Baalbeck and Its Roman Ruins Deserted by Locals and Tourists

par This is Beirut, 28/10 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Baalbeck Heritage Tourism Lebanon

For over a month, the iconic Palmyra Hotel has not hosted a single tourist coming to explore Baalbeck’s Roman ruins, near which Israeli bombs are falling. Yet Rabih Salika refuses to leave the establishment where he has worked for 24 years. The war between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement, deeply rooted in Baalbeck (east), has not ...