Lebanon’s president Friday rejected any international probe into the catastrophic port blast, saying a missile or negligence could have been responsible as rescuers desperately combed… Read More

When Manal Saab heard that a massive explosion had struck Beirut, she grabbed her phone, frantically trying to reach loved ones there. The news she [...] The post US charities raise millions… Read More

Lebanon's investigating judge charged caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers with negligence over the Beirut port blast that killed200 people and ravaged the capital… Read More

Clashes have broken out between police and grief-stricken Lebanese protesters marking a year since the cataclysmic explosion that ravaged Beirut, at a time when its economy was a… Read More

The judge investigating last year's deadly Beirut port explosion had to suspend work on Monday, a court official said, after what rights groups and victims' families condemned as another bla… Read More

The judge investigating Beirut's catastrophic port explosion survived attempts to have him removed from the inquiry when a court dismissed two complaints against him on Monday Read More

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in a Sky News Arabia interview on Wednesday he had signed a bill that lifts immunity on “everyone” who might have borne responsibility f… Read More

The spokesman for relatives of those killed in last year's Beirut port blast quit on Saturday, following fears he had been intimidated into urging the dismissal of the lead investigator in t… Read More

The Lebanese judge leading investigations into last year's Beirut port blast was forced to stop work Thursday over a lawsuit filed by an ex-minister he had summoned for interrogation Read More

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A video of heavily damaged buildings has been viewed more than a hundred thousand times online alongside a claim it shows the "situation in Ukraine" as a civilian disaster is growing in the… Read More

A section of Beirut's massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed in a huge cloud of dust on Sunday after a weekslong fire, triggered by grains that had fermented and… Read More

Aug 04, 2022 04:31 IST Beirut [Lebanon], August 4 (Always First): Two years on, Human rights experts continue to call for an international investigation into 2020 Beirut… Read More

Pope Francis prayed Wednesday for “justice and truth” in Lebanon ahead of the second anniversary of the deadly Beirut port explosion. “My thoughts are with the families… Read More

Crisis-hit Lebanon marks two years Thursday since a massive explosion ripped through Beirut, with victims' relatives planning protest marches as they keep demanding truth and justice Read More

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Thousands of protesters marched tearfully in the Lebanese capital on Thursday, marking two years since a cataclysmic explosion at the Beirut port, with chants denouncing the government&rsquo… Read More

It was 6:07 pm. Thousands of lives were upended and the Lebanese capital — no stranger to disaster — was transformed into a hellscape. Much like the broken clocks, the catastro… Read More

Eight more grain silos at Beirut port toppled Tuesday, succumbing to damage from a devastating 2020 explosion in the third such collapse in a month, AFP correspondents reported Read More

BEIRUT — An investigation into last year’s Beirut blast is set to resume https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/beirut-blast-probe-judge-cleared-continue-investigation-2021-12… Read More

💥 Updated, 7:45 PM ET (12:01 AM UTC/GMT, Wed 05 Aug 2020) 💥 Speculation and fear after massive explosion in Beirut - Jerusalem Post 💥 Beirut blast… Read More

The historic and endeared Sursock Museum in Beirut introduced this week that it could reopen its doorways in Could, greater than two years after Beirut port blast devastated the artw… Read More

The Lebanese judge investigating the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast has resumed his work, a judicial source said, after a 13-month suspension due to political pressure Read More

Beirut, Jan 24 (IANS) The judge investigating the 2020 Port of Beirut blast has resumed work after a 13-month suspension under political pressure. Upon returning to the office on Monday, Jud… Read More

The judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion has charged Lebanon’s then-Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, and two former ministers with homicide with probable intent, according… Read More

Lebanon's top public prosecutor on Wednesday charged the Beirut port blast investigating judge and ordered the release of those detained in connection with the explosion, after rejecting the… Read More

The relaunching this week of the investigation into the August 2020 Beirut port blast triggered an unprecedented impasse with the lead judicial investigator and top prosecutor slapping charg… Read More

  By Henry Srebrnik, [Sydney, N.S.] Cape Breton Post Lebanon is in a mess. But what else is new? There is no sense of national identity. The various religious communities — the Ma… Read More

