What the records say
- When
- 9 Mar 1980
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 150
- Coordinates
- 35.81° N, 36.32° E
- Description
- Syrian war crime
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Jisr ash-Shughur massacre (1980)
Syrian war crime
The Jisr ash-Shughur massacre of 1980 occurred in Syria on 9 March 1980, when helicopter borne Syrian troops were sent into Jisr ash-Shughur, a town between Aleppo and Latakia, to quell demonstrators, who had recently ransacked barracks and party offices in town. A ferocious search and destroy mission ensued that left some two hundred dead, while scores of prisoners were ordered executed in field tribunals.
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