Sir el Gharbiyeh
Sir el Gharbieh is a village just north of the Litani River, in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.History
In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Sir, in the Ottoman nahiya of Sagif under the liwa' of Safad, with a population of 10 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 2,000 akçe.
On 23 February 1985, the Israeli Army shot dead 7 villagers.
Hassan Maatouk, the Lebanon national football team all-time goalscorer and most-capped player, is native to Sir el Gharbiyeh.
