Saadnayel

Saadnayel (Arabic: سعدنايل), alternatively spelt as Saïd Neil, is a town in the Bekaa Valley in the Zahlé District of Lebanon. It has a population of around 52,500, mostly Sunnis.[1][2] Up to 35,000 refugees of the Syrian Civil War have also settled in the town.[3]

Saadnayel lies 47 kilometres (29 mi) away from Beirut.[4] The town is located strategically near the crossroads between the Beirut-Damascus highway and the main road connecting the northern and southern Beqaa.[5]

The town has been the site of sporadic Sunni-Shia violence.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Rami Ruhayem (9 September 2014). "Is Islamic State heading for Lebanon?". BBC News. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Nour Samaha (26 January 2015). "‘Here the dead are dead, and the living are dead’". Al Jazeera America. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Nour Samaha (26 January 2015). "‘Here the dead are dead, and the living are dead’". Al Jazeera America. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Saadnayel". Localiban. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Michael Young (13 Apr 2010). The Ghosts of Martyrs Square: An Eyewitness Account of Lebanon's Life Struggle (illustrated ed.). Simon and Schuster. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-4391-0945-8.
  6. ↑ "Four wounded in Lebanon sectarian clashes". Al Arabiya News. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

Coordinates: 33°49′N 35°53′E / 33.817°N 35.883°E / 33.817; 35.883

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