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Biqa', Al-
(redirected from Bekaa Valley)

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Biqa', Al-

 or Bekaa Valley ancient Coele-Syria

Broad valley region of central Lebanon. Located between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountain ranges, it is about 75 mi (120 km) long and 10 mi (15 km) wide. Traversed by the upper Orontes and Litani rivers, the valley is an agricultural area. The ruins of the ancient city of Baalbeck are located there. The majority of the inhabitants are Shi'ite Muslims. The region was the scene of some factional fighting during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–90), and during that time Israel intermittently fought there against forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Syrian army. Since the 1980s the region has been a stronghold of the Shi'ite militant organization Hezbollah.



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He fled the country in 1978, one step ahead of Saddam Hussain's secret police, and returned to Lebanon to join the new Amal Shi'i militia, becoming Bekaa Valley commander in his early 20s.
In sixth Arab-Israeli war, Hezbollah survives, Israel loses, bush ... by Curtiss, Richard H. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
In Lebanon, the group Bridges of Peace International has two Women's Studies professors on its board of directors, and is currently working with women activists in the Bekaa Valley to build a first-of-its kind shelter for abused women that will serve as a residence as well as a counseling and rehabilitation center.
The link between women's studies programs and grassroots ... by Tomas, Cheryl / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
I've argued for a long time we ought to do a couple of bombing raids in the Bekaa Valley as a reminder that we are keeping an eye on them.
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