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Developers will continue to dismantle ancient ruins on the site of the Roman Hippodrome after a judge overruled a temporary work cessation order to make way for a multi-million dollar gated community in the heart of downtown Beirut, according to the Beirut Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The work cessation order had been filed by activists from the Association to Protect Lebanese Heritage (APLH) in August.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Beirut Report<\/i> blogger and BBC contributor Habib Battah, the developer of the project, Marwan Kheireddine, who is also a current state minister said “The overall consensus is that what we found is not worth preserving…” adding that “some ‘90%’ of the hippodrome structure is gone.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, activists say they are not giving up. Raja Noujeim, a member of the ALPH, was quoted as saying, “We are committed to protecting the hippodrome and the theater. This is a declaration of war.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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