[1] It is located in the northern part of the Bekaa Valley, on the lower slopes of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range, and lies on the highway linking Lebanon and Syria.
Winters in Nabi Osman are cold and dry, with temperatures seldom reaching freezing point.
On the night of 16 March 2014, two people were killed and 16 were wounded as a result of a terrorist suicide attack in Nabi Osman.
[1] Due to economic problems and the Lebanese war, a large number of the population has emigrated to Australia, Italy, the Gulf States, the United Kingdom and West Africa.
Unlike most of the villages in Northern Bekaa, most of the residents are secularist and support the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.