Bomb damage and alcohol poisoning
June 7th 2010 Beirut is about 4 hours away from Damascus but it may as well be on another planet. There are expensive cars, western chain stores and banks everywhere. The downtown area has been completely rebuilt and it’s like any city in Europe complete with the standard clothes shops, Starbucks & Mc Donald’s.
There are still plenty of reminders of the city’s tumultuous history: visible bullet holes i
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