AMMAN, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s top Christian cleric called on Sunday for the judge struggling to investigate the Beirut port explosion to be able to pursue his wor… Read More

Story LineLebanon Grapples With Economic, Political, And Security Crises, As French Inquiry Into Beirut Blast BEIRUT: Lebanese people took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the country&r… Read More

DUBAI: When a massive explosion tore through the port of Beirut on Aug. 4, 2020, killing more than 215 people, Lebanese officials promised a swift investigation that would bring the culp… Read More

How political obstruction violates Beirut blast survivors’ right to truth, justice and reparations DUBAI: When a massive explosion tore through the port of Beirut on Aug. 4… Read More

In excess of 1,500 dead as structures breakdown in pre-first light quake, with different consequential convulsionsIndividuals from the global local area, including NATO and the EU, have offe… Read More

Colombo, Sri Lanka – As far as many residents of Sri Lanka’s capital are concerned, one more beach is needed amid the worst economic crisis their island nation has ever see… Read More

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese intelligence chief who has mediated the release of Westerners held in Syria and also acted as a mediator within Lebanon stepped down Wednesday after attempts… Read More

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BEIRUT: The families of the victims of the Beirut port explosion have welcomed the condemnation of systematic interference in its investigation at a Geneva conference, where multiple cou… Read More

http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Christian-Loffler-Beirut.mp3You know how when a disaster happens it’s all the world talks about for a few days, and we… Read More

Judges investigating the deadly August 2020 explosion at the port in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, must be free to do their job in peace, a UN independent human rights expert said on Wedn… Read More

Beirut, April 6 (IANS) A UN expert has expressed grave concern about interference in investigations into the 2020 port explosion in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, including threats against… Read More

Lebanon’s Sursock Museum has reopened to the public, three years after a deadly explosion in Beirut's port - set off by tons of improperly stored chemicals - reduced many of its treasu… Read More

Lebanon’s Sursock Museum has reopened to the general public, three years after a lethal explosion in Beirut’s port — set off by tons of improperly saved chemical compou… Read More

BEIRUT: The recent increase in shark sightings off the coast of Lebanon, which has sparked concerns and social media panic over potential attacks, is being attributed to an illegal fishing t… Read More

A montage of several videos showing the Beirut Port explosion of 2020 has surfaced with false claims that it shows Russian missiles hitting British cargo ships, triggering an explosion in Uk… Read More

Already ill with multiple sclerosis, Dany Salameh found himself struggling to walk after the Beirut port blast – Copyright AFP ANWAR AMRO Aya Iskandarani Dany Salameh was already il… Read More

Lebanon caretaker Financial system Minister Amin Salam had urged Kuwait to rebuild part of Beirut’s port destroyed in 2020. A brand new row has emerged between Kuwait and Lebanon… Read More

Here's a round-up of Al Jazeera's Middle East coverage this week. 10 August 2023 This Week in the Middle East ­ The US beefs up its military prese… Read More

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BEIRUT: Rana Hariri doesn’t know when she’ll be able to send her children back to school, as Lebanon’s grinding economic crisis thrusts the fate of public education into… Read More

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday appealed to Hamas to immediately release all hostages and to Israel to grant “unimpeded access for humanitarian aid” into t… Read More

Every effort continues to be made by the United Nations and partners to get aid supplies into Gaza following the Israeli order to evacuate the north of the enclave, the UN’s emergency… Read More

The 1960s marked a period of economic prosperity in Lebanon, largely thanks to robust oil exports from the Persian Gulf. However, as we fast forward to 2023, Lebanon’s economic landsc… Read More

Top view of Beirut Port and Achrafieh area in Beirut, Lebanon.Lebanon wants to rebuild the Beirut Port, destroyed by an ammonium nitrate explosion on August 4, 2020, and France has come forw… Read More

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Why the killing of a Lebanese party official has raised the specter of new sectarian strife BEIRUT: Almost five decades since the Lebanese civil war of 1975-1990 began, reactions to t… Read More

Last month, the European Union (EU) unveiled a 1 billion-euro ($1.07bn) aid package for the Lebanese state. During a visit to Beirut, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen dec… Read More