Tag: Lebanon

Macron visits traumatised Lebanon after deadly mega-blast

by Jean-Marc Mojon BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron visited shell-shocked Beirut Thursday, pledging support and urging change after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has has sparked grief and fury. “Lebanon is not alone,” he tweeted on arrival before pledging Paris would coordinate international relief efforts after the colossal blast killed at least 137 people, wounded thousands and caused billions of dollars in damage. But Macron also […]

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German diplomat killed in Beirut blast

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A German diplomat was killed in the huge explosion in Beirut, the first confirmed German fatality, as the country’s foreign minister expressed his condolences on Thursday over the tragedy. “All of us at the foreign ministry are in deep mourning for our colleague,” said Heiko Maas in a statement. He added that the female employee had died in her apartment in the Lebanese capital. The news “confirmed our worst fears”, the […]

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Lebanon blast killed at least 137, injured 5,000: ministry

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The huge blast at Beirut port has killed at least 137 people, left dozens missing and at least 5,000 wounded, a Lebanese health ministry spokesperson said Thursday. Tuesday’s explosion obliterated part of the port and caused damage over a wide radius in the heart of the city, prompting fears the final death toll could yet rise significantly. © Agence France-Presse

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DFA: 2 more Filipino seafarers reported missing after Lebanon blast found

(Eagle News) — Two more Filipino seafarers who were reported missing after Tuesday’s explosion in Beirut, Lebanon have been found and are safe, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday, Aug. 6. According to the DFA, with the development, 13 seafarers who went missing following the explosion that killed over 135 according to Red Cross are accounted for. “Our Embassy in Beirut has ascertained the conditions of all the 13 Filipino seafarers who were […]

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France opens probe into Beirut blast after 21 citizens wounded: prosecutors

PARIS, France (AFP) — Prosecutors in France opened an investigation Wednesday after 21 French citizens were wounded in the devastating blast at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut, the Paris prosecutor said. The prosecutors opened a probe into “involuntary injury” using their jurisdiction to investigate acts committed abroad, Paris prosecutor Remy Heintz said in a statement. At least 113 people were killed in Tuesday’s blast with dozens still missing and 4,000 people wounded. Heitz […]

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Anger mounts as Lebanon’s ‘Armageddon’ death toll tops 113

by Rouba el Husseini and Tony Gamal-Gabriel BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Anger mounted in Lebanon on Wednesday as rescuers searched for survivors of a cataclysmic explosion at Beirut port that wreaked destruction across the city, killing at least 113 people, wounding thousands and plunging crisis-striken Lebanon further into the abyss. The blast on Tuesday, apparently triggered by a fire igniting 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertilizer left unsecured in a warehouse of Beirut port, was […]

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Qatar sends field hospitals to Lebanon

AL WAKRAH, Qatar (AFP ) — Qatar began flying field hospitals and medical aid to Beirut Wednesday, AFP correspondents saw, to ease pressure on Lebanon’s strained medical system after the previous day’s devastating explosions. Crews at Qatar’s Al-Udeid airbase loaded collapsible beds, generators and burn sheets onto an Emiri Air Force C17 cargo plane, which subsequently took off for Lebanon. It was one of four due to fly from the Gulf to the Mediterranean country […]

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Utter devastation as toll from Beirut monster blast tops 100

by Tony Gamal-Gabriel and Layal Abou Rahal Agence France Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Rescuers searched for survivors in Beirut Wednesday after a cataclysmic explosion at the port sowed devastation across entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, wounding thousands and plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis. The blast, which appeared to have been caused by a fire igniting 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate left unsecured in a warehouse, was felt as far away as Cyprus, […]

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PHL condoles with Lebanon following explosion in Beirut

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Aug. 5, condoled with the people of Lebanon after an explosion in Beirut left at least 100 people dead on Tuesday. “The Philippines is in solidarity with the people of Lebanon in this period of great grief. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Lebanese people,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. The Palace also condoled with the kin of the Filipinos who died and were injured in the incident, which […]

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JUST IN: Beirut blast killed more than 100: Lebanese Red Cross

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — A huge blast at Beirut port that devastated entire neighborhoods of the city has killed more than 100 people and injured over 4,000, the Lebanese Red Cross said Wednesday. “Until now over 4,000 people have been injured and over 100 have lost their lives. Our teams are still conducting search and rescue operations in the surrounding areas,” a statement said. © Agence France-Presse

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Ammonium nitrate: fertilizer behind many industrial accidents

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Ammonium nitrate, which Lebanese authorities have said was the cause of the Beirut blast, is an odorless crystalline substance commonly used as a fertilizer that has been the cause of numerous industrial explosions over the decades. These include notably at a Texas fertilizer plant in 2013 that killed 15 and was ruled deliberate, and another at a chemical plant in Toulouse, France in 2001 that killed 31 people but was […]

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Lebanon, small Mideast country mired in tragedies

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanon, a small multi-confessional country which endured a devastating 15-year civil war, has often been caught in the crossfire of regional conflicts. The tragic explosions at Beirut port on Tuesday struck with the country mired in its worst economic crisis for decades, marked by the collapse of its currency and angry popular protests. Lebanon has had more than 5,000 cases of coronavirus, with 65 dead. Between Israel and Syria The civil […]

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