Beirut
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Often called “the Paris of the Middle East,” the city was badly damaged during Lebanon's civil war in the 1970s and 1980s. It is now being rebuilt.
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It comes days after the US government ordered all non-essential staff to leave its embassy in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, following a security review.
From BBC
The US government has ordered all non-essential staff to leave its embassy in the Lebanese capital of Beirut after a security review, a senior State Department official has told the BBC.
From BBC
“Damascus does have some other assets and advantages,” said Heller, the security analyst in Beirut.
Australian media reported that the group were intending to continue their journey to Beirut, where they hoped to be issued passports.
From BBC
In the Gulf and beyond, Harb said he thought there was a "revolution" happening in Arab art "from Cairo to Beirut to Baghdad to Kuwait... there is a new era, about culture, about art".
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