List of massacres in Ottoman Syria
The following is the List of massacres in Ottoman Syria, mass atrocities committed during the Ottoman rule in Syrian provinces between 1517 and 1918.
- For massacres that took place in Roman Judea, see List of massacres in Roman Judea
- For massacres that took place in the Mandatory Palestine, see List of killings and massacres in Mandatory Palestine.
- For massacres that took place in modern Syria, see List of massacres in Syria.
- For massacres that took place during the 1948 Palestine War, see Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine War.
- For massacres that have occurred in Israel following its declaration of independence, see List of massacres in Israel.
- For massacres that have occurred in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip since 1967, see List of massacres in Palestinian Territories.
- For massacres that have occurred during the Syrian Civil War since 2011, see List of massacres during the Syrian Civil War.
Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
1517 Hebron attacks | 1517 | Hebron | Turkish soldiers | Unknown | Jews were attacked, beaten, and raped, and many were killed in their homes |
1517 Safed attacks | 1517 | Safed | Muslim mobs | Unknown | Many Jews subsequently fled the city |
Siege of Jaffa | 7 March 1799 | Jaffa | Napoleon's Army | 2,440–4,100 | Ottoman prisoners were executed on the beaches south of the town. Many of the civilian population of the town were also killed. |
1834 Hebron pogrom | 1834 | Hebron | Egyptian troops | Over 500 | Egyptian soldiers did not distinguish between inhabitants; for three hours, troops plundered, killed, raped and maimed Muslim and Jew alike. |
1834 Safed pogrom | 1834 | Safed | Arab rioters | unknown | Reports detail torture and mass-rape of Jewish population |
Aleppo Massacre | 1850 | Aleppo | Muslim rioters | 5,000 | Attacks on Christian neighborhoods in Aleppo |
1860 Druze-Maronite massacre | July 9–11, 1860 | Damascus | Druze and Sunni Muslim paramilitary groups | 25,000 | Organized pogroms against Maronite Christians; 326 villages, 560 churches, 28 colleges, 42 convents, and 9 other religious establishments were completely destroyed |
Tafas massacre | 1918 | Tafas | Ottoman army | 250 | Ottoman Army perform a massacre of civilians upon retreat in order to demoralize French and British troops, as well as their allies. |