Iqlim al-Kharoub campaign (apr 24, 1985 – may 4, 1985)
Description:
In the neighboring region of Iqlim al-Kharoub (a cluster of mixed Sunni-Greek Catholic villages),
the LF withdrew its 400 fighters in late April and early May 1985. PSP, Nasserists, and Amal militias
attacked and took control of the area. During this attack, several mass killings mainly of Christians
occurred.
• April 24, 1985: Around 1,000 civilians from Jiyeh escaped by boat during the night; one took 500
people to the port of Jounieh, and the other 500 people to the port of Beirut.412
• April 25, 1985: The PSP and its allies shelled the village of Darb al-Seem, and then went in, looted
the houses, and burned them. The residents had fled to neighboring villages already
April 26–May 4, 1985: Christians were killed most notably in Jiyeh (90), Alman (21), and in
at least 13 other villages. The total number of civilian victims was around 217.414 Children, the
elderly, and women were killed with axes and knives, bodies were mutilated, and more than 100
people were wounded, in addition to an undetermined number of people disappeared.415
• May 4, 1985: Around 1,200 refugees were displaced from the Iqlim al-Kharoub and Saida area and
fled to the eastern parts of the country, mainly to Jounieh. Around 100,000 people fled from 86
villages. In addition to the killing, destruction of houses and institutions, and forced displacement,
the militias also desecrated graves in cemeteries in the villages of Jiyeh, Majdaluna, Jamiliyyeh, and
Basri in Iqlim al-Kharoub.
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