Tag: Lebanon

The U.S. military is sending three cargo planes to Lebanon filled with food, water and medical supplies, the U.S. Central Command announced in a statement Thursday two days after a massive explosion …

Tuesday’s blast in Beirut came as Lebanon was barely limping through an economic and political crisis, writes Nahlah Ayed.

“I don’t know how people are going to rebuild. We are really sad, we are really numb,” Dr. Ibrahim Melki said.

Neutrality, impartiality and independence are important principles—but not taking sides is not the same as not taking a position.

French president Emmanuel Macron has warned Lebanon that the country will continue to sink if the government does not push ahead with much-needed reforms as mounting public anger over a blast that …

French President Emmanuel Macron says an international fundraising conference for Lebanon will be held in the next few days after the deadly explosion that devastated Beirut. On a visit to the gutted …

Beirut has been ravaged by a massive explosion, likely caused by careless handling of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse at its port. As the city is still picking through the debris and thousands …

US, French and German citizens are all reported to have died in the blast as the death toll continues to rise on Thursday.

Lebanese authorities scrambled to clear the rubble left from this week’s massive explosion and search for victims, as the government continued its investigation into the causes of a blast that killed …