Rayaq

For the fictional character in Stargate: SG1 named Rya'c, see List of Stargate SG-1 characters § Minor characters.

Rayaq
Rayaq air strip in Lebanon
Location within Lebanon
33.850°N 36.017°E / 33.850; 36.017
Type	Surface site
Periods	Shepherd Neolithic
Location	500 metres (0.31 mi) north of Rayaq, Lebanon
Site notes
Material	Alluvial soil
Excavation dates	1965
Archaeologists	Lorraine Copeland, Frank Skeels
Public access	Yes

Rayaq - Haouch Hala (Arabic: رياق, romanized: Rayāq), also romanized Rayak, is a Lebanese town in the Beqaa Governorate near the city of Zahlé. In the early 20th century and up to the 1975 outbreak of the civil war, it was Lebanon's most important railway center, where the 1.05-m Beirut–Damascus line met the standard-gauge line north to Baalbek, Homs, and Aleppo. It now has an air base and a hospital. Rayak Air Base was bombed by the Israeli Air Force during the 2006 Lebanon War. The landing strip was severely damaged as a result.