Southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon (
Nabatiye Governorate. The two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The Rashaya and Western Beqaa Districts, the southernmost districts of the Beqaa Governorate
, in Southern Lebanon are sometimes included.
The main cities of the region are
Druze
majority.
History
Free Lebanon State and South Lebanon security belt
Southern Lebanon became the location of the self-proclaimed
Free Lebanon State, announced in 1979 by Saad Haddad.[1]
The state failed to gain international recognition, and its authority deteriorated with the death of Saad Haddad in 1984.
Southern Lebanon has also featured prominently in the
Israel-Lebanon conflict
.
Ahmadinejad's state visit
In October 2010
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited South Lebanon. This was his first visit to Lebanon since he first assumed office in Tehran in 2005. Both Israel and the United States condemned the trip as being "provocative." Ahmadinejad was welcomed by tens of thousands of supporters of Hezbollah, Iran's Shiite Muslim ally in Lebanon which has been branded a terrorist organization
in part or whole by much of South America, the EU, the Arab League, the United States and Israel. This is despite its participation in Lebanon's fragile government.
Cities and districts
- Aaramta
- Al Rihan
- Alma ash-Shab(Aalma ach Chaab)
- Abbasieh
- Adlun
- Al Mansuri
- Ain Ebel
- Ain Baal or Ayn Bal
- Aitaroun or Aytarun
- Ansariyehor Insariye
- Ansar
- Ash Shawmara
- At Tayyabah
- At Tiri
- Aitit
- Aynata
- Ayta ash Shab (Ayta al-Sha'b, Ayta)
- Baraachit
- Barish
- Bayt Lif
- baytulay
- Bazouryeh
- Beit Yahoun
- Bint Jbeil
- Blida, Lebanon
- Borj Chemali
- Borj Qalaouiyeh
- Borj Rahal
- Boustane
- Brashit
- Braikeh
- Chtoura
- Deir Kifa
- Deyrintar
- Dayr Qanunc
- Deir Qanoun En Nahr
- Derdghaya
- Dibil or Debel
- Dibbine
- Doueir
- Ebel el Saki
- El Biyyadah or Al Bayyadah
- El Hennyeh or Al Hinniyah
- El Mansoun or Al Mansuri
- Al Qulaylah
- El Soultaniyeh
- Fardis
- Frun
- Ghandouriyeh
- Ghaziyeh
- Ghassaniyeh
- Haddathah
- Hanaway
- Harres
- Hula or Houla
- Hounin
- Jabal Amel
- Jarjouh
- Jarmaq
- jebchet
- Jmaijmah
- Jwayya
- Kabrikha
- Kaakaeit al-Jesser
- Kafra, Lebanon
- Kafr Dunin
- Kafr Kila
- Kaoukaba
- Kfar Melki
- Kafarrouman
- Khirbet Selm
- Khiam
- Kfarchouba
- Kfarfila
- Kfarhamam
- Kfar Tebnit
- Kounin
- Maachouq
- Mahrouna
- Majdel Balhis
- Majdal Zun
- Marakeh
- Marjayoun—a Lebanese Christian village[2]
- Markaba (Marqaba)
- Maroun al-Ras
- Marwahin
- Maaroub
- Mayfadoun
- Mays al Jabal
- Mlikh
- Miye ou Miye
- Maghdouche
- Nabatiyeh
- Naqoura (Nakoura, An-Naqurah)
- Niha
- Nmairiyeh
- Odaisseh
- Oum el Ahmad
- Qlayaa
- Qana
- Qantara
- Rab El Thalathine
- Rachaf—a small town
- Rachaya El Foukhar—Hasbaya Qaza
- Ramyah
- Ras Al-Biyada
- Rmaich
- Rmadyeh
- Roûm
- Selaa
- Shabriha
- Shaqra
- Shebaa and Shebaa Farms(ownership disputed, occupied by Israel since 1967)
- Shihin, Lebanon
- Shhur
- Siddiqine
- Sidon or Saida
- Sir el Gharbiyeh
- Srifa
- Sujod
- As-Sultaniyah
- Tallousa
- Tair Debbe
- Tair Harfa
- Tayr Falsayh
- Taibeh
- Tebnine (Tebnine, Tibneen),[3] site of the former castle town Toron
- Tulin, Lebanon (Toulin)
- Tura
- Tyre or Sur
- Saida district
- Jezzine district
- Tyre district
- Wadi al-Taym
- Yarin
- Yaroun or Yarun
- Yahun
- Yater or Yatar
- Zibdine
- Zibqin
Other notable sites
- Abou Assouad River
- Awali River
- El Zahrani River
- Litani River
- Saitaniq River
- Kasmieh River
- Blue Line (Lebanon)
- Beaufort Castle
- Nabatieh camp and Wavel
- Ras al-Ain, Lebanon
See also
- Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon
- South Lebanon Army
- South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000)
- Northern District (Israel)
- Palestinian Liberation Organization
- United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (instituted by United Nations Security Council Resolution 425)
- South lebanon security belt
References
- ^ feb2b Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- TheGuardian.com. 10 August 2006.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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