Ghost town, Beirut. by Ben Gilbert. Listen Now. Save. Share. TEXT OF STORY. ... Owner Anthony Maalouf says closing the 8-year-old downtown flagship branch wasn’t easy. ANTHONY MAALOUF: ...

BEIRUT — Not so long ago, the historic downtown of Beirut was a wasteland of scorched buildings and rubble. Lebanon's civil war, which ended in 1990, destroyed an area known for its picturesque ...

In Beirut, a Town House Rises From Rubble. Share full article. ... Ms. Shammaa and her husband moved into the 4-bedroom 19-room house with their 10-year-old daughter, Sarah Michelle, ...

Israel strikes turn bustling south Beirut into ghost town. Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Hezbollah militant group, are usually teeming with life but on ...

"The area has become a ghost town," said the taxi driver, who has sent his parents, his sister and her children -- already displaced by Israeli bombing in south Lebanon -- to safety elsewhere. An area ...

Israel strikes turn bustling south Beirut into ghost town. Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Hezbollah militant group, are usually teeming with life but on ...