List of massacres in Syria
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The following is a list of massacre
s that have occurred in Syria
(numbers may be approximate):
Massacre
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s that have occurred in Syria
Syria
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(numbers may be approximate):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siege of Ma'arra | November-December 1098 | Ma'arat al-Numan | 20,000 | |
| Hama massacre Hama massacre The Hama massacre occurred in February 1982, when the Syrian army, under the orders of the president of Syria Hafez al-Assad, conducted a scorched earth policy against the town of Hama in order to quell a revolt by the Sunni Muslim community against the regime of al-Assad... |
February 1982 | Hama Hama Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria north of Damascus. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. Hama is the fourth-largest city in Syria—behind Aleppo, Damascus, and Homs—with a population of 696,863... |
7,000-40,000 | |
| Tadmor Prison massacre Tadmor Prison massacre The Tadmor Prison Massacre occurred on 27 June 1980, the day after a failed attempt to assassinate Syrian president Hafez al-Assad. Members of the units of the Defense Companies, under the command of Rifaat al-Assad, brother of the president, entered into Tadmor Prison and massacred about a... |
June 27, 1980 | Palmyra Palmyra Palmyra was an ancient city in Syria. In the age of antiquity, it was an important city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus and 180 km southwest of the Euphrates at Deir ez-Zor. It had long been a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert... |
500-1,000 | |
| Jisr al-Shughour massacre (1980) Jisr al-Shughour massacre (1980) The Jisr al-Shughour massacre of 1980 occurred in Syria on 9 March 1980, when helicopter borne Syrian troops were sent into Jisr ash-Shugur, a town between Aleppo and Latakia, to quell demonstrators, who had recently ransacked barracks and party offices in town... |
March 9,1980 | Jisr al-Shughour | 150-200 |