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18 Nov 2024

Israeli Airstrike Hits Beirut’s Mar Elias Neighborhood, Killing 2, Injuring 22

According to media reports, the airstrike targeted Hezbollah's head of operations on the southern front, Mahmoud Madi, but his fate remains unknown.

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08 Oct 2024

Israeli Military Claims Killing Senior Hezbollah Commander In Beirut Airstrike

The Israeli military claimed responsibility for killing senior Hezbollah commander Suhail Husseini in a Beirut airstrike. Husseini was involved in managing logistics and weapons transfers for Hezbollah.

03 Oct 2024

US to impose sanctions against Iran

11 Nov 2022

Stray bullet hits Middle East Airlines plane while landing, no casualties

No one among the passengers or crew was hurt, the head of the Lebanese airline company said, after a bullet hits the plane while landing at the airport.

13 Sep 2020

Plumes of white smoke cover Beirut port, triggers panic among residents

According to local media reports, the smoke covered the port, where a major fire broke out on September 10, on Saturday night.

24 Aug 2020

Nightmares, flashbacks, fatigue: Beirut faces mental health crisis after blast

More than two weeks after a massive explosion tore through Beirut killing 181 people and leaving entire neighbourhoods in ruins, Sandra Abinader still jumps at the slightest sound. Despite recognising the magnitude of her ordeal, Sandra, 18, said she was not interested in seeking professional help. "We`re used to dealing with our problems on our own," she said, stoically. Her attitude is common in Lebanon, a country hardened by past wars and sectarian conflict and where stigma still rules attitudes towards mental health.

18 Aug 2020

'Impossible' that Beirut port blast was caused by Hezbollah arms: President

Lebanese President Michel Aoun dismissed as "impossible" the chance that a vast explosion in Beirut`s port this month was caused by a blast from a deposit of Hezbollah arms. Lebanese authorities are probing what caused massive amounts of ammonium nitrate warehoused unsafely for years at the port to denotate in a mushroom cloud on August 4, killing 178 people. Aoun, an ally of the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, told Italian daily Corriere della Sera in an interview published on Tuesday that the group did not store weapons at the port.

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13 Aug 2020

Lebanon: Woman goes into labour in Beirut as explosion shatters hospital room

The devastating explosion that rocked Beirut, earlier this week, left a pregnant woman rattled when the blast ripped through her hospital delivery room. Despite the deadly blast, doctors and staff helped the woman successfully deliver the baby boy.

10 Aug 2020

Lebanon Cabinet resigns over Beirut blast that left 160 dead, says Minister

Lebanon Cabinet on Monday (August 10) resigned over last week's devastating explosion at the Beirut port which left 160 people dead and almost 6,000 injured.

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10 Aug 2020

Lebanon : Beirut police fire tear gas as protesters regroup

"After the enormous Beirut catastrophe, I announce my resignation from government," Lebanon's information minister Manal Abdel said in a statement.

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09 Aug 2020

French President to host donor conference to raise emergency relief for Beirut

Lebanon was already mired in a deep political and economic crisis when the blast ripped through its main port on Tuesday, killing 158 people, injuring more than 6,000 and destroying a swathe of the city. Rebuilding Beirut could run into the billions of dollars as economists forecast the blast could wipe up to 25% off of the country`s GDP. US President Donald Trump will also participate in the video-link conference.

08 Aug 2020

NASA maps damage due to explosions that shook Lebanon's Beirut; see picture

The incident witnessed more than 150 people getting killed and injuring thousands while about a quarter of a million people getting homeless.

08 Aug 2020

Beirut blast a wake-up call on dangers of ammonium nitrate, experts warn

Lebanese authorities said 2,750 tonnes of the industrial chemical had been stored for six years at Beirut port without safety measures. That stockpile exploded on Tuesday, killing more than 150 people, injuring thousands and leaving about a quarter of a million people homeless.

07 Aug 2020

How was Beirut ruined in just 12 seconds?

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05 Aug 2020

Death toll from Beirut blast reaches 100 and could rise

Tuesday`s blast at port warehouses storing highly explosive material was the most powerful in years in Beirut. Beirut is already reeling from an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections. President Michel Aoun said that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate had been stored for six years at the port without safety measures.

04 Aug 2020

No Indian hurt in Beirut explosions, shared our helpline numbers: Indian envoy

There are nearly 9,000 Indian nationals in Lebanon according to the MEA with a majority of them employed as workers in companies, agricultural farms, etc. Lebanese President Michel Aoun has reportedly called for an emergency meeting of the country`s Supreme Defence Council.

04 Aug 2020

Huge explosions in Lebanon's Beirut kill 10, injure hundreds; watch

Local broadcaster LBC quoted the health minister as saying there was a "very high number" of injures and a large amount of damage.

19 Jan 2020

100 injured in clashes between protesters, riot police in Lebanon

The clashes broke out following the attempts by protesters to break barbed barriers set up by security forces at the entrance of the roads leading to the Parliament's headquarters.

26 May 2019

Syrian government steps up air strikes in northwest, seizes small town

Syrian government forces pounded positions in the northwest of the country on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in the heaviest day of air strikes since launching a major campaign against the rebel-held territory nearly four weeks ago.

06 Dec 2017

Russian air strikes kill 21 civilians in east Syria: Monitor

Russian air strikes killed 21 civilians early Wednesday in a village held by the Islamic State group near the Euphrates River in eastern Syria, a monitor said.

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