Beirut resembled a warzone on Thursday as the army deployed armored vehicles to a divided area of the city where deadly skirmishes erupted following an attack on a protest. The army declared that the troops would fire at any armed individuals on the capital’s streets. The Lebanese army deployed a …
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On Thursday, scenes of unrest uploaded to Twitter showed people running frantically throughout Beirut around the Justice Palace area, with sirens blaring in the background and what sounded like several rounds of gun shots. One graphic video on the social media platform captured heavy gunfire and screaming and a seriously …
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One year ago today, the horrific Beirut Port explosion ravaged Lebanon’s capital, claiming over 217 lives and escalating already boiling tensions in a country embroiled in both political and economic turmoil. The disaster at Beirut Port was unfortunately not an isolated case in Lebanon, just the most physically appalling, with …
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Protesters marched to the house of Mohammed Fahmi earlier on Tuesday, demanding that the caretaker interior minister lift the immunity granted to government officials over last year’s devastating port explosion. Clashes soon broke out, and police and security officers beat back the demonstrators. The crowd grew in size, however, and …
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Footage from the Lebanese capital’s Hamra neighborhood on Monday purportedly showed people throwing bank documents from the building’s windows. Banners displaying messages claiming the bank had stolen people’s money could also be seen hung over the entrance as a crowd protested outside. Videos published by local media appeared to show …
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Footage posted online showed protesters fighting with Lebanese security services outside a military court in the capital on Monday after judges ruled that six demonstrators in Tripoli had committed “terrorism and theft.” Some 30 people have been arrested in the city of Tripoli in recent weeks after attending demonstrations against …
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The fire apparently began earlier on Thursday, with social media users flooding their pages with footage of flames rising up in the devastated port area. Some publications suggested that the bang was heard before the blaze. As locals wondered what could have caused the blaze, a Reuters source in the …
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The clashes took place on the same day French President Emmanuel Macron made his second visit to the city in a month to check on reform progress. Protesters voiced concerns about the appointment of Adib as the head of the nation’s government, claiming he was not radical enough to change …
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Meanwhile, the government of Lebanon has informed that the explosion 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate in the port of the capital occurred during welding work. The US President Donald trump called the explosion in the port of Beirut “monstrous attack”. He stated this at a briefing at the White house …
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