The historical monastery of St. Antonius was attacked by the army in 2004 .

This monastery would be attacked again in 802 and 806, when 68 people dwelling there were killed.

In 1895 the monastery was attacked and robbed by Kurds, who also burned down the monastery's supplementary buildings.

In 905, the monastery was again attacked and destroyed by "Saracens".

The monastery was attacked around 1980 during the Cultural Revolution by the Chinese forces and totally destroyed, but is now being rebuilt.

The myth about these snakes is attached to the year the monastery was attacked by pirates in 1705.

He was abbot there when the monastery was attacked by Arabs.

In 1168, the monastery was attacked by the Muslim commander Shirkuh.

In 1162 the restored monastery was attacked and burned to some degree, by Irish clans.

The monastery was attacked during an Ottoman raid in 1531.