1981 Hama massacre
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
| 1981 Hama massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Islamist uprising in Syria | |
| Location |  Hama, Syria |
| Date | April 1981 |
| Target | Muslim Brotherhood |
|
Attack type
|
Execution |
| Deaths | 350 - 400 |
| Injured | 600 |
| Perpetrators | Hafez al-Assad, Rifaat al-Assad |
The 1981 Hama massacre occurred, according to one report, after a failed attack by armed Islamist guerillas on a security checkpoint near an Alawite village near Hama.[1] As a revenge action, units of the Syrian Special Forces and the 47th Brigade deployed into Hama and launched house-to-house searches, sealing off neighborhoods as street fighting erupted.[1] A curfew was imposed and Syrian Army troops entered the city. Between Thursday, April 23, 1981, and Sunday, April 26 1981, security forces executed at least 350 residents of the city and injured 600 more,[1] chosen randomly among the male population over the age of 14.[2]
Contents
Background
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Middle East Watch (est. 1989, a part of Human Rights Watch) called the period between 1976 and 1982 "The Great Repression."[3] According to Middle East Watch,
- REDIRECT Template:Blockquote
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Aftermath
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
See also
- 2004 al-Qamishli riots
- Black September in Jordan
- List of massacres in Syria
- List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Middle East Watch. Syria Unmasked: The Suppression of Human Rights by the Assad Regime. New Haven: Yale UP, 1991, pp. 17-18.
- ↑ Carré, Olivier and Gérard Michaud. Les Frères musulmans : Egypte et Syrie (1928–1982). Paris: Gallimard, 1983: p. 148-151.
- ↑ Middle East Watch. Syria Unmasked: The Suppression of Human Rights by the Assad Regime. New Haven: Yale UP, 1991, p.8.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  |
This Syria history article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This massacre-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
