There's a center in Lebanon that offers distance learning programs

the interesting thing is that it offers a wide range of majors,

ranging from social sciences.... and ending up in engineering

what makes it more interesting is that they even offer MS and Phd programs...

they say that they collaborate with AIUC

http://www.cices-edu.net/default.asp

it would be interesting not having to travel in order to seek learning, but are such programs reliable?

Some of these peograms are very reliable and the degree you get is widely accepted and recgnized, but most (I'm sorry to say) are not reliable and not up to standard and therefore their degree is worthless.i
A good way of differenciating between them is to see what renownwd institutions or official (governmental) offices recognize and accept their degrees.i

Salam 3alaykoum,
I think an easier test is to ask the registrar office in reputable universities if they accept their degrees as a requirement for higher admission.