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Lebanese president visits Beirut Port to stand on damages caused by explosion
Date: 2020-08-05 09:24:16 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:8533940
BEIRUT, Aug 5 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun visited on Wednesday the Port of Beirut to stand on the volume of damage and destruction in the port and its vicinity because of the explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday. Aoun was accompanied ....
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Canada ready to assist Lebanon in aftermath of explosion, PM
Date: 2020-08-04 23:06:28 GMT - Canada - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:8533593
OTTAWA, Aug 4 (MENA) - Canada stands ready to assist Lebanon in the aftermath of an explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement. "Absolutely tragic news coming out of Beirut. Canadians are thinking of ....
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Trump offers sympathy to Lebanon, saying Beirut explosion was “terrible attack”
Date: 2020-08-04 22:54:31 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:8533592
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - President Donald Trump offered sympathy and assistance to the people of Lebanon after an explosion that left dozens dead and thousands injured on Tuesday, referring to the incident as a “terrible attack.” Lebanese ....
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Lebanese health ministry: Death toll from massive blast in Beirut rises to 73
Date: 2020-08-04 22:04:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:8533556
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Lebanese Health Ministry said that the death toll from the huge explosion that hit the Port of Beirut in the center of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday has risen to 73 so far. Earlier, preliminary estimates said that 50 ....
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Arab Parliament voices solidarity with Lebanon
Date: 2020-08-04 22:03:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:8533568
CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Head of the Arab Parliament Meshaal bin Fahim al Salami expressed solidarity with the Lebanese people after the powerful deadly explosion at Beirut port, asserting that the Arab legislature stands by them in these difficult ....
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Lebanon's Higher Defense Council declares Beirut 'a devastated city'
Date: 2020-08-04 21:45:43 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8533526
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - Lebanon's Higher Defense Council declared Beirut "a devastated city" in the aftermath of the huge explosion that ripped through the Port of Beirut in the center of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday. The council convened under ....
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Lebanese PM urges all world countries to stand by Lebanon
Date: 2020-08-04 20:57:35 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:8533457
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab called on "brotherly and friendly countries" to help his country to face the repercussions of a huge explosion that rocked the Port of Beirut in the center of the Lebanese capital on ....
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Lebanon's president calls for addressing repercussions of Beirut blast
Date: 2020-08-04 20:55:53 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8533287
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Tuesday instructed armed forces and security bodies to work to deal with the repercussions of a huge blast that took place at Beirut Port, and to conduct patrols in the affected districts of ....
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Thousands wounded, more than 50 killed in Beirut explosion - health min.
Date: 2020-08-04 20:36:03 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:8533509
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - Thousands of people were wounded and more than 50 killed during multiple explosions in Downtown Beirut Tuesday, Lebanon's health minister said. Buildings several kilometers away suffered material damage, with Cyprus even ....
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Russian embassy building affected by shock wave after blast in Beirut
Date: 2020-08-04 20:27:27 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:8533373
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - The building of the Russian embassy to Lebanon has been damaged in a powerful explosion that rocked an area near Beirut’s seaport, the embassy’s counsellor Vyachselav Maksudov told TASS on Tuesday. "The doors and windows of ....