close to the beach front. It was heavily damaged during the 2020 Beirut port explosion and has been closed since. The hotel was built by the Kingdom Holding Company. Prince Al-Waleed serves as ...

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Supported by By Abdi Latif Dahir Photographs by Laura Boushnak Reporting from Batroun and Beirut, Lebanon As the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah intensified last ...