Lebanon

The global community should help Lebanon rather than impose its will on the country, Iran’s foreign minister said while in Beirut on Friday, following the catastrophic blast at the city’s port that killed 172 people and pushed the…

The Lebanese should be the only party who should decide their future government, Iran’s Foreign Minster Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday in Beirut. Speaking after a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart, he said Iran and private…

Lebanon’s parliament speaker called on Thursday for quickly forming a new government in the first legislative session since the catastrophic explosion that killed 172 people last week and pushed the cabinet to resign. Parliament approved…

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab submitted on Monday, the resignation of his government to President Michel Aoun, noting that the Beirut blast was the result of rampant corruption. Diab said that "the system of corruption is greater…

The death toll from the Beirut port blast has risen to 160, while 20 people are still missing until this moment, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said Monday. The Ministry of Health said that 6000 people were injured in the explosion that…

Lebanese Justice Minister Marie Claude Najm said in a statement on Monday she had presented her resignation from the government, citing the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut.

More than 110 people were wounded during demonstrations in central Beirut on Saturday against this week’s huge explosion and 32 people were taken to hospital, Lebanese Red Cross officials told local media. Riot police fired tear gas at…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Saturday discussed Lebanon’s urgent humanitarian, medical and reconstruction needs following Tuesday’s devastating blast at Beirut port. “President Aoun thanked…

The death toll from Tuesday’s catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut has risen to 158, the Lebanese health ministry media office said on Saturday. The number of people injured exceeds 6,000 and 21 are still reported missing, it…