Qabeit
Qabeit, Qabaait, (Arabic: قبعيت) is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population is Sunni Muslims.[1]
History
The town mourned the death of 17 people connected to the area who drowned while trying to reach Australia by makeshift boat in September 2012.[2] Qabeit is in one of the poorest parts of Lebanon and is part of a region that has received hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees during the Syrian Civil War.[2]
References
- ^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Lebanese village mourns deaths of asylum-seekers in boat disaster by Andreane Williams Channel NewsAsia 17 Nov 2013 16:37
External links
- Qabaait, Localiban
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