today, it's a hezbollah stronghold, and leader hassan nasrallah looms large. ♪♪♪ rima: if you connect desperate times in a place that was already desperately poor. rima: in the bekaa, nothing was done for the past 10 to 15 years, so the resentment was boiling even before this crisis. now it's even worse because people who could help out are not helping anymore because they can't help. adam: in the midst of this troubled valley, in the city of baalbek, lies rima's pride and joy. she owns a national treasure, the palmyra hotel. rima: this hotel you see, i love the hotel. palmyra is the first hotel in the near east. can you imagine the heritage of this hotel? can you imagine the history that's inside-- adam: the first hotel in the near east? how old is it? rima: it was built in 1887. adam: right. ♪♪♪ rima: in summer, you've got-- that grows and blooms into a wisteria. i call it hysteria wisteria because it's lovely. adam: i'll definitely come in summer. rima: yes, yes. adam: it's a living, creaking history of lebanon. rima says the palmyra's doors have never closed in 133 years. kings, q