West Beirut

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West Beirut is the predominantly Muslim western sector of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, which was heavily affected by the Lebanese Civil War and associated with key events such as the Sabra and Shatila massacre.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sector of Beirut
urban district
associatedEvent Sabra and Shatila massacre
conflictTypeExperienced sectarian violence
shelling
siege
urban warfare
contains Hamra
Mazraa
Ras Beirut
Sabra
Shatila
Tariq el-Jdideh
airport district of Beirut
controlledByDuringConflict Muslim militias
leftist militias
country Lebanon
hasDemographicCharacteristic ethnically and religiously mixed neighborhoods
predominantly Muslim population
hasEducationalInstitution American University of Beirut
Lebanese American University (Beirut campus)
hasFunction commercial center of Beirut
residential area of Beirut
hasLandmark Corniche Beirut
Hamra Street
hasSignificantCommunity Druze
Palestinian refugees
Shia Muslims
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims
linked to: Sunni Islam
historicalPeriod Lebanese Civil War
locatedIn Beirut
Lebanon
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
nearbySite Sabra refugee camp
Shatila refugee camp
linked to: Sabra refugee camp
notablePeriod Israeli invasion of Lebanon (1982)
linked to: 1982 Lebanon War
partOf Beirut
politicalOrientationDuringWar largely leftist
largely pro-Palestinian
postWarStatus no longer formally divided by the Green Line
reintegrated with East Beirut
religiousMajority Muslim
separatedFrom East Beirut
separationLine Green Line (Beirut)
wasBesiegedDuring Israeli invasion of Lebanon (1982)
linked to: 1982 Lebanon War
wasDividedFrom East Beirut
wasHeavilyAffectedBy Lebanese Civil War

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Amal–PLO War location West Beirut
East Beirut opposedTo West Beirut (during Lebanese Civil War)
linked to: West Beirut
East Beirut separatedFrom West Beirut
حي الروشة السكني والسياحي cityDistrictOf بيروت الغربية
linked to: West Beirut