Sohmor
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Sohmor ({{langx|ar|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.[http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webeco/Qaraoun/page3.html /staff.aub.edu.lb] 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.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/141/mode/1up 141] It is a Shiite village.{{Cite web |title=التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة سحمر، قضاء البقاع الغربي محافظة البقاع في لبنان |url=https://lub--anan-com.translate.goog/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/%D8%B3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A8/?_x_tr_sl=ar&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=إعْرَفْ لبنان |language=en}}
It was the site of the 1984 Sohmor massacre committed by the Israel Defense Forces.{{cite book|title=Keesing's contemporary archives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiwMAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=23 April 2011|year=1985|publisher=Keesing's Limited.}}{{cite news |title=15 LEBANESEDRUSE HELD IN REVENGE KILLINGS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/22/world/15-lebanesedruse-held-in-revenge-killings.html |accessdate=27 May 2020 |agency=AP |work=New York Times |date=22 Sep 1984}}
References
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- {{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|author-link1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|author-link2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}}
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External links
- [http://www.localiban.org/article4611.html Sohmor], Localiban
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJx-ZvttJMA Video]
{{Western Beqaa District}}
Category:Populated places in Western Beqaa District
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