Al Khiyam, for instance, is a hilltop village of 30, 000 people that was heavily shelled, though never occupied by Israeli troops.

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This village is on a hilltop.

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In southern Lebanon the tiny hilltop village of Qawza is home to a small Christian community.

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Situated on a hilltop in suburban Rockland County, Fellowship looks a bit like a village out of the past.

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Mahmoud said there were casualties on both sides, adding that the hilltop village overlooks several towns and villages as well as a strategically important road that links Tartus to Homs and the capital of Damascus beyond.

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