Lebanon

Palestinians donate blood for victims of Beirut blast

Aug 06, 2020 01:10

Palestinians donate blood during an event organised by the municipality, the Red Crescent, and the Ministry of Health in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in support of Lebanon in the aftermath of a massive explosion which rocked its capital.
After Beirut blast, Lebanon puts port officials under house arrest

Aug 06, 2020 00:52

Lebanon is to put all port officials, who oversaw storage and security since 2014, under house arrest amid suspicions that negligence of the dangers that are posed by storing ammonium nitrate led to the unprecedented blast that hit the capital Beirut earlier.
Leader condoles with Lebanese govt., nation over massive blast in Beirut

Aug 06, 2020 00:35

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered condolences to the Lebanese nation and government over a recent deadly massive blast in the Arab country that killed more than 100 people.
Judiciary head urges intl. action against the illegal sanctions on Lebanon

Aug 05, 2020 10:32

Judiciary Chief Hojjat al-Islam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has called on the international community to take action to help lift the illegal US sanctions imposed on Lebanon to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the wake of a recent massive explosion that ravaged the country's capital Beirut.
I think up to 300,000 people are now homeless: Beirut’s governor

Aug 05, 2020 08:39

“I think there are between 250,000 and 300,000 people who are now without homes.”
Iran begins sending food supplies, medical aid to Lebanon after deadly blast

Aug 05, 2020 06:22

Tehran has begun sending food supplies and medical aid to Lebanon, with senior Iranian officials voicing readiness to provide all sorts of humanitarian assistance to Beirut, which is reeling from a massive explosion.
Beirut blast: Two-week state of emergency declared in ‘disaster-stricken’ city

Aug 05, 2020 03:38

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has called for a two-week state of emergency in Beirut following a huge explosion that claimed more than a hundred lives, injured thousands more and sent seismic shockwaves through the capital, with the country’s top defense body describing Beirut as a “disaster-stricken” city.
Iran sympathizes with Lebanon over blast, offers help

Aug 05, 2020 02:19

A host of Iranian ministries and senior officials have expressed solidarity with Lebanon after a huge blast rocked Beirut on Tuesday evening, expressing readiness to help the Lebanese government and people to deal with the tragedy.
In Pictures: Beirut rocked by deadly blast

Aug 05, 2020 01:11

The Lebanese capital of Beirut was rocked by a massive blast on Tuesday, with the latest reports by the country’s health ministry showing that 78 people had lost their lives and nearly 4,000 others sustained injuries.
Hezbollah slams Beirut blast, urges unity to overcome ‘national tragedy’

Aug 05, 2020 00:47

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has called for unity to overcome what it describes as “national tragedy” following a deadly blast in Beirut.