Haret Hreik

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Satellite photographs of the Haret Hreik neighborhood [Dahieh district] of Beirut, Lebanon, before and after 22 July 2006. See also high resolution photographs before and after.

Haret Hreik (Arabic: حارة حريك), or Harat Hurayk, is a mixed Shi'ite and Maronite Christian town, part of the Dahieh suburbs of southern Beirut, Lebanon. Located northwest of the Rafik Hariri International Airport, it was primarily a residential area and the headquarters of the Shi'ite Islamist resistance group, Hezbollah until Israeli warplanes destroyed the headquarters and civilian homes on July 2006.^[1]

[edit] 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

Main article: Dahieh

The area was largely destroyed during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.

[edit] See also

• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
• Targeting of civilian areas in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Google map of Hurat Hurayk neighborhood, Beirut, Lebanon — Satellite photograph of the Haret Hreik neighborhood [Dahieh district], Beirut, Lebanon, before the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
• High resolution DigitalGlobe photograph of Hurat Hurayk neighborhood, Beirut, Lebanon — Satellite photograph of the Haret Hreik neighborhood [Dahieh district], Beirut, Lebanon, 22 July 2006

Coordinates: 33°51′N, 35°31′E

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