Scoop Photo Essay: Uneasy Calm in Central Beirut

Scoop Photo Essay: An Uneasy Calm in Central Beirut

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A Lebanese soldier patrols Military Beach.
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West coast of Beirut
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A UN frigate off the west coast.
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Remnants of the Summer 2006 War, General de Gaulle Drive.
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Posters of assassinated Rafik Hariri, and his son Saad Hariri, current leader of the Future Movement (in Hamra).
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An Amal poster in Ain El’Mreisse. Shows Imam Moussa al-Sadr, disappeared spiritual leader of Lebanese Shias, alongside Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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Amal’s founder Imam Moussa al-Sadr decorates a bombed-out building. Just around the corner are McDonalds and Hardrock Café.
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The residential area where PM Fouad Siniora’s office is located is under tight security.
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Opposition protesters in Martyr Square. In this area are supporters of the Free Patriotic Movement, lead by the controversial Michel Aoun.
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Protesters in Martyr Square.
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The Lebanese Army patrols the streets of Beirut.
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Business owners in Downtown Beirut are facing economic difficulties and voicing increasing frustration. Many shops, like this one, are closed.
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Yasmine Ryan is a graduate of the University of Auckland, in Political Studies and French language. She is currently interning with a Lebanese newspaper in Beirut, as part of her Masters degree in International Journalism at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Aix-en-Provence.