Nestled in the rugged embrace of northern Lebanon’s Akkar region, Qlayaat Airport also known as René Mouawad Air Base sits like a silent sentinel, a relic of history poised just 7 kilometers from the Syrian border. Once a bustling hub…
Qlayaat Airport, formally named René Mouawad Airport, is situated in the Akkar region of northern Lebanon, approximately 26 kilometers northeast of Tripoli and 7 kilometers southwest of the Syrian border. Initially established in 1934 by the Iraq Petroleum Company as…
The Dusty Beginnings: Picture this: it’s 1934, and the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) is carving out a scrappy little airstrip in the middle of nowhere Qlayaat, a speck on the map in Lebanon’s northern Akkar region. Seven kilometers from Syria,…
