Speaking with the representative of the Arab League in Ottawa on 11 July 1990, he mentioned that in the early days of the civil war there were incidents whereby priests were found assassinated and mutilated, however, he could not pinpoint any event which was directly aimed at nuns or at convents.

The only information regarding nuns that could be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC are the attached newswire reports on protest rallies held by the Maronite clergy and the participation of nuns in these demonstrations. Nuns and priests are in the forefront of the peace movement in Lebanon. In May 1990, priests and nuns "set up tents in the middle [of the town of] Qlaiaat and began a sit-in aimed at prolonging the truce [between the warring Christian factions]..."
states Riad Kaj in an article for United Press International entitled "Violence mars Lebanon truce" (1 May 1990).

For further information, please read the following articles:
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"Lebanese Photographer Killed in Shootout at Peace March", Reuters, 4 June 1990.
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Peter Smerdon, "Dispute Between Gunmen Mars Peace Rally in Lebanon", Reuters, 4 June 1990.

The only reference found to "convents" is in a description of a photograph wired by Newsday bearing the headline: "Sacred remnants from Lebanese bombing" (12 April 1990), in which a priest is shown salvaging a painting from a convent northeast of Beirut.