Bmaryam, also spelled Bmariam, is a village in Baabda District,

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, Lebanon.

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. The right-wing

Phalangist The Kataeb Party ( ar, حزب الكتائب اللبنانية '), also known in English as the Phalanges, is a Christian political party in Lebanon. The party played a major role in the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990). In decline in the la ...

-operated

Voice of Lebanon Voice of Lebanon (Arabic , French as or VDL) is a private radio station in Lebanon, owned by the Kataeb Party since 1958. In December 2010, two rival Lebanese radio stations using the same name ran at the same time,

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.

References

Populated places in Baabda District Massacres of the Lebanese Civil War Massacres in 1983 Massacres of Christians in Lebanon 1983 murders in Lebanon Mountain War (Lebanon) {{Lebanon-geo-stub