BEIRUT－More than 10 years ago, ... an economic slowdown in the country has turned Beirut's downtown into a ghost town, ... Rammal said that shops and cafes in Beirut's souks, or old markets, ...

Beirut Souks, 7.30pm: The Lebanese civil war, which raged from 1975 to 1990, turned central Beirut into a ghost town. Rival factions fought over it; refugees squatted in it.

Normally vibrant Beirut is a ghost town. Shops are closed and streets are deserted. Cafes that usually bustle with customers are shuttered. A bridge on the airport road was destroyed This is not an ...

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 ...

A general view shows Beirut's Corniche, a seaside promenade(R) at sunset in Beirut, Lebanon May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Alia Haju By Lisa Barrington BEIRUT (Reuters) - A new Lebanese movement is hoping ...

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, ...

Footage reveals ghost town-looking Beirut day after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. Israel warned residents to evacuate Beirut's southern suburbs moments before launching devastating airstrikes on ...

His latest novel, Beirut Hellfire Society, though, takes him back. "I thought, for me, Beirut is still a place to mourn," he told The Sunday Edition 's host Michael Enright.