Qabeit, Qabaait, Kabiit, ( ar, قبعيت) is a village in Akkar Governorate,

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

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Sunni Muslims Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

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. Lebanese village mourns deaths of asylum-seekers in boat disaster
by Andreane Williams Channel NewsAsia 17 Nov 2013 16:37 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.Smugglers behind Lebanese asylum-seekers deaths of Java
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Localiban {{Akkar District Populated places in Akkar District Sunni Muslim communities in Lebanon