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As'ad AbuKhalil. Adrianus. Antipater of Tyre. Apollonius of Tyre (philosopher) Rabih Ataya.
The town of Tyre was an important port on the Palestinian coast of the Fatimid Caliphate in the late 11th century. [1] The town was located on a peninsula that a narrow strip of land linked to the mainland. [2] Tyre was surrounded by impressive walls, but its burghers provided the crusaders with food when they invaded Palestine in May 1099 ...
May 22, 2024 · English: The 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict is a series of ongoing military actions and clashes in northern Israel and Lebanon between Hezbollah and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The conflict came in the context of a larger Middle East conflict, two weeks after the start of the 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict. Español: La Guerra del Libano de 2006 ...
Lebanese Shia Muslims (Arabic: المسلمون الشيعة اللبنانيون), communally and historically known as matāwila (Arabic: متاولة, plural of متوال mutawālin; pronounced as متوالي metouali or matawali in Lebanese Arabic), are Lebanese people who are adherents of Shia Islam in Lebanon, which plays a major role alongside Lebanon's main Sunni, Maronite and Druze ...
Beaufort Castle, 1982 IDF tank near the Beaufort Castle, 1995 View from the top of Beaufort Castle View from Beaufort Castle, Lebanon. After the Ottoman conquest of Syria in 1516, the Ottomans attempted to revive the area by granting military benefices (timar) to Ottoman cavalry soldiers around Shaqif Arnun castle.
The State of Greater Lebanon (Arabic: دولة لبنان الكبير, romanized: Dawlat Lubnān al-Kabīr; French: État du Grand Liban), informally known as French Lebanon, was a state declared on 1 September 1920, which became the Lebanese Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية اللبنانية al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah; French: République libanaise) in May 1926, and is the ...
The See of Tyre was one of the most ancient dioceses in Christianity. The existence of a Christian community there in the time of Saint Paul is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. [1] Seated at Tyre, which was the capital of the Roman province of Phoenicia Prima, the bishopric was a metropolitan see. Its position was briefly challenged by ...
