Beirut old and new, Lebanon; restoration or preservation, destruction and rebuilding,

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Legacy of Lebanese civil war, occupations of Lebanon and 2006 Israeli bombing destroyed much French Colonial and Ottoman Architecture. Political division over rebuilding, the late Rafiq Hariri's vision for complete reconstruction nearly achieved, groups oppose the Solidere company, such as across from the Hariri assassination site, St George Hotel's future uncertain, old and new Beirut side by side.

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Photo credit: © Sheri Laizer / Alamy / Afripics
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