On October 17 – 18 , 1850 Muslim rioters attacked the Christian neighborhoods of Aleppo . In the aftermath , Ottoman records show that 688 homes , 36 shops , and 6 churches were damaged , including the Greek Catholic patriarchate and its library . The events lead hundreds of Christians to emigrate mainly to Beirut and Smyrna
attacked the Christian neighborhoods of Aleppo
Massacre of Aleppo (1850)
Antiochian Greek Christians