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Israel launches ongoing attacks in Beiruit

By Kouthar Sambo Israel has been launching attacks in Beirut which they deemed among the worst so far using ‘bunker buster’ bombs on a densely populated area in south Beirut. The attack was aimed at assassinating the next Hezbollah potential leader Hashem Safieddine. Amid Israel's escalated attacks in Beirut, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, stressed that the Israeli occupation would never achieve victory over the resistance in Palestine […]

today4 October 2024

International

Beirut explosion: Scars of the blast still run deep two years on

INTERNATIONAL Ritta Hanna’s life changed on 4 August 2020. The 45-year-old marketing manager of a local food import company was jogging in the district of Gemmayze, a few hundred metres away from Beirut port, when an explosion took place. “I was going back to my car when I heard a huge sound, everything suddenly got dark and I thought the entire country was about to vanish,” she recalls. The shock wave […]

today5 August 2022

News

A year on, politicians accused of hindering Beirut blast justice

INTERNATIONAL A year after a massive explosion at Beirut Port devastated the Lebanese capital, the victims’ grieving families are still waiting for answers, accountability and justice. More than 200 people were killed and 6,500 wounded when hundreds of tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate fertiliser stored in the port for six years ignited on August 4, 2020, in what was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. Human rights groups and […]

today3 August 2021

International News

Beirut explosion: Judge charges PM, ex-ministers over August port blast

Lebanon's lead investigator into the catastrophic Beirut port explosion charged outgoing premier Hassan Diab and three ex-ministers with negligence, four months after the blast. They are the first politicians to be indicted over the devastating 4 August blast that killed more than 200 people, disfigured the heart of the capital and stoked a wave of public anger against Lebanon's ruling elite. Included among those indicted are former finance minister Ali […]

today11 December 2020

International News

Macron meets Lebanon’s political elite as country marks centenary

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Lebanese politicians that they risked sanctions if they failed to set the nation on a new course within three months, stepping up pressure for reforms in a country collapsing under the weight of an economic crisis. Speaking to reporters in Beirut on Tuesday, Macron said that the coming six weeks were of “vital importance” for the future of Lebanon, reeling from last month's deadly […]

today18 September 2020

International News

Beirut explosion: Syrian refugees feel double the loss after port blast

Nearly a month and a half after the explosion that devastated Beirut, Syrian refugees say they feel forgotten and abandoned as they struggle to recover in the aftermath of the blast and are left to rebuild their lives yet again in Lebanon. On 4 August, some 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate detonated in the Beirut port, killing nearly 200 people - including at least 43 Syrians - and wounding thousands. […]

today16 September 2020

International News

‘Signs of life’ under Beirut rubble one month after explosion

A Chilean rescue team said it detected signs of life underneath the rubble of a building that collapsed in the massive explosion that tore through Beirut one month ago. A member of the TOPOS CHILE rescue team told Al Jazeera that, using a scanning machine, it discovered signs of a pulse and breathing near the ground floor of the collapsed building. He said it most likely belonged to a child, […]

today4 September 2020

International News

Lebanon parliament approves sweeping powers for the army

Lebanon's parliament has approved a state of emergency that grants sweeping powers to the army, citing the exceptional circumstances in the country following a massive explosion in Beirut last week. The cabinet had declared a two-week state of emergency on August 5, the day after the Beirut blast that left at least 200 dead and some 6,000 injured. Parliament on Thursday voted for the emergency declaration eight days in, as […]

today14 August 2020

International News

‘Beirut catastrophe’: Lebanese ministers quit as dozens injured in violent protests

Lebanon's information minister Manal Abdel Samad announced her resignation, saying Prime Minister Hassan Diab's government failed to live up to the aspirations of the Lebanese people. At least 728 people have been wounded in clashes with authorities as thousands of protesters hit the streets of central Beirut as riot police fire tear gas at those trying to break through a barrier to the parliament building. One police officer was also […]

today9 August 2020

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