Renewed inquiry rejected into Beirut port explosion
Issued on: 25/01/2023 – 17:14Modified: 25/01/2023 – 17:22 Lebanon’s top public prosecutor on Wednesday charged the Beirut port blast investigating judge and ordered the release...
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Beirut explosion investigator charges former PM, top prosecutor
Issued on: 24/01/2023 – 13:06 The judge probing the 2020 Beirut blast has charged Lebanon’s top public prosecutor, the then-premier and other senior current and...
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Lebanese depositors storm banks amid historic economic crisis
Issued on: 16/09/2022 – 16:43 Lebanese depositors, including one armed with a hunting rifle, broke into at least four banks Friday to demand their trapped...
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Lebanese woman holds up bank at gunpoint to access frozen savings
Issued on: 15/09/2022 – 01:03 Two seemingly armed and desperate Lebanese depositors held up banks on Wednesday to force access to their own money, which...
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More grain silos collapse at Beirut port, damaged by devastating 2020 blast
Issued on: 23/08/2022 – 08:52 Eight more grain silos at Beirut port toppled Tuesday, succumbing to damage from a devastating 2020 explosion in the third...
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Port silos crack and fall near Beirut waterfront as protesters mark two years since deadly blast
Issued on: 05/08/2022 – 00:22 Thousands of protesters marched tearfully in the Lebanese capital on Thursday, marking two years since a cataclysmic explosion at the...
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Two years after deadly Beirut port blast victims continue fight for justice
Issued on: 04/08/2022 – 05:45 Crisis-hit Lebanon marks two years Thursday since a massive explosion ripped through Beirut, with victims’ relatives planning protest marches as...
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Part of Beirut’s blast-damaged port silos collapses
Issued on: 31/07/2022 – 17:18 A section of Beirut’s massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed in a huge cloud of dust...
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Lebanese parliamentary elections: First poll since mass protests in 2019
Issued on: 11/05/2022 – 12:16 On May 15, parliamentary elections will take place nationwide in Lebanon. The Lebanese diaspora, estimated to be double the size of...
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Lebanon marks two years since the start of its popular uprising
Issued on: 17/10/2021 – 11:07 Lebanon on Sunday marks the two-year anniversary of its popular uprising when demonstrators took to the streets against government corruption...
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Lebanon holds day of mourning after deadly sectarian clashes
Issued on: 15/10/2021 – 10:02 Schools, banks and government offices across Lebanon shut down Friday after hours of gun battles between heavily armed militias killed...
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At least one dead in shooting at protest against Beirut blast judge
Issued on: 14/10/2021 – 12:10 Gunfire killed at least one person in Beirut on Thursday as supporters of the Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies...