Tafas massacre

Tafas Massacre
Part of Late Ottoman genocides
LocationTafas, Ottoman Syria
Date27 September 1918
TargetArab citizens of Tafas
Attack type
mass murder
Deaths250 (estimated)
PerpetratorsOttoman Army

The Tafas Massacre was the slaughter of civilians in the Ottoman Syrian town of Tafas following the retreat of the Ottoman Army in an attempt to demoralize the enemy.