Baabda (Arabic: بعبدا) is a capital city of Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon. It is located at around 33°49′60″N, 35°31′60″E. Baabda Palace, headquarters of the President of Lebanon is located here. Arabic (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Mount Lebanon is one of the Governorates of Lebanon. ...
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One source cited visitors to Baabda as quoting Lahoud as saying that the Âdoors of the palace are open to everyone, and the head of the Consultative Gathering, Bsharri MP Qabalan Issa Khoury, as saying that he sensed that the president was ready to sponsor a national dialogue.
These comments were considered by opposition members as signs that Baabda was paving the way for the restart of dialogue that was obstructed after the closure of Murr Television.
: One source cited visitors to Baabda as : quoting Lahoud as saying that the Âdoors of : the palace are open to everyone, and the : head of the Consultative Gathering, Bsharri : MP Qabalan Issa Khoury, as saying that he : sensed that the president was ready to : sponsor a national dialogue.
A nun, a nurse at the governmental hospital of Baabda, saw the arrival of corpses and of the Red Cross ambulances.
She led the way down the steps of Baabda Hospital to a feud fly-infested basement and there, on the floor and stacked inside glass refrigerators, were dozens of young men, most shot in the face or chest, many dressed only in underpants.
On the 13th of October 1990, the presidential Palace of Baabda was infested by the virus of treachery and shame.