1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus
It is not exactly clear who the civil war started, and when it started. The Christians claimed that the Ottomans and/or the Druzes started it, whereas the Druzes claim that the Christians started it. The date of the beginning of the war is being debated. Some say that the 27th of May 1860 was the beginning, others say that it's the 29th of May. It is likely that the war started with murder and revanche killings in between families, where eventually local communities got involved. Along with the killings’, harvested crops pf Druzes were being raided by Maronites, villages were being plundered and afterwards burned down, causing many people having to flee their homes.