Lebanon

Zarif signs memorial book of Beirut blast victims

Aug 09, 2020 06:57

Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif signed a memorial book at the Lebanese embassy in Tehran, paying homage to the victims of the recent deadly blast in Beirut.
Iran sets up makeshift hospital in disaster-stricken Beirut

Aug 09, 2020 04:07

Iran’s Red Crescent Society has established a makeshift hospital in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, as the city’s hospitals have reached capacity in the wake of a massive explosion that left 154 people dead and thousands of others wounded and in need of medical assistance.
Thousands rally in blast-hit Beirut, police intervene

Aug 09, 2020 03:58

The police are forced to intervene after around 7,000 take to streets in Beirut to protest the government’s handling of the aftermath of a recent huge deadly explosion in the Lebanese capital that sent the country’s main grain silo up in smoke.
A ticking bomb in Yemen: Beirut blast may repeat in Aden

Aug 09, 2020 01:51

Thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical compound which recently caused a massive explosion in Beirut, are being stored in the Yemeni port city of Aden by Saudi-Emirati occupation forces, a top official warns.
Over 60 still missing as Lebanon rejects bid to 'dilute truth'

Aug 08, 2020 07:17

More than 60 people are still missing four days after a massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, a Lebanese health ministry official says.
Mayors of Iran’s metropolises condole with Beirut’s mayor over tragic explosion

Aug 08, 2020 01:16

Mayors of Iran’s major cities have conveyed their heartfelt condolences to the mayor of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, where a colossal explosion killed nearly 140 people and injured thousands of others earlier this week.
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.