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This hotel, as well as others in the surrounding Qantari district, were fought over by the Muslim and Christian militias throughout the Lebanon Civil War. In October of 1975 Muslim forces took the district and occupied the tower. Following Black Saturday (Dec. 6, 1975), the hotel was passed between Muslim and Christian armies several times, with the Muslim militias ultimately keeping control. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID lb0152)http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/popup.cfm?i=/worldguide/wgmaps/wg-beirut-39258-400x300.gif