Beirut
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| Area | 19.8 km² |
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| Local time | Thursday 4:31 pm |
| Thursday 06:58 | |
| Area code | +961 |
| Colleges and universities | American University of Beirut |
| Neighborhoods | Beirut Central District |
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| Achrafieh | |
| Current weather | www.weather.com |
| Demonym | Beiruti |
| Governor | Beirut |
| Iso 3166 code | LB-BA |
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| ID | 634243 |
About Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the thirteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coast.
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... Young demonstrators have camped outside its headquarters in a tower block in the centre of the capital Beirut...
What's behind the wave of Middle East protests?
... BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen has been trying to make sense of it all in Lebanon s capital, Beirut...
Israel says it struck Iranian 'killer drone' sites in Syria
... Blatant attack Separately, reports said two Israeli surveillance drones had come down in the Lebanese capital, Beirut...
What's behind the wave of Middle East protests?
You might remember the uprisings in the Middle East in 2011. As dictators were toppled hundreds of thousands of protesters called for change, for freedom and a new start. Their High Hopes came to very little and the region lurched back towards war and repression.
But the grievances that drove the 2011 uprisings - the so-called Arab Spring - never went away. 2019 might be the year it started again. Already protests have forced the resignations of two Prime Ministers - in Lebanon and Iraq.
Since October there have been big, mainly peaceful protests in Lebanon and extremely bloody ones in Iraq. And in Iran, hundreds have been shot dead at protests in The Last few weeks.
BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen has been trying to make sense of it All In Lebanon's capital, Beirut .
Source of news: bbc.com
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