October 12, 1975 · Beirut — Ras Beirut district Theater
October 12, 1975
From October 1975 through March 1976, Lebanese leftist and Palestinian forces fought Maronite militias in the luxury hotels of Beirut's seafront Ras Beirut district. The Holiday Inn, Phoenicia, and St. George hotels became fortified battlegrounds, with snipers using upper floors and rocket teams contesting each tower in turn. The battle epitomized the transformation of Beirut's cosmopolitan downtown into a war zone.
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