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WEBBeirut a crisis of 'alarming proportions', warn leading humanitarian organisations
New $122 million Beirut airport terminal planned amid economic …
WEBMar 20, 2023 · New $122 million Beirut airport terminal planned amid economic crisis Terminal 2 at Rafik Hariri airport will cater for charter and low-cost flights, caretaker minister says The National
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WEBLive updates Seven paramedics killed in Israeli strike on central Beirut. Building hit in the heavily populated neighbourhood of Bashura
US envoy in Beirut faces major hurdles in efforts to prevent war
WEBAug 14, 2024 · According to diplomatic and political sources, the US and western efforts are met in Beirut with “frustration” from the powerful armed group, which has rejected incentives in return for limiting its response to the killing of its top commander.
'They don't deserve this nightmare': Cancelled flights leave …
WEB6 days ago · Israel has launched dozens of strikes on Beirut over the past week as hostilities with Hezbollah have escalated after nearly a year of low-level clashes over the war in Gaza. An Israeli air strike hit an apartment block near the Cola Bridge in Lebanon's capital early on Monday and a strike killed the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on …
At least nine dead in Beirut restaurant gas leak explosion
WEBApr 30, 2024 · Police and residents gather outside the burnt restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
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Lebanese protesters set fires and break windows at Beirut banks
WEBFeb 16, 2023 · A demonstrator gestures near a bank, set on fire, during a protest organized by Depositors' Outcry, a group campaigning for angry depositors, against informal restrictions on cash withdrawals and deteriorating economic conditions in Beirut, Lebanon February 16, 2023.
Irish UN peacekeeper killed in Lebanon after vehicles attacked
WEBDec 15, 2022 · According to the Irish Defence Forces, “a convoy of two armoured utility vehicles carrying eight personnel travelling to Beirut came under small arms fire”. The vehicles were “surrounded by a hostile mob” while conducting routine transportation after shots were fired, Irish Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said.
‘Allo, Beirut?’ exhibition reconnects to forgotten past of Lebanon’s ...
WEBNov 25, 2022 · Visitors to Allo, Beirut? are encouraged to imagine how they would redesign the capital in the period immediately after the Lebanese Civil War