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6. at one time Beirut was the center of banking in the region until the civil war of 1975.

Sat Oct 9, 2021, 11:18 PM

Oct 2021

Since then it has faced a terrible decline caught in the middle of local factions, East vs. West proxy wars and Saudi sponsored revolution.

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