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Conflict Incident Report
Druze attacks on Christian villages at entrances to Aley/Chouf
Associated Timeline/Case:
An Untenable Truce | January, 1977 to December, 1982
Date of incident:
July 1, 1979
Death toll:
10persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Druze groups
Druze gunmen attacked the village of Ain Dara (Shuf entrance, from the Damascus road) and executed five Christians there. During an attack on Dakoun, a Christian village at the entrance of Aley, four young Christian men were executed. A Christian family was stopped in their car in Aynbal. The daughter was killed; the rest of the family was able to flee to Beirut, despite their injuries.
Primary category:
Murder
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