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Title | Actors/Parties Involved | Description | Date of incident | Death toll | Number of Injured | Sources of Conflict | Security Incident Category |
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Aley resident found after overnight disappearance |
A young man who disappeared in Mount Lebanon Saturday returned home one day later after being robbed and tortured by unidentified perpetrators, the state-run National News Agency reported. Janah Abdul Khaleq, from the Aley town of Majdal Baana, was reported missing late Saturday. The 25 year-old man reportedly disappeared between Sofar and the Beirut suburb of Hazmieh. According to Voice of Lebanon radio, Abdul Khaleq had sent a text message to his brother before midnight Saturday, saying that an unidentified group was preparing to kidnap him and demand a ransom for his release. |
Sunday, August 9, 2015 | 0persons | 0persons | Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release] | ||
Police detain 4 suspects in fatal Mount Lebanon traffic dispute | Lebanese Civilians, ISF(internal security forces) |
Four people suspected of involvement with Wednesday’s traffic shooting that left a young motorist killed and three people wounded in the Aley town of Qabr Shmoun have been detained by police. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Jul-16/306928-suspect... |
Thursday, July 16, 2015 | 1 person | 3persons | Arrest/Detention, Murder, Shooting | |
Five Suspects in Police Custody after 1 Dies in Aley Dispute | ISF(internal security forces) |
On 16 July 15, five people suspected of involvement in a personal dispute that left one person dead in Aley district were handed over to the Internal Security, a day after the dispute that broke out in the town of Qabrshmoun turned into a gunfight and knife-stabbing. The five suspects are being questioned. http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/184887-five-suspects-in-police-custod... |
Thursday, July 16, 2015 | 1 person | 0persons | Arrest/Detention, Murder | |
Lovesick Man Shoots 'Girlfriend' before Turning Weapon on Himself |
A lovesick young man has shot and wounded his girlfriend in the Mount Lebanon area of Aley before turning the weapon on himself, media reports said on Sunday. |
Sunday, May 31, 2015 | 0persons | 2persons | Shooting | ||
Two Lebanese, one Syrian arrested over writing Daesh slogans in Keyfoun | State Security |
State Security members in Aley arrested on Saturday after intensive investigations three persons including two Lebanese nationals from Keyfoun village and a Syrian national over the crime of writing Daesh slogans and drawing Daesh's flag on a wall in Keyfoun facing the village's Hussainiyah Mosque, National News Agency correspondent in Aley reported. After they were interrogated, the detainees were handed to concerned authorities, the field reporter added. |
Friday, November 28, 2014 | 0persons | 0persons | Arrest/Detention | |
Clashes between opposition and supporters of the government claim 21 lives | Lebanese Resistance Regiments (AMAL), Hezbollah, Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Future Current, Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) |
May 10-12, 2008: - An Amal member shot at a funeral procession, killing six people, in Tarik al-Jdideh, in Beirut. - Three captive Hezbollah members were killed by pro-government PSP members in Aley. - In Halba, in the region of Akkar, North Lebanon, Future Movement and PSP members attacked an office of the SSNP. One civilian was killed in the clashes, and at least 11 captive SSNP fighters were killed. |
Saturday, May 10, 2008 to Monday, May 12, 2008 | 21persons | 0persons | Clashes/Armed Conflict, Murder, Raid | |
Curfew restrictions on Syrian refugees in Abay | Syrian Civilians/Refugees |
The municipality announced through the town speakers: "Syrian workers are as of today under curfew everynight after 8:00 pm until morning" http://cskc.daleel-madani.org/content/curfew-syrian-refugees-abay |
Thursday, March 27, 2014 | 0persons | 0persons | Restrictions on Residents [inc. curfews] | |
Curfew restrictions on Syrian refugees in Aley | Syrian Civilians/Refugees |
Residents of Aley reported that the municipality of Aley imposed a curfew on syrian refugees every night starting from 8:00 pm. |
