Dahieh: what Wikipedia removed
Dahieh is a predominantly Shia suburb of Beirut and Hezbollah’s stronghold. Through October 6 2023 the opening said it “is the Beirut stronghold of Shia militant group Hezbollah.” Today the opening calls Hezbollah a “Lebanese political party and paramilitary group,” and the word militant appears nowhere in the article. A reader arriving now learns Hezbollah is a political party and paramilitary group, and not that it is described as a Shia militant group.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| militant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| islamist | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- A caption and description rewording unrelated to the Hezbollah designation, changing only phrasing around the neighborhood’s demographics.
- The stand-alone sentence noting the area is composed of several towns and municipalities is gone from the opening, though the town names now appear in a different sentence.
- Minor rewording of the sentence noting Sunni Muslim, Christian, and Palestinian refugee minorities, unrelated to the Hezbollah finding.
- The stand-alone sentence on the suburb’s location north of Rafic Hariri International Airport is gone, merged into the following sentence instead.
- The description of Hezbollah changed from ‘Shia militant group’ to ‘Lebanese political party and paramilitary group.‘
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 340815082):
Satellite photographs of the Haret Hreik neighborhood [Dahyeh district] of Beirut , Lebanon , before and after 22 July 2006. See also high resolution photographs before and after . Dahieh ( Template:Lang-ar , al-Dahiya al-Janubiya , meaning “the southern suburb”) is a mainly Shi’ite Muslim district of southern Beirut , Lebanon . But in some cities like Chyah , Haret Hreik and Bourj el barajneh, there is an important presence of Maronite Christians . It is located north of the Rafic Hariri International Airport , with the Airport Road passing through it. Prior to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict , it was a residential area as well as a commercial area with malls and stores. It was also the Be…
2025 (revision 1281702816):
Suburb south of Beirut, Lebanon Place in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon The Haret Hreik suburb of Dahieh in 2009 Dahieh ( Arabic : الضاحية الجنوبية , lit. ’ the southern suburb ’ , French: Banlieue Sud de Beyrouth, Dâhiye de Beyrouth ) is a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of Beirut , in the Baabda District of Lebanon . It has a minority of Sunni Muslims , Christians , and a Palestinian refugee camp with 20,000 inhabitants. It is a residential and commercial area with malls, stores and souks , and comprises several towns and municipalities, including Ghobeiry , Haret Hreik , Bourj el-Barajneh , Ouzai , and Hay El-Saloum . It is north of Rafic Hariri International Airport , and the M51 f…
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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