BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded, according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources. Debris will …
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The entire Lebanese cabinet is set to respond to last week’s devastating explosion at the port of Beirut, which killed hundreds of people and injured thousands more. The news was initially announced by Health Minister Hamad Hassan who told reporters after a cabinet meeting that Prime Minister Hassan Diab would …
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Lebanese police fire tear gas to try to disperse dispersed protesters who scattered a road near the parliament in Beirut on Sunday in a second day of anti-government demonstrations, sparked by last week’s devastating explosion. International leaders take part in a virtual donor conference led by France and the United …
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Thousands of Protestants rocked Lebanon’s parliamentary area on Sunday, demanding the government’s fall in the wake of the catastrophic explosion that destroyed parts of Beirut last week. The violent rally took place around sunset, when an international donor conference launched to fund the enormous cost of recovery decided that the …
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A new video shows the moment an explosion shook the port of Beirut – sending a fireworks explosion of “white hot glass” into the air before leveling dozens of buildings in a powerful wave of destruction. The high-resolution recordings, which are also slower, offer the clearest view of the explosion …
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