You are here

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