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11 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
Beirut attack followed by others in city's southern suburbs after calls by Israeli military to evacuate the area
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Israel presses airstrikes as Beirut awaits truce ideas
Lebanon waits to hear Washington's latest ceasefire proposals after US official expresses hope for truce
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Air France, Transavia suspend Beirut flights
Two French airlines stop servicing route on Monday, a day after Israel vows to retaliate against France
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Beirut 'neighbourhood watch' echoes troubled past
The neighbourhood watch is the worst shock crisis that has afflicted Lebanon since its economy collapsed in 2019
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Middle East Airlines plane hit by stray bullet while landing in Beirut
Lebanese lawmaker shares images appearing to show a hole in the fuselage of the plane
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Over 71% of Lebanon's population risks losing access to safe water: UNICEF
The financial crisis has translated into severe shortages of basic goods such as fuel and medicine
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Lebanese critic of Hezbollah killed, sources, local media
Lokman Slim, an activist, and publisher, was shot with a bullet to the head
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Five Lebanese prisoners die in accident following mass prison break-out
The official statement did not say how the 69 prisoners had escaped from the facility
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Woes of Beirut rescuers 'microcosm' of troubled Lebanon
The authorities had failed to tell the fire brigade of the giant shipment of fertiliser stored at the port
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Wrecked schools pose new challenge as Beirut students wait to head back to classes
The huge explosion in Beirut’s port on Aug 4 did not spare the Lebanese capital’s schools
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Macron accuses Lebanon leaders of 'betrayal' over govt failure
As the country remains mired in political economic crisis in the wake of the Beirut port blast
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Lebanon's army finds firework cache at devastated Beirut port
As the Aug 4 blast that killed at least 190 people was blamed on 2,750 tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate
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Smoke from Beirut port remnants of Thursday fire, 'no danger to city' -source
As firefighters have been stationed at the scene putting out the embers
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Lebanese firefighters douse remains of Beirut port fire
A month after a massive blast devastated the port and the surrounding area
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Big fire at Beirut port rattles residents a month after huge explosion
Some residents still traumatised by the August 4 blast, drove out of the city
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'No signs of life' in Beirut rubble after three-day search for blast survivors
The August 4 blast killed about 190 people, injured 6,000 more and devastated whole neighborhoods
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'Never forgive, never forget': Scarred survivor haunted by Beirut blast
With at least 190 dead and many more injured
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Lebanese army finds 4.35 tonnes of explosive chemicals outside Beirut port after huge blast
Chemicals were found outside entrance nine to the port, says army statement
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A city by the sea
They pay the price of a crime they have not committed
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Scratching old wounds
Truth be told: Lebanon never really recovered from the 1975 civil war
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S&P downgrades Lebanon bonds to default
S& P says recent explosion in Beirut is deepening country’s economic crisis
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Lebanon between Israel and France
So, what are the “profound changes” that arrogant Macron has demanded before he returns to Beirut on Sept 1?
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Top designer Elie Saab opens up about going back to Beirut after blast
Saab has dressed British royal Kate Middleton among a host of A-list celebrities
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'Impossible' that Beirut port blast was caused by Hezbollah arms, says president
Israel has denied any involvement in the blast
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Lebanese president says Beirut aid should go where needed
Some Lebanese doubt authorities can carry out proper investigation, say foreign countries should intervene
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Death toll in blast-hit Beirut rises to 177
Lebanese army says foreign diplomats informed about distribution mechanism of aid after last week’s explosion
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Presidency warned Defense Council before Lebanon blast
President’s office informed Supreme Defense Council to take necessary actions
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Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say
There are many unanswered questions surrounding last week’s deadly blast
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UN calls for rapid formation of Lebanese government
UN special coordinator for Lebanon underscores importance of avoiding a prolonged governmental vacuum
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What was once ‘Paris du Moyen Orient’
Beirut explosion was sheer incompetence by a corrupt and broken state
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Exclusive: Lebanon's leaders warned in July about explosives at port - documents
There was a danger that this material, if stolen, could be used in a terrorist attack says official
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A special place
Beirut’s citizens have shown that you can be both angry and kind at the same time
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Death toll of Beirut blast rises to 163
Search for missing people ongoing as authorities try to ascertain their exact number
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Lebanon's cabinet under pressure as ministers quit and anger grows over Beirut blast
Prime Minister Hassan Diab says he would request early parliamentary elections on Saturday
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Beirut residents mourn destruction amid transformed cityscape
Blast injured more than 6,000 people and left an estimated 300,000 Lebanese effectively homeless
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'They are not just numbers': Missing Beirut silo worker's family clings to hope
The health ministry said 21 people were still missing
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Macron hosts donor conference for Beirut, raises €250M
Virtual conference backed by UN and led by Macron brings emergency funds to ravaged capital and its people
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Lebanese call for an uprising after protests rock Beirut
Saturday’s protests were the biggest since October when thousands of people took to the streets
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Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings, TV shows, as Beirut blast protests grow
Protesters say politicians should be hanged over their negligence that they say led to Tuesday’s gigantic explosion
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Backstory: Covering the Beirut blast, bruised and bloodied
Photographer Mohamed Azakir thought it was an earthquake when he first felt the ground shaking
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UN agencies pit forces for Beirut blast crisis
UN office for humanitarian assistance mobilises agencies to aid Beirut's beleaguered population after killer blast
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Hezbollah: We do not have weapon depots at Beirut port
Group’s head denies allegations it is responsible for explosion that killed 154 people, injured around 5,000
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300K Lebanese refuse to leave damaged homes after blast
Blast damage estimated between $10 to 15 billion
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Lebanon sees possible 'external interference' in blast
Rescuers sifted rubble in a race to find anyone still alive after Tuesday’s port explosion that killed 154 people
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Pakistan donates 8 tonnes of food, medicines supplies to Lebanon
FM Qureshi calls his Lebanese counterpart, conveys deep sorrow over loss of precious lives in Beirut explosion
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Beirut port blast: Death toll rises to 154, nearly 5,000 wounded
Lebanon's capital rocked by massive explosion on Tuesday after a fire at warehouse in Port of Beirut
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What is ammonium nitrate and why is it dangerous?
Some of the world’s deadliest industrial accidents were caused by ammonium nitrate explosions
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Lebanon navigates food challenge with no grain silo and few stocks
As the Beirut’s blast destroyed Lebanon’s only port-based grains silo
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Lebanon detains 16 port employees over blast
Dozens are still missing under the rubble from the blast
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Arab countries send medical, humanitarian aid to Beirut
As the city was rocked by a massive explosion on Tuesday, causing at least 135 deaths, nearly 5,000 injuries