Other Armenians inhabited the area of Karantina (literally "Quarantine", a port-side district in the Lebanese capital of Beirut).
In 2005, storms caused flood damage in the suburbs of Bourj Hammoud and Karantina, and a bridge adjacent to the Port of Beiurt collapsed due to water pressure.
The first Beirut Rock Festival took place in Forum de Beirut (Karantina) on the 11,13,14 of November 2009 with international bands such as Anathema, To/Die/For, Peter Murphy, Agua de Annique, Yann Tiersen and local bands such as Eileen Khatchadourian, Tristmoon and Weeping Willow.
The B018 is located in the Karantina neighborhood that witnessed a massacre during the war, in 1976.
In that same year, he joined the LF headquarters in Karantina then he became the head of the International Media Relations department in 1984.
The southern part of the neighborhood adjacent to the highway is home to various commercial establishments, such as the Forum de Beyrouth, the multipurpose events center that hosted Beirut Rock Festival in 2009.