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		Hebron	Turkish soldiers	Unknown	Jews were attacked, beaten, and raped, and many were killed in their homes
Massacre of the Telal		Aleppo	Turkish soldiers upon Selim I's order	9,400	Fatwas issued against the Nusayris that declared them infidels. Around 9,400 Nusayris who assembled in Aleppo were all executed.
1517 Safed attacks		Safed	Mamluk supporters	Unknown	Many Jews subsequently fled the city
1757 Hajj caravan raid		Qatraneh	Bedouin highwaymen		~20,000 Hajjis killed or died of starvation/thirst
Siege of Jaffa		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		Hebron	Egyptian troops	Over 500	Egyptian soldiers did not distinguish between inhabitants; for three hours, troops plundered, killed, raped and maimed Hebronites both Muslim and Jewish.
1834 Safed pogrom		Safed	Arab rioters	unknown	Reports detail torture and mass-rape of Jewish population
Aleppo Massacre		Aleppo	Muslim rioters	5,000	Attacks on Christian neighborhoods in Aleppo
1860 Druze-Maronite massacre		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		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.
Surafend massacre		Sarafand al-Amar	ANZAC Mounted Division	50	New Zealander Troop from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps massacred the town after one of their officers was murdered by a local.