BEIRUT—From his tiled terrace in the foothills overlooking Beirut, Mohammed Dayekh is watching a place he once loved go up in flames. A 34-year-old director and screenwriter with jet black hair ...

Mangled cars and collapsed buildings line the two-mile stretch of road that cuts through the center of Dahiyeh ... the road runs south from Horsh Beirut, the city’s largest public park, and ...