Proper noun
Riyaq
A town in Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon.
It formed a station on the standard-gauge line between Riyaq to its south and Aleppo (now in Syria ) to its north. citation. Source: Internet
This Aleppo Railway connected to the Beirut–Damascus Railway but—because that line was built to a 1.05-meter gauge —all traffic had to be unloaded and reloaded at Riyaq. Source: Internet