Lebanon
Fireworks, ammonium nitrate likely fueled Beirut explosion
Middle East
August 5, 2020
Fireworks, ammonium nitrate likely fueled Beirut explosion
Fireworks and ammonium nitrate appear to have been the fuel that ignited a massive explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital…
Iran offers to treat people injured in Beirut blast
Middle East
August 5, 2020
Iran offers to treat people injured in Beirut blast
DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran’s president offered on Wednesday to send medical aid to Lebanon and treat people injured in the…
Lebanese confront devastation after massive Beirut explosion
Middle East
August 5, 2020
Lebanese confront devastation after massive Beirut explosion
BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of Beirut awoke to a scene of utter devastation on Wednesday, a day after a massive…
Massive blast in Beirut kills at least 10 people and injures hundreds
Middle East
August 4, 2020
Massive blast in Beirut kills at least 10 people and injures hundreds
A huge explosion near the centre of Beirut killed at least 10 people, injured hundreds and sent shockwaves across the…
Lebanese try to storm energy ministry amid power cuts
Middle East
August 4, 2020
Lebanese try to storm energy ministry amid power cuts
BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of Lebanese protesters tried to storm the Ministry of Energy on Tuesday, angered by prolonged power…
Hariri assassination victims await justice 15 years on
Middle East
August 4, 2020
Hariri assassination victims await justice 15 years on
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Ehsan Fayed keeps reliving the day her husband was killed in a 2005 bombing in which Lebanon’s…
Crisis-weary Lebanon braces for Hariri tribunal verdict
Middle East
August 4, 2020
Crisis-weary Lebanon braces for Hariri tribunal verdict
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Fifteen years after a truck bomb killed Lebanon’s former Sunni leader Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut, triggering regional…
Lebanon’s foreign minister quits over lack of ‘will to reform’
Middle East
August 3, 2020
Lebanon’s foreign minister quits over lack of ‘will to reform’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti resigned on Monday over what he described as lack of political will…
Analysis: Often on brink, Lebanon headed toward collapse
Middle East
August 3, 2020
Analysis: Often on brink, Lebanon headed toward collapse
BEIRUT (AP) — Power cuts that last up to 20 hours a day. Mountains of trash spilling into streets. Long…
For hard-hit Lebanese, Eid traditions are now just too costly
Middle East
July 31, 2020
For hard-hit Lebanese, Eid traditions are now just too costly
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) — On the streets of Tripoli, Lebanon’s second biggest city and one of its poorest, there are…