Iaal (Arabic: ايعال, also spelt as Ī`āl, Iäal, Izal or I’aal) is a village in northern Lebanon.

This was chosen in honour of the preeminent role donkeys played in logistics connecting the coastal and mountain regions through Iaal.

[11] Iaal's climate is typical of a Mediterranean plain village: with heavy rains, mild winters and hot, dry, arid summers.

The overwhelming majority of these immigrants and their descendants live in Australia, primarily Sydney, in the local government areas of the Municipality of Kogarah (especially the suburb of South Hurstville) and the City of Liverpool.

Some common surnames of people from Iaal include Affouf, Al-Choukairy, Al-Hage, Ardati, Ayyoub, Dennaoui, Diab, Dib, Elmir, Habib, Hadid, Halbouni, Hammoud, Hussein, Ibrahim, Issa, Jameel, Khidr, Mahrees, Merhi, Nasreddine, Nasser, Shehaddy, Subkhi and Taleb.