Rayak (Riyaq)
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Riyaq (Arabic: رياق), also Rayak, is a Lebanese town in the Beqaa Mohafazat (Governorate), near the city of Zahlé. It has one military airport, an old train station on the former line from Beirut to Damascus and a hospital. The military airport of Riyaq was bombarded by the Israeli Air Force during the 2006 Lebanese-Israeli war. The landing strip was severely damaged as a result.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Lebanon Rapid Environmental Assessment for Greening Recovery, Reconstruction And Reform, United Nations Development Programme report, 2007.
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