Deir al-Asad (Arabic: دير الأسد‎; Hebrew: דֵיר אֶל-אַסַד‎) is an Arab town in the Galilee region of Israel, near Karmiel. Together with the adjacent town of Bi'ina it formed the site of the Crusader monastery town of St. George de la Beyne, an administrative center of the eponymous fief which spanned part of the central Galilee. Control of the fief changed several times from the noble Milly family to Joscelyn III of Courtenay and ultimately to the Teutonic Order before the area passed to Mamluk rule in the late 13th century. Settlement continued under the Mamluks and the village's St. George monastery was mentioned as treating the mentally ill in the late 14th century. The modern Muslim town of Deir al-Asad, previously known as Deir al-Bi'ina or Deir al-Khidr, was established in 1516 when