Mount Lebanon (Arabic: جَبَل لُبْنَان, jabal lubnān, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʒabal lɪbˈneːn]; Syriac: ܛܘܪ ܠܒܢܢ, ṭūr levnon, Western Syriac pronunciation: [tˤur livˈnɔn], French: Mont Liban) is a mountain range in Lebanon.It averages above 2,500 m (8,200 ft) in elevation, with its peak at 3,088 m (10,131 ft).

The Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (French: Mandat pour la Syrie et le Liban; Arabic: الانتداب الفرنسي على سوريا ولبنان, romanized: al-intidāb al-fransi 'ala suriya wa-lubnān) (1923−1946) was a League of Nations mandate founded in the aftermath of the First World War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, concerning Syria and Lebanon.

Tyre (/ ˈ t aɪər /; Arabic: صور, romanized: Ṣūr; Phoenician: ????????, romanized: Ṣūr, Greek Tyros, Τύρος) is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a tiny population. It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Europa, her brothers Cadmus and ...

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The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The current head of the Maronite Church is Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, who was elected in March 2011 following the resignation of Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir.

Islam is the most widely followed religion in the Middle East. About 20% of the world's Muslims live in the Middle East, and about 85 percent of people in the Middle East are Muslim. Islam is a monotheistic religion, teaching belief in one God and is based on the Quran.Muslims believe that Muhammad is the final prophet of God in a long chain of prophets, from Adam on down to …

Explore Middle East holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. ... Exploring these wilderness areas – from snow-capped summits in Turkey, Iran and Lebanon to the kaleidoscopic waters of the Red Sea – lies at the heart of the region's appeal. The message is simple: forget the clichés that masquerade as Middle Eastern truth ...

This is a list of modern conflicts in the Middle East ensuing in the geographic and political region known as the Middle East.The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Egypt and neighboring areas of Arabia, Anatolia and Iran.It currently encompasses the area from Egypt, Turkey and Cyprus in the west to Iran and the Persian Gulf …

Jun 20, 2022 · Here, Middle East Eye takes a closer look at the climate and ecosystems of some of the highest peaks in the Middle East and north Africa. 1. Mount Lebanon Range - Qurnat as-Sawda, Lebanon

Sep 30, 2019 · For the cartographers in the room, the Mason and Dixon Line is an east-west line located at 39º43’20” N starting south of Philadelphia and east of the Delaware River. Mason and Dixon resurveyed the Delaware tangent line and the Newcastle arc and in 1765 began running the east-west line from the tangent point, at approximately 39°43′ N.