Az Zabadānī is a city in Syrian Arab Republic.
Population: 29,549
Latitude: 33° 43' 29.57" N
Longitude: 36° 06' 1.80" E
Lebanon is part of the Middle East, located at approximately 35˚N, 35˚E. Stretching along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, its length almost three times its width. As it stretches from north to south, the width of its terrain becomes narr…
Beqaa (Arabic: البقاع Al-Biqā') is a governorate in Lebanon with a population of 750,000 inhabitants.
Nabi Habeel Mosque (Arabic: مسجد النبي هابيل) is located on the west mountains of Damascus, near the Zabadani Valley, overlooking the villages of the Barada river (Wadi Barada), in Syria. This mosque is believed to contain the grave of Abel (Arabic…
Château Ksara is a wine company in Beqaa Valley Lebanon. Founded in 1857 by Jesuit Priests,. Château Ksara developed the first dry wine in Lebanon. Château Ksara wine is most popular in Lebanon, but due to a large Lebanese diaspora all over the worl…
Madaya (Arabic: مضايا) is a small mountainous town in Syria, located at an altitude of 1,400 meters. It is a well known holiday resort. It is located about 40 km northwest of Damascus in the Rif Dimashq Governorate and is home to Lake Barada. Maday…
Bloudan (Arabic: بلودان) is a Syrian village located 51 kilometers north-west of Damascus, in the Rif Dimashq Governorate; it has an altitude of about 1500 meters.
Rayak Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة رياق الجوية Kaidat Rayak al-jawiya) (ICAO: OLRA) is Lebanon's first air base and the place where the Lebanese Air Force was born on June 1, 1949. Located in the middle of the Bekaa Valley to the east, between the towns…
Kamid al lawz (or Kamid el-Loz) is located in West Bekaa, Lebanon.
Rankous or Rankus (Arabic: رنكوس) is a Syrian town and summer resort in the province's Damascus countryside (Rif Dimashq) located in Mount Qalamoun (anti-Lebanon) in Syria, 45 km from Damascus, with a total area of 22.277 km ², extends between 1650…
Riyaq (Arabic: رياق), also Rayak, is a Lebanese town in the Beqaa Mohafazat (Governorate), near the city of Zahlé. It has one military airport, an old train station on the former line from Beirut to Damascus, and a hospital. Riyaq Air Base was bomb…
The Masnaa Border Crossing is an international border crossing between the countries of Lebanon and Syria. It is completely land-based and links the customs checkpoints of Masnaa, Lebanon, and Jdaidet Yabous, Syria. An 8 km no man's land of desolate…
Chtaura is a town in Lebanon in the fertile Beqaa valley located between the Mount Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. It is located halfway on the Beirut - Damascus highway.
Salera Hill is a pilgrimage centre (ziyaret) in Damascus, Syria.
Al-Hamah (Arabic: الهامة; also spelled al-Hameh) is a village on the Barada river in the Qudsaya District of Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside) in southern Syria. It is west of the Syrian capital of Damascus city, beyond Mount Qasioun, and is now a…
Serghaya or Sirghaya (Arabic سرغايا) is small town located in the Damascus countryside in south west Syria.
Abila Lysaniou or Abila Lysaniae or Abila was an ancient city, on the Abana River and capital of ancient Abilene, Coele-Syria. The site is currently that of the village of Suk Wadi Barada (called Abil-es-Suk by early Arab geographers), circa 20 km (…
The Aammiq Wetland (the name is also sometimes transliterated as "Ammiq"or "Aamiq") is the largest remaining freshwater wetland in Lebanon, a remnant of much more extensive marshes and lakes that once existed in the Bekaa Valley. It has been designa…
Sultan Yacoub (Sultan Yakoub, Sultan Yaakov) is a Lebanese village in the eastern Beqaa Valley, about seven kilometers (four miles) from the border with Syria[1].