Other historic buildings have suffered a more ignominious ... had ensured the ongoing destruction of Beirut’s old buildings. For two years, architect Maha Nasrallah has made sketches and ...

BEIRUT — Sitting in his reading room ... also fear an onslaught of opportunistic developers ready to snap up historic buildings for a song, tear them down and turn them into apartment blocks.

Among the damaged structures were museums, historic buildings, art galleries and religious sites in Beirut. The most affected ... with many old buildings turned into pubs or restaurants.

They include old homes, restaurants, museums and churches. In the streets of two Beirut historic neighbourhoods, Gemmayzeh and Mar Mikhael, workers are erecting scaffolding to support buildings ...

“They attract young artists as much as old families that ... launched the Beirut Built Heritage Rescue 2020 project to assess the damaged historic buildings and to stabilize those in danger ...

The millennia-old city of Beirut is a cultural beacon of the Mediterranean ... UNESCO identified priority historic buildings that are at risk of collapse, a risk compounded by that of gentrification.

"It's important to save an entire street ... village in downtown Beirut is made up of urban-style apartment buildings painted in pastel colours constructed with the flare of old Beirut. "It simulates ...

On August 4, 2020, an explosion in the port of Beirut did more damage in a few ... “It’s wonderful to be able to help restore historic buildings. But the problem is all the endemic corruption ...

BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital near key government and diplomatic buildings ... and Gaza’s old airport.

An Israeli strike leveled an apartment building in central Beirut Thursday night ... ARRAF: That's Farah, a 22-year-old college student volunteering with emergency responders.