BEIRUT (Reuters) – Some Lebanese called for an ongoing uprising on Sunday to assassinate their leaders amid public outrage over this week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country’s top Christian Maronite church said the cabinet should resign to take. A man walks past a truck that caught fire during …
Read More »Backstory: coverage of the Beirut explosion, wounded and bloody
(Reuters) – Imagine throwing a giant explosion on the floor, removing a falling closet in your house, cutting your forehead by flying glass – and then brushing the blood and it to film news. TV producer Yara Abi Nader is pictured with her face covered in blood, in a selfie …
Read More »Haunting image of Beirut destruction shows clock frozen at 6:09 – the exact time of the explosion
At 06:09 on Tuesday, disaster struck in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. As explosions destroyed the city, one woman conquered the moment striking, and liberated it in time. Lebanese photographer Aya Nehme shared a photo she took on her Instagram this week of having a car completely destroyed by the …
Read More »Hundreds of Protestants wounded as anger rages in Beirut: Live | Lebanon News
At least 728 people have been injured in clashes with authorities as thousands of Protestants took to the streets of central Beirut as insurgent police fired tear gas at those trying to break through a barrier to the parliament building. One police officer was also killed. Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan …
Read More »Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Riot police fire tear gas at protesters trying to break through a barrier to reach the Beirut parliament building on Saturday in protest of the government’s handling of this week’s devastating explosion in the city . Protesters gather as tear gas is fired by security forces during …
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