Monday, July 1, 2013 | 0persons | 0persons | Restrictions on Residents [inc. curfews] | |
Aley vigilantes enforce nighttime curfews on Syrians |
With approximately 5,000 Syrian refugee families now in the area, Aley’s villagers have grown uneasy – so uneasy that municipally enforced curfews on Syrian citizens have in some places been deemed insufficient to ensure security, and townspeople are forming their own patrols. “Some of the people from the region have formed night watches,” a storeowner in the village of Qabr-Shmoun told The Daily Star. “They have a center point in Qabr Shmoun where they meet. They drive around and when they find someone [a Syrian], if he is going to see someone and they know him, it’s fine. But if they don’t know what he’s doing then it’s not OK.” Asked what happens if it’s “not OK,” the storeowner, who declined to give his name, said: “If they don’t know where he’s going, they beat him up.” Claiming that he himself is not a participant in the night watch, the storeowner acknowledged that those who patrol, most aged between 20 and 35, carry pistols. The storeowner also added that although the Progressive Social Party – the dominant political party in the region – has not officially sanctioned the night watches, most of those participating are members. Some, he alleges, are concerned with the community’s safety; others “just enjoy being there ... they just want to find someone and beat him up.” A resident of another village in the region, who wanted neither his name nor his hometown mentioned in the media, told The Daily Star that a curfew has been in place there for three or four months now – since the time “a great amount of refugees came to the village.” “We as young people in our villages are trying to implement this [curfew] because there has been more theft, more problems since the Syrians came,” he said, explaining that after dark he and his fellow residents, a “not very organized” group of “50 or 60,” drive around in their cars. When they encounter a Syrian, they either call the police or tell him to go home, although, he added, “sometimes teenagers hit the Syrian.” Despite the fact that caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel has previously told the media that local municipalities do not have the legal right to pass resolutions that infringe on the authority of the Internal Security Forces, Rawad Shemsedeen, a council member of Benih municipality in Aley, confirmed to The Daily Star Sunday that a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. has been imposed by his and other municipalities in the area. He described it as applying “mostly to Syrians.” Questioned about its legality, Shemsedeen said: “I don’t know. The municipality always takes security measures, of course they work in coordination with the Interior Ministry, but if the ministry rejected [the curfew] the municipalities should adhere.” But unlike the Baabda town of Betshai-Mardasheh, which made headlines in February when photographs of its banners announcing a curfew for “foreigners” were disseminated across social media, the villages surrounding Aley have little signage publicizing restrictions on Syrians’ movement. The Daily Star saw only one such notice, printed on an A4 sheet of paper and posted on a refrigerator door in a small convenience store in Abey. It specifies that the curfew applies to “all Syrian citizens” between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. It is clearly stamped by the local municipality. Yet, several locals The Daily Star spoke to differentiatedbetween Syrian workers and Syrian refugees, saying the curfew was aimed at the former and describing them as troublemakers and responsible for thefts in the area. While there are currently more than 400,000 Syrian refugees registered with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon, it is estimated that there are between 400,000 and 600,000 Syrian laborers in the country. Few of the refugees in the Aley region are registered with the U.N.; most receive aid from the Aley Relief Committee, a body made up of representatives of the city’s municipality and non-governmental organizations. Taking a break from packing boxes of food aid, Nadim Shehayeb, a