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  2. Beirut - Wikipedia

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    Beirut is an important seaport for the country and region, and rated a Beta + World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. [6] Beirut was severely damaged by the Lebanese Civil War, the 2006 Lebanon War, and the 2020 massive explosion in the Port of Beirut. Its architectural and demographic structure underwent major change ...

  3. Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Beirut is the country's capital and largest city. Human habitation in Lebanon dates to 5000 BC. [12] From 3200 to 539 BC, it was part of Phoenicia, a maritime empire that stretched the Mediterranean Basin. [13] In 64 BC, the region became part of the Roman Empire, and later the Byzantine Empire.

  4. Beirut Governorate - Wikipedia

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    Beirut Governorate (Arabic: محافظة بيروت, Muhāfazat Bayrūt) is a Lebanese governorate that consists of one district and one city, Beirut, which is also its capital, and the capital of Lebanon.

  5. Will Lebanon finally elect a president after a 2-year vacuum?

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    BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's parliament is set to convene Thursday to attempt to elect a head of state for the 13th time during a more than 2-year-long presidential vacuum. This time, analysts said ...

  6. Portal:Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Beirut is the country's capital and largest city. Human habitation in Lebanon dates to 5000 BC. From 3200 to 539 BC, it was part of Phoenicia, a maritime empire that stretched the Mediterranean Basin. In 64 BC, the region became part of the Roman Empire, and later the Byzantine Empire.

  7. Israeli strikes batter Beirut in heaviest bombardment so far ...

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    BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli air attacks battered Beirut's southern suburbs overnight and early on Sunday in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel sharply ...

  8. Lebanese civilians fear nowhere is safe after Israeli strike ...

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    BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fears grew across Lebanon on Monday after Israel launched a strike on a residential building in central Beirut, marking a fresh escalation in a devastating bombing campaign ...

  9. Districts of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Other countries; The nine governorates of Lebanon are subdivided into 25 districts (Aqdya, singular – qadaa). ... Beirut Governorate