Tag: Lebanon

As Lebanon’s PM Hassan Diab picked through the rubble in his Beirut office, he promised that those responsible for a devastating warehouse explosion that destroyed much of the city would “pay the price.” … Read More >Ticking time bomb? Explosive stash that devastated Beirut was there since 2014, PM says, vowing to punish those responsible

Lebanon’s health minister has confirmed over 70 deaths following explosions in the country’s capital, with thousands more injured. The blasts are under investigation with early reports linking it to stored fireworks and chemicals. … Read More >‘Catastrophe’: Lebanese PM pleads for help as 70+ confirmed dead & thousands injured in Beirut blasts

Videos obtained by RT show areas around Beirut’s port reduced to rubble and ruins after explosions near the city’s docks destroyed nearby buildings and blew out windows more than 10 kilometers away. … Read More >BEIRUT BLAST AFTERMATH: Parts of Lebanon’s capital lay in ruins after explosions leave dozens dead & buildings destroyed (VIDEOS)

Videos of the devastating explosion at the port of Beirut that left over 70 people dead and thousands wounded continue to emerge, painting a comprehensive picture of the destruction – though shedding no light on its cause. … Read More >WATCH enormous Beirut blast from 15 synchronized camera angles as mystery surrounding its cause persists

The secretary-general of Lebanon’s Christian Kataeb Party, or Phalange, Nizar Najarian has been killed in a powerful explosion in Beirut. Nearly a dozen more people are reported dead and hundreds injured. … Read More >Top Lebanese Christian party official killed in Beirut, after ‘Hiroshima’-level explosion

Terrifying footage has emerged, showing a huge mushroom cloud of fire and smoke covering much of Beirut’s port area, blowing out windows and destroying nearby buildings, as a warehouse in the Lebanese capital’s docks explodes. … Read More >WATCH huge mushroom-like cloud cover Beirut’s docks area after ‘fireworks depot’ explodes

Huge explosions in the Lebanese capital Beirut have killed at least 10 people, local security and medical sources told Reuters. The blasts smashed buildings and turned the city’s streets into a debris-strewn wasteland. … Read More >Hundreds injured in Beirut explosions so powerful they turned streets into wasteland (VIDEOS)

Two major explosions shook the Lebanese capital of Beirut, with eyewitness footage capturing the blasts and showing the devastation wreaked in the surrounding area. The blasts have been blamed on a fireworks accident. … Read More >Many injured, major damage reported after MASSIVE explosions rock Beirut (VIDEOS)