La bataille de Marj Ayoun est une victoire du sultan Ayyoubide Saladin contre une armée croisée conduite par le roi Baudouin IV de Jérusalem. Le roi chrétien, atteint de la lèpre, a échappé de peu à la capture.
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Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baniyas is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church suffragan of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. In 2009 there were 2,500 baptized. It is currently governed by Archeparch Georges Nicholas Haddad, SMSP. The Archeparchy is named after the city of Baniyas in the Golan Heights at the foot of Mount Hermon.
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The Marjayoun District is a district in the Nabatieh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Marjayoun.
Marjayoun stands at a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, with Beaufort Castle. The Litani River and Mount Amel are to the West, The Rihan, Niha and the Lebanon Mountain Range to the North and the fertile plains of Sahil Marjayoun that extends into Northern Israel between the Galilee finger and plains immediately underneath the Golan Heights.
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Dibbin is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjayoun.
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Blat is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjayoun.