Qabeit

Qabeit

Qabeit

Village in Akkar, Lebanon

Qabeit, also Qabaait or Kabiit (Arabic: قبعيت), is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population is Sunni Muslims.[2]

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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.[3] 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.[3][4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Qabaait, localiban
  2. [2]
    "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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    "Lebanese village mourns deaths of asylum-seekers in boat disaster". Channel NewsAsia. 2015-07-10. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
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    "Survivor of Java boat capsize speaks about tragedy". ABC News. 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  5. [5]
    "Smugglers behind Lebanese asylum-seekers deaths of Java". Yahoo News. 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
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