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Dahieh. Dahieh (Arabic: الضاحية الجنوبية, lit. 'the southern suburb', French: Banlieue Sud de Beyrouth, Dâhiye de Beyrouth) is a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of Beirut, in the Baabda District of Lebanon. It has a minority of Sunni Muslims, Christians, and a Palestinian refugee camp with 20,000 inhabitants.
26 paź 2024 · Lebanese news livestreamed the destruction every night, showing Israeli air strikes crashing into Dahiyeh and bursts of red and orange horror illuminating the night sky, sometimes drawing...
20 paź 2024 · It is one of the most densely populated residential areas in all of Lebanon – a place of narrow streets and alleyways, where buildings seem to jostle for available space.
3 paź 2024 · Middle East. Dahiyeh was an area bustling and full of life in Beirut. Now, as we walk around, it stands empty. Bombings are audible right across Lebanon’s capital but have mainly concentrated...
30 wrz 2024 · In parts of Dahiyeh controlled by Hezbollah, such as in Haret Hreik, a mixed Maronite Christian and Shia Muslim municipal district, access is limited by checkpoints on the road.
Map: Al-Dahiyeh in Relation to the Greater-Beirut Area. Based on Google map, by YPC. © Global Challenges: Geneva Graduate Institute Dossiers.
24 lis 2019 · Dahiyeh in particular has the guise of a militarized zone; cars sit in traffic to pass through army checkpoints hemmed in by large concrete blast walls. At the same time, local residents boast about how they feel that they are living in the most protected region thanks to the presence of Hizbullah.
