The restricted zone is between Beirut harbor and Madfun, north of the ancient port of Byblos.

Lebanon's small navy and air force have been intercepting freighters bound for militia ports and forcing them to dock at the Christian-controlled Beirut harbor.

Dr. Geagea's bunker is three stories under a building that houses the headquarters in Karantina, a seaside district facing Beirut harbor.

On July 9, 1958, Shayetet 13 operatives infiltrated Beirut harbor in Operation Yovel.

The P.L.O. cannot use the regular Beirut harbor and the airport because they are controlled by anti-P.L.O. Shiite Moslems.

The Lebanese Forces operate their own pier at the Government-run Beirut harbor, and are in complete control of the port of Junieh north of here.

A ship carrying food assistance from the United States docked today at Beirut harbor after Prime Minister Omar Karami warned the country of "economic hard times ahead."

The Christian militia known as the Lebanese Forces has left a pier at Beirut harbor and turned it over to the port authority.

If the militia's claims are accurate, General Aoun's forces will have lost their only sea outlet for replenishing supplies, the Beirut harbor.

Earlier, more than 2,000 tons of ammunition, including rockets, artillery shells and mines, were moved from the hilltop quarter of Ashrafiye and the nearby waterfront at the Beirut harbor.