Ashash
Ashash,Aachach,AchacheorAachache(also referred to asDeir Ashash) (Arabic:عشاش) is avillageinZgharta District,in theNorthern GovernorateofLebanon.[1]Its population is solelyMaronite Catholic[2]
Ashash is a small Catholic Lebanese Village located north of Zgharta, it has two Schools; Ecole Al Amana Achache and St. George's School Achache. The head of the Achache municipality ( رئيس البلدية ) is Christo Naffah.
Throughout the month of September 1975, battles broke out in the north of Lebanon. On September 10,As-Sa'iqaPalestinian-Syrian forces attacked the village of Deir Ashash and killed three priests. All residents had to flee.
References
[edit]- ^Aachach,Localiban
- ^"Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon"(PDF).The Monthly. March 2010. p. 23. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 3 June 2016.Retrieved26 October2016.
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