Talk:Shebaa
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 | On 12 July 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Chebaa (Hasbaiya) to Shebaa. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Requested move 12 July 2021
[edit]- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. Uncontroversial RM. (non-admin closure) Colonestarrice (talk) 22:18, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Chebaa (Hasbaiya) → Shebaa – Much more common spelling in English (see Shebaa Farms, which are named after this town Onceinawhile (talk) 22:13, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
1989 description by Jim Muir
[edit]“The village of Shebaa, in the Aqrub foothills of Mount Hermon, is at the heart of the affair. It lies both within the ‘security zone’ and in the Norbatt area. It is a Sunni village (in an area where Shi’ites and Druze predominate) and its tough, independent-minded people have for centuries made much of their living out of smuggling” Jim Muir, Middle East International #346 17 March 1989. I was struck by the “for centuries”. Padres Hana (talk) 11:36, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Dead link and questionable numbers
[edit]The sentence "As of 2025, the town housed 1.5 million Syrian refugees." in the history section has a dead link and can't be verified. This also seems to be the total numbers of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, not the amount in this specific town. This is the dead link that was used as a source: https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Feb-27/288953-shebaa-the-town-caught-in-the-middle.ashx
On this page of the UN Refugee Agency, when scrolling down to the pie chart, it is stated that the total number is 1.2 million: https://www.unhcr.org/where-we-work/countries/lebanon 2A02:8108:8386:2800:8574:EE0:48CE:4BB8 (talk) 09:22, 24 July 2025 (UTC)