member of the committee, says that within the city a curfew is only imposed in the Ain Hala area “because it is very special for the Druze.” He estimates 60 Syrian families live in the area. “We did this because there are hundreds and hundreds of Syrian workers and these workers are troublemakers,” Shehayeb explained. Asked what kind of trouble they make, Shehayeb answered: “Stealing, all kinds of things they do.” The storeowner in Qaber Shmoun likewise identifies such theft as a problem: “I caught two Syrian workers stealing from my shop,” he said. Again, in Benih, an elderly man said “theft” was the main motivation for the curfew. Yet when contacted, an ISF source reported that there had been “nothing abnormal” in Aley or around Aley in terms of crime of late. “There have been many rumors in Lebanon about the Syrians and in some areas there is a small increase [in crime] but not in Aley,” the source told The Daily Star. Some residents, however, have other complaints. In Abey a pair of women, sipping from a shared cup of maté, complained about Syrians drinking, riding loud motorcycles late at night and being impolite. When questioned about the issue of theft, one of the women said: “Even before there were a lot of Syrians here there were a lot of thefts going on ... so now it might have been one of us but the Syrians are being blamed.” Shemsedeen, the municipal council member, also does not mention theft among the reasons for the curfew. It has been put in place “so there won’t be any problems,” he said, elaborating: “If they [Syrians] go out at night, they get drunk, someone says something to someone else and there’s a fight, so we put the curfew in place so that everyone stays home and there are no problems.” Shemsedeen said that fights and problems are more likely to happen with “outsiders” or “another village” because “there are the deep social ties between the people here.” He added that the police deal with curfew breakers by giving them an initial warning, and if there are more violations, by punishing them. He did not specify the form such punishment would take. But back in Abey, the maté sippers lament that the curfew is not being enforced. “It started two months ago, and now we feel that no one is abiding by it anymore ... They are out at 11 and 12 p.m.,” one said. According to the women, in Abey there is as yet no night watch, but the foundation of one might not be far off. Joining the conversation, a young man was decisive: “If the municipality is not going to do anything, we’re going to have to form night watches.” |
Monday, April 8, 2013 | 0persons | 0persons | Restrictions on Residents [inc. curfews] | ||
23 people killed by the Syrian Army's continued shelling throughout April 1989, hitting residential areas in Beirut and its southern suburbs, Metn, Kesrwan, Aley, Jbayl, the Beqaa, and Batroun | Syrian Armed Forces |
The Syrian Army continued shelling throughout April 1989, hitting residential areas in Beirut and its southern suburbs, Metn, Kesrwan, Aley, Jbayl, the Beqaa, and Batroun. There were civilian casualties every day; on April 16, 23 people were killed, including the ambassador of Spain and his father-in-law, renowned novelist Toufic Youssef Aouad. |
Saturday, April 1, 1989 to Sunday, April 16, 1989 | 23persons | 0persons | Bombardment | |
101 people were killed and 474 wounded during the 17 days of shelling over the areas of Beirut, Metn, Aley, and Kesrwan | Syrian Armed Forces, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) |
March 20, 1989: Both sides shelled the areas of Kesrwan, the Beqaa, ‘Aley, Metn, Shuf, and the Beirut airport leaving at least 6 people dead and 21 injured. By March 31, at least 101 people were killed and 474 wounded during the 17 days of shelling over the areas of Beirut, Metn, Aley, and Kesrwan. |
Monday, March 20, 1989 to Friday, March 31, 1989 | 101persons | 474persons | Bombardment | |
Car bomb in Aley kills 4 and injures 16 |
November 29, 1984: In ‘Aley, Mount Lebanon, 4 people were killed and 16 wounded in a bomb that was placed in a busy commercial area. |
Thursday, November 29, 1984 | 4persons | 16persons | Suicide Bombing/Car Bomb | ||
Bombing continues, reaching 190 towns, villages, and residential sections of Beirut, Metn, Kesrouan, Aley, and Jbeil, |
