[1][2] Iranian-backed political party and militant group Hezbollah is active in the village, and in 2024, a senior member of the Redwan Force was killed in an airstrike.
In 1596, it was named as a village, Tayr Zabna, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the Liwa Safad, with a population of 16 households, all Muslim.
[6][7] In 1875, Victor Guérin noted on 'Their Zibna': "This village contains a great number of cut stones, dispersed, coming from an ancient church now destroyed.
[8] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Teir Zinbeh as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 300 Metawileh, situated on a ridge, with figs, olives, pomegranates, and arable land round.
"[9] On April 16, 2024, an airstrike in the area targeted and eliminated Muhammad Hussein Mustafa Sh'houri, a commander of the rocket and missile unit of Hezbollah's Redwan Force.
[1] Furthermore, the village is in proximity to several other localities and landmarks, including the UNP 9-1 military facility located approximately 3.5 kilometers northeast of Ash-Shehabiyah.
[1][2] The village has struggled with inadequate resources and delayed disbursements from the central government, leading to reliance on open dumping and burning of waste.