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Siege of Beirut. During the 1982 Lebanon War, the city of Beirut was besieged by Israel following the breakdown of the ceasefire that had been imposed by the United Nations amidst the Lebanese Civil War. Beginning in mid-June, the two-month-long siege resulted in the expulsion of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) from Beirut and the ...
Displaced. ≈300,000. On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$ 15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. A cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance (equivalent to ...
Beirut, also known as The Negotiator in the United Kingdom, [2] is a 2018 American political thriller film [3] directed by Brad Anderson and written by Tony Gilroy. Set in 1982 during the Lebanese Civil War, the film stars Jon Hamm as Mason Skiles, a former U.S. diplomat who returns to service in Beirut in order to save a colleague from the ...
Rue Maarad is a main street in the central district. The Waterfront towers in Zaitunay Bay at night. The Beirut Central District is the historical and geographical core of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Also called downtown Beirut, [2] it has been described as the “vibrant financial, commercial, and administrative hub of the country.”.
64 BC – Beirut conquered by Agrippa. 14 BC – During the reign of Herod the Great, Berytus became a colonia. 551 CE – Earthquake. [1] 635 – Beirut passes into Arab control. [1] 759 – Prince Arslan bin al-Mundhir founds the Principality of Sin-el-Fil in Beirut. 1110 – Baldwin overtakes city, is absorbed into the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Beirut is an American band that was originally the solo musical project of Zach Condon. Beirut's music combines elements of indie rock and world music . The band's first performance with the full brass section was in New York, in May 2006, in support of their debut album Gulag Orkestar , [2] [3] though they performed their first show with ...
Beirut. Ví trí tại CH Liban. / 33,88694°B 35,51306°Đ / 33.88694; 35.51306. Beirut hay Bayrūt, Beirut ( tiếng Ả Rập: بيروت , chuyển tự: Bayrūt ), đôi khi được gọi bằng tên tiếng Pháp của nó là Beyrouth là thủ đô và là thành phố lớn nhất Liban, tọa lạc bên Địa Trung Hải ...
