)
* The Palestinians were under Syrian President Hafez el Assads Authority. (Livre Blanc, p.122)
* Syria hosts terrorist headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas, in Damascus and turns Lebanon into a
base of International terrorism. Terrorist Training camps are placed in the vicinity of Damascus and within Lebanese
territory.
* Syria provides refuge and protection for Palestinian and Islamic terrorism. Among the Palestinian groups are Fatah,
Saiqa, the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(DFLP), the Abu Nidal Group, the Abu Musa Group, the Palestinian Liberation Front, etc. Among the Islamic terrorism are
Taqfir wal Hijra group, Al Qaida and Hezballah with its diverse branches as, the Islamic Jihad Revolutionary Justice
Organization and the Organization of the oppressed. Syria who, patronized Hijackings, Airplane Bombings, and Airport
Assaults, directs its international terrorist operations, worldwide.
References:
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"Syrian Embassy Reply-Stockholm".
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- Human Rights Watch / Middle East- May 1997).
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November 1990;
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- French newspaper, "Le Quotidien de Paris"- (12/11/1983).
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Newspaper Al-Shark - 1975...1991"; "Lebanese Newspaper Al-Anwar - 1975...1991; "Lebanese Newspaper Al-Bairak 1975...1991; "L'Orient-Le jour"; Le Reveil, 2/8/78-.
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jeux des Nations.
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- Photos courtesy: (available on www.gotc.org site)
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jeux des Nations.
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- The Catholic Center of information, "Houroub El Aliha"- 1984/1985
Magazines:
- Stern Magazine "Jan/Feb. 1976".
- Paris Match " No.2161-No.2162 - No.1403".
Newspapers:
- An-Nahar - (1975...1991)
- Al-Shark - (1975...1991)
- Al-Anwar - (1975...1991)
- Al-Bairak - (1975...1991)
Agencies:
- AFP
- AP
- Al Mashereq, Center of Information and research.
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