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Witness History: Beirut's Hotel War

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12/08/2020 GMT

Beirut's Hotel War

BBC World Service - Witness History, Beirut's Hotel War

How the Lebanese Civil War came to Beirut's luxury hotel district in 1975.

At the start of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975, Beirut’s luxury hotel district was turned into a battlefield, with rival groups of gunmen holed up in some of the most expensive accommodation in the Middle East. In 2014, William Kremer spoke to two former employees of the Holiday Inn about what came to be known as the Battle of the Hotels. 

Photo: The ruins of the Holiday Inn. (Credit: Getty Images)

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