Tag: Beirut

Beirut: Ahead of the UN tribunal’s verdict in the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a bomb blast shook Beirut on Tuesday, reports said. According to the BBC, the explosion was in the city’s port area, with videos and local media showing a billowing mushroom cloud, people trapped under debris, and extensive […]

Beirut: A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. The blast struck with the force of a 3.5 magnitude […]

Beirut: At least four people were killed and over 20 others injured after a fuel tank exploded in a densely populated area of Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut, officials said. The incident took place on Friday night in the city’s Tariq-al-Jdide district after the tank caught fire, the BBC reported. While rescue efforts were ongoing, […]