 The town, situated along the "Hajj" caravan route between Damascus and Mecca, served as an intermediate rest stop between Khan Dannun and al-Sanamayn.A tower was built in the town on the orders of Ottoman Sultan, Selim I. Ghabaghib later became a station on the Damascus–Daraa line of the Hejaz Railway.During the Syria–Lebanon Campaign in World War II, Ghabaghib served as the headquarters for the Free French Forces in southern Syria.