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The neighborhood is well known today for its trendy bars and pubs, cafes, restaurants and lounges, most of which are directly located on Rue Gouraud. [ 2 ] Rue Gouraud is known especially for its culinary scene that is popular with Beirut's fashionistas. [ 3 ]
Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / ⓘ, bay-ROOT; [4] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, [5] which makes it the fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world.
[7] [page needed] More Shiites arrived in Dahieh following the 1978 and 1982 Lebanon War. [8] Unwilling to live under the Israeli South Lebanon security belt administration, more Shiites moved out of their villages to Beirut. By 1986, an estimated 800,000 Shias were living in Dahieh, constituting the majority of Shia in Lebanon. [5]
In Lebanon, they are mostly found in the country’s Shiite-dominant areas, like Beirut and southern Lebanon. Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, is estimated to have a population of about 2 million people.
The city is a Druze enclave that lies on the eastern side of Beirut's airport. The local population of the city is made up of mostly Druze and Christians minority, but in the last 25 years, many Beirutis have moved in to escape the capital's high rents, while many southerners have found Choueifat a good alternative to the crowded southern ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem, in his first public address since Israel assassinated the group's chief Hassan Nasrallah last week, said the movement is ready to confront ...
It borders the southern periphery of the Lebanese capital Beirut and is considered part of its metropolitan area. The place includes a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south southeast of Beirut , on the road to Sidon .
On 12 November 2015, the town of Bourj el-Barajneh was the scene of twin suicide bombings.At least 37 people were killed and more than 180 were injured. [5] One man, father of two, Adel Termos, threw himself on the second bomber and saved countless lives at the cost of his own.