Empty bars and bookshops: How Israeli strikes transformed Lebanon's buzzing capital
"Let’s smile so we look better in the pictures they are taking," jokes Marwan, the chief waiter at a Beirut hotel. He and a colleague are gazing at the sky, trying to spot the Israeli surveillance drone buzzing overhead. Neither the music playing in the background nor birdsong can mask its deep, humming noise. It’s like someone has left a hairdryer on, or a motorbike is doing laps of the clouds. Marwan’s hotel is not in an area with a strong Hezbollah presence. It’s in Achrafieh, a wealthy Christian quarter that’s not been targeted by ...
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