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Sohmor

Sohmor (Arabic: سحمر) is a small town in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies south of Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River.[1] It lies southwest of Machgara, northeast of Ain Et Tine, north of Yohmor, west of Mazret Al Chmis and northwest of Libbaya.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Sahmur as a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley, north of Yohmor.[2] It is a Shiite village.[3]

It was the site of the 1984 Sohmor massacre committed by the Israel Defense Forces.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ /staff.aub.edu.lb
  2. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 141
  3. ^ "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة سحمر، قضاء البقاع الغربي محافظة البقاع في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  4. ^ Keesing's contemporary archives. Keesing's Limited. 1985. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. ^ "15 LEBANESEDRUSE HELD IN REVENGE KILLINGS". New York Times. AP. 22 Sep 1984. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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