The Battle of Anjar was fought on 1 November 1623 between the army of Fakhr al-Din II and a coalition army led by the governor of Damascus Mustafa Pasha.
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Anjar, also known as Hawsh Mousa, is a town of Lebanon, near the Syrian border, located in the Bekaa Valley. The population is 2,400, consisting almost entirely of Armenians. The total area is about twenty square kilometers.
Since 1984, the ruins of the Umayyad settlement of Anjar have been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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The Armenian Evangelical Secondary School of Anjar was founded by Swiss Missionaries in 1947. It has a dormitory for boys and girls.
The present principal is Rev. Hagop Akbasharian.
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Majdal Anjar is a village of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. Majdal Anjar is an overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim town.
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Sawiri is a town in the eastern part of Lebanon.
Mayor is Mohamed Hamze Smiley Arabic: الرئيس محمد حمزه الصميلي
Vice Mayor Mahmoud Mohammed Janbien Arabic: الرئيس محمود محمد جانبين
Sawiri is located in the West Bekaa District near the Syrian border, in the governorate of Beqaa in the foothills of the eastern mountains. It is 1100 above sea level in a rugged area with many small valleys
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Kafr Zabad is a village in Lebanon. It is also the site of two ancient Roman antae temples.
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