Sohmor (Arabic: 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. [1] It lies southwest of Machgara, northeast of Ain Et Tine, north of Yohmor, west of Mazret Al Chmis and northwest of Libbaya.

The 1984 Sohmor massacre, also known as the first Sohmor massacre, took place on 20 September 1984 when the South Lebanon Army, backed by the Israel Defence Forces, opened fire at a group of men, killing 13 civilians in the Lebanese village of Sohmor.

Yohmor or Yohmor al Beqaa (Arabic: يحمر (البقاع الغربي)) is a large village in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District in the south of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies south of Sohmor. The main source of income comes from olive cultivation. In 1838, Eli Smith noted Yahmur as a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley.

Oct 30, 2024 · The National News Agency reported on Wednesday that the Israeli airstrikes on the town of Sohmor, south of the Bekaa Governorate, left seven people killed and one injured.

Oct 19, 2024 · Four people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential apartment in the town of Baaloul in Western Bekaa, according to the National News Agency (NNA). However, the Israeli airstrike also targeted Sohmor in Bekaa. Among the victims is the mayor of Sohmar, Haidar Shahla.

Nov 10, 2024 · The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Health Ministry reported on Sunday that an Israeli airstrike on the town of Machgharah in West Bekaa on Saturday night killed three individuals and injured two. In a separate strike on the town of Sohmor, also in West Bekaa, one person was killed, and four others were wounded.

Sep 30, 2024 · An "enemy strike on the civil defense center of the Islamic Health Committee killed six emergency personnel and wounded four others" in the town of Sohmor, the ministry in a statement, condemning Israel's "targeting of rescue services".

Sep 21, 1984 · Druze Moslem militiamen of the Israeli-supported South Lebanese Army fired guns and hurled hand grenades at men rounded up for questioning in Sohmor, killing 13 Shiites and wounding 28, a...

Oct 19, 2024 · According to Lebanon’s National News Agency mayor of the town of Sohmor, Haidar Shahla, along with four others died after Israel struck a residential building in the town of Baaloul. Israel pounded several parts of Lebanon on Saturday, killing plenty, as the country strives to dismantle Hezbollah.

Oct 20, 2024 · On Saturday afternoon, October 19, 2024, a hostile Zionist raid targeted the town of Baaloul, in Western Bekaa. In the air raid, Hajj Haidar Shahla, the mayor of Sohmor, was martyred.