Word: juniyah
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...Brigadier General Aziz Ahdab mounted a coup to force him out of office and end the fighting, Franjieh huddled behind his loyal presidential guard at Baabda and refused to step down. But last week, as Franjieh hastily moved to a village city hall near the Phalangist stronghold of Juniyah on the seacoast 13 miles north of Beirut, a radio station supporting him announced "a temporary transfer of the seat of the presidency...
...almost empty. Its defenders had retreated southward to regroup. Almost all civilians had fled to nearby Saadiyat, Chamoun's seaside estate, which was also surrounded by leftist troops. Later, a small fleet of yachts and coastal steamers picked up the thousands of refugees and carried them to Juniyah, a large Christian stronghold north of the capital...
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