Lebanon

Nasrallah: Impartial probe necessary into Beirut blast

Aug 07, 2020 15:50

Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has urged an impartial investigation into the blast that rocked Beirut on Tuesday.
UN urgently scrambling to get food, medical aid to Beirut

Aug 07, 2020 11:29

The United Nations said Friday it was urgently trying to get food, aid and medical equipment to Beirut following the devastating explosion that ripped apart the Lebanese capital’s port.
No colonial power can return to Lebanon, President Aoun says, rebuffing Macron

Aug 07, 2020 11:11

Lebanese President Michel Aoun says no colonial power can return to Lebanon, following a trip by French President Emmanuel Macron to disaster-stricken Beirut that sparked outrage among the Lebanese.
Macron’s colonial-style Lebanon sojourn sparks derision, outcry

Aug 07, 2020 06:47

Lebanese people have taken to the social media to vent their anger at French President Emmanuel Macron over his uninvited visit to Lebanon and his "colonial mentality" by calling for a new political pact and reportedly threatening the country's leaders.
Russia's emergencies ministry deploys field hospital in Beirut

Aug 07, 2020 01:20

Russia's ministry of emergencies deployed a field hospital in the blast-stricken capital of Lebanon on Thursday.
Beirut blast aftermath resembles Lebanon civil war: MSF chief

Aug 07, 2020 01:19

Doctors Without Borders, known as MSF, has likened the humanitarian fallout of the recent massive explosion in Beirut to that of Lebanon's civil war, which lasted for 15 years.
In flagrant act of interference, French president proposes new ‘political pact’ for Lebanon

Aug 07, 2020 00:13

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked for a “new political pact” among the Lebanese groups in flagrant interference in the West Asian country’s internal affairs just two days after a devastating blast gutted out the Beirut port.
Lebanon govt. gives investigative committee four days to find those responsible for Beirut blast

Aug 06, 2020 13:33

Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe says the government has given four days to an investigative committee probing the massive explosion that ripped through the capital, Beirut, to determine responsibility for the devastating disaster.
Iranian nation, govt. will spare no assistance to Lebanon amid crisis: President Rouhani

Aug 06, 2020 11:15

President Hassan Rouhani has assured his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun that the Iranian nation and government will spare no assistance in helping the Lebanese government and nation in the aftermath of the recent huge deadly blast that hit the port of Beirut.
Grand Ayatollah Sistani urges world’s benefactors to help Lebanese nation

Aug 06, 2020 10:39

Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani has called on benefactors across the world to show solidarity with the Lebanese people and rush to their assistance with all available means after a massive blast wreaked havoc on Beirut.