The following is the List of massacres in Ottoman Syria, mass atrocities committed during the Ottoman rule in Syrian provinces (region roughly corresponding the Levant) 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 sinc