August 21, 1985: The bombing continued, reaching 190 towns, villages, and residential sections of Beirut, Metn, Kesrouan, Aley, and Jbeil, killing 26 civilians and injuring 96. The Beirut airport was hit also, and two commercial planes were destroyed. |
Wednesday, August 21, 1985 | 26persons | 96persons | Bombardment | ||
Heavy shelling over Baabda, Metn, Achrafieh and Keserouan |
January 1, 1985: Heavy shelling took place over Kfarshima, Hadath, Baabda, Hazmieh, Fayadieh, Yarzeh, Arayya, Sin al-Fil, Dekwaneh, Ashrafieh, Jdeideh, Broummana, Beit Mery, Mansourieh, Ajaltun, Ballouneh, Klayaat, Aley, and Khaldeh, killing an unknown number of people. |
Tuesday, January 1, 1985 | 0persons | 0persons | Bombardment | ||
Heavy clashes between the Lebanese Army and Amal leave 50 civilians killed and 200 injured. | Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), Lebanese Resistance Regiments (AMAL) |
Early February 1984: The Lebanese Army and Amal exchanged fire, with violence quickly escalating to the use of mortar shells on Metn, Shuf, Aley, and Kesrouan. At least 50 civilians were killed and 200 injured. |
Wednesday, February 1, 1984 | 50persons | 200persons | Bombardment | |
Intensive bombings covers Greater Beirut, Metn, Kesrouan, Aley, and the Shuf |
January 20, 1984: Another day of intensive bombings covered Greater Beirut, Metn, Kesrouan, Aley, and the Shuf. At least 10 civilians were killed and 38 wounded. |
Friday, January 20, 1984 | 10persons | 38persons | Bombardment | ||
Heavy shelling on Greater Beirut claims 22 civilians and more than 75 people injured. |
January 16, 1984: Greater Beirut, Metn, Kesrouan, Aley, and the Shuf came under heavy shelling for almost 12 hours. The bombardment reached schools, killing a number of students. In total, 22 civilians were killed, and more than 75 people were injured. |
Monday, January 16, 1984 | 22persons | 75persons | Bombardment | ||
Sectarian-based killings in Aley |
Sectarian-based killings took place between September 7 and 16, 1983: In Aley: Rishmayya (39), Bmahray (17), Ain Anoub (12), Ain al-Jadida (9), Aley (8), Rijmeh (7), Abu Zuraydeh (a 5-member family), Rimhala (4), Rwaisat al-Naaman (4), Btallun (4), Ain Dara (2), and Abay, Dfun (3). |
Wednesday, September 7, 1983 to Friday, September 16, 1983 | 114persons | 0persons | Murder, Raid | ||
PSP attacks and loots Christian quarters of Aley | Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Christian groups |
February 6, 1983: PSP militias attacked, looted, and ignited the Christian quarters of ‘Aley, killing several families. Survivors were forced to leave. The Israelis reportedly made no attempt to intervene. |
Sunday, February 6, 1983 | 0persons | 0persons | Forced Displacement of Population, Murder, Robbery/Trespassing | |
Israeli drone violates Lebanese airspace |
Army Command Guidance Directorate issued the following communiqué: "On Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., an Israeli drone violated Lebanese airspace from above Nakoura village, executed circular flight over the Saida, Jezzine, El-Shouf, Aley, Tyre, Bint Jbeil and Merjouyoun regions; and then left at 1:30 p.m. from above Rmeish village." |
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 | 0persons | 0persons | Border conflicts (Israeli border) | Air Space Violation | |
Fighting spreads to the North, Beqaa, and Shouf | Druze groups, Christian groups |
Fighting also spread to other regions in the country, including North Lebanon, between the Sunnis of Tripoli and the Maronites of Zgharta, in Zahleh in the Beqaa, and in the Shuf. In the Beqaa, three people were killed in the clashes.41 In Tripoli, shops and offices owned by Christians were blown up by dynamite, causing Christian families to flee toward Beirut or their mountain villages. In the Shuf, Aley and Upper Metn, acts of violence committed by Druze gunmen against Christians or by Christian gunmen against other Christians affiliated to the NM drove many Christian families to leave the area. These acts included blowing up cars or houses, threats, abductions, and murder. |
Sunday, June 29, 1975 to Monday, June 30, 1975 | 3persons | Clashes/Armed Conflict, Explosion, Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release], Murder |