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September 18, 2020

Lebanese soccer player dies from stray bullet head wound

Lebanon’s leading soccer player Mohammed Atwi died on Friday, nearly a month after he was wounded in Beirut by a stray bullet that hit him in the head, the state-run National News Agency reported. He was 33.

September 10, 2020

Judith Miller: Beirut thrown into panic by massive new fire

The cause of Thursday’s massive fire at the port of Beirut — a month after blasts there killed 190, injured over 6,000, and destroyed much of the city’s eastern coastal area — is still unknown. But the fire has re-traumatized Lebanese.

September 10, 2020

Fire breaks out at Beirut port a month after deadly explosion

A massive fire has broken out at Beirut port on Thursday, a little more than a month since a huge blast devastated the port facilities and surrounding area.

September 4, 2020

Beirut to observe moment of silence as search continues for possible survivor 1 month after blast

The rescue efforts briefly halted so that rescue workers supposedly could find a crane to help with a sensitive part of the debris.

September 3, 2020

More explosives found outside Beirut port month after deadly explosion

The Lebanese military on Thursday discovered more than 4 tons of ammonium nitrate near Beirut's port, where a deadly explosion killed nearly 200 people last month.

September 2, 2020

Pope holds first public audience in months, prays for Beirut and solidarity during coronavirus pandemic

Pope Francis called for a day of prayer and fasting in Italy to commemorate the one-month mark after the deadly blast that destroyed large swaths of Beirut and killed hundreds.

August 22, 2020

House Dems, led by Tlaib, call for Trump to let Lebanese nationals stay in US after Beirut blast

A number of House Democrats, led by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., are calling on President Trump to allow Lebanese nationals living temporarily in the U.S. to be able to stay, in the wake of an explosion that tore through Beirut earlier this month.

August 18, 2020

Lebanese president defends Hezbollah, says it's 'impossible' they are responsible for deadly Beirut blast: report

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said it's "impossible" that explosive material in the Beirut port that caught fire, resulting in a deadly explosion earlier this month was caused by Hezbollah arms.

August 18, 2020

Hezbollah militant guilty of 2005 assassination of Lebanon's ex-PM

A U.N.-backed tribunal on Tuesday convicted one member of the Hezbollah militant group and acquitted three others of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

August 17, 2020

American man who was detained in Lebanon for six months dies of cancer, family says

Amer Fakhoury, the New Hampshire man who was beaten and tortured after being detained during a family vacation in Lebanon nearly a year ago, died of cancer earlier Monday, according to his family.