Another source close to a port employee said a team that inspected the material six months ago warned it could “blow up all of Beirut” if not removed. Tuesday’s explosion was the most powerful ever suffered by Beirut, a city still scarred by civil war three decades ago and reeling from a deep ...
Lebanese MP Marwan Hamadeh resigned from parliament during a live interview on Al Arabiya, saying that he no longer felt honored to be part of an “ineffective government” following the deadly explosions that erupted in the port of Beirut. “Tonight, I’ve taken with full independence the ...
Damages could total $5 billion. Pope Francis and Evangelical leaders call for urgent prayer for people of Beirut.
Beirut officials compare devastation to nuclear blasts. Here’s the latest.
Thousands of people were wounded and more than 73 killed during multiple explosions in Downtown Beirut Tuesday, Lebanon’s health minister said. Buildings several kilometers away suffered material damage, with Cyprus even feeling the blast, and the explosions were heard over 20 kilometers away ...
A stunning series of explosions rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut Tuesday afternoon. Hundreds are reportedly wounded. The death toll is rising. Video taken from a nearby rooftop — and Tweeted out by Arab News — shows one building on fire after the first explosion. But eleven seconds into ...
Lebanon’s foreign minister resigned on Monday, accusing colleagues of lacking any intention to institute meaningful reforms and warning that conflicting interests threatened to turn the country into “a failed state.” Nassif Hitti, 67, had been in the post less than seven months, and his ...
US President Donald Trump Wednesday extended a national emergency concerning Lebanon because of Iran’s arms transfers to Hezbollah, which presents an “extraordinary threat to America’s national security,” according to a statement from the White House.
Tensions on the Israeli-Lebanon border have been heating up in recent months. Israeli forces have been fortifying their positions as rumors of an impending new war with the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror movement have grown.
BEIRUT — Most parts of Lebanon are receiving no more than two or three hours of electricity a day. An incoming flight at Beirut’s airport had to abort a landing this month because the lights on the runway went out. The traffic signals in the capital have stopped working, adding to the ...
