What the records say
- When
- 13 Oct 1990
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 240
- Coordinates
- 33.82° N, 35.60° E
- Description
- massacre Committed by the Syrian Army in Lebanon
Placed at the town its title names, Dahr al-Wahsh.
Dahr al-Wahsh massacre
Massacre Committed by the Syrian Army in Lebanon
Dahr al-Wahsh massacre, also known as the October 13 massacre, occurred in the Lebanese village of Dahr al-Wahsh during the final stage of the Lebanese Civil War, in 13 October 1990, when the Syrian forces and their Christian militia allies executed as many as 240 prisoners of war and army members of General Michel Aoun, the then de facto leader of Lebanon, who had declared a War of Liberation against Syrian forces o…
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