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3 unusual facts about Southern Lebanon


Abu Taha al-Sudan

He is believed to have traveled to Southern Lebanon along with Saif al-Adel, Sayful Islam al-Masri, Abu Ja`far al-Masri and Abu Salim al-Masri, where he trained alongside Hezbollah.

Kamel Mrowa

Mrowa was born in Zrarieh, in South Lebanon to Jamil Mrowa, a Lebanese prominent expatriate to Mexico and originating from the Arab Hamdan family.

Khiam

It is located in Southern Lebanon, 800 meters above sea level, 120 km away from Beirut and roughly four kilometers from the Israel border.


Arnoun

After the establishment of the Israeli Security Zone in southern Lebanon in 1985, Arnoun lay just outside its boundaries, although, from its position at the Beaufort Castle, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) effectively controlled the village.

Geography of Lebanon

The Biqa Valley is watered by two rivers that rise in the watershed near Baalbek: the Orontes flowing north (in Arabic it is called Nahr al Asi, "the Rebel River", because this direction is unusual), and the Litani flowing south into the hill region of the southern Biqa Valley, where it makes an abrupt turn to the west in southern Lebanon and is thereafter called the Al Qasmiyah River.

Hanna Helou

Hanna Helou (Arabic: حنا الحلو, full name: Youhanna El Helou) was an erudite and influential Maronite priest from southern Lebanon.

Marjayoun

Marjayoun (Arabic مرجعيون, also Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun - meaning "meadow of springs") is a Lebanese town and administrative district, Marjeyoun District, in the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.


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2006 in Israel

August 4 – Tyre raid – Night mission is carried out by the Israel Defense Forces frogmen, Shayetet 13, in the southern Lebanon town of Tyre.

Abdullah Shreidi

Abdullah Shreidi (died 16 July 2003) was a Palestinian who lived in Ain al-Hilweh in southern Lebanon and was the founder of Osbat al-Nour.

Battle of Maroun al-Ras

The Battle of Maroun al-Ras was a battle of the 2006 Lebanon War that took place in Maroun ar-Ras, a small village in southern Lebanon on the border with Israel, and Jall ad-Dayr, a nearby Hizbullah stronghold.

Elias Sarkis

Just before the end of his term in 1982, Israel invaded southern Lebanon in the 1982 Lebanon War and had advanced to the outskirts of Beirut.

Fuad Chehab

Chehab later became dissatisfied with Helou's presidency over the perceived mishandling of the armed presence of Palestinian guerrillas in Southern Lebanon and over Helou's maneuvers to pave the way for the traditional feudal politicians to regain power.

Ghajar

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was created after the incursion, following the adoption of Security Council Resolution 425 in March 1978 to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Southern Lebanon, restore international peace and security, and help the government of Lebanon restore its effective authority in the area.

Israeli invasion of Lebanon

1982 Lebanon War, Israel Defense Forces invasion of southern Lebanon

Karimeh Abbud

It is known that her father died in June 1949 in his father's hometown of Khiam in southern Lebanon.

Marriage at Cana

Some Christians, especially Lebanese Christians, believe the village of Qana, in southern Lebanon to have been the actual location of this event.

Mohammad Raad

He supports stronger ties with Iran, the implementation of shariah law in Nabatieh, and vows to put a popular vote to ban alcohol sales in southern Lebanon by 2014.