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FILE: Many bakeries have already closed down because they cannot afford the rising cost of fuel needed to power private generators as electricity cuts last for around 20 hours a day. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News.

Beirut

'Nothing left': in crisis-hit Lebanon bread too is scarce

By AFP

Lebanese flocked to bakeries before dawn on Friday, desperate to find affordable bread in a country where fuel and medicine are already in critically short...

  • Residents inspect the damage along Gouraud Street in the Gemayzeh neighbourhood of Beirut to clear debris on 6 August 2020, two days after a massive explosion shook the Lebanese capital. Picture: AFP

    One year on, political interference besets Beirut blast probe

    The domestic investigation has yet to determine what triggered the blast, where the chemicals originated from or why they were left unattended for six years.

    296 days ago
  • Volunteer clear the rubble in the Beirut neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael on 14 August 2020, more than a week after a massive blast ravaged the port and parts of the Lebanese capital. Picture: AFP

    A year after the mushroom cloud, Lebanon still bleeds

    Shortly after 6:00 pm on that ill-fated Tuesday, hundreds of tonnes of poorly stored ammonium nitrate caught fire and caused what has been described as one of the largest ever non-nuclear explosions.

    297 days ago
  • FILE: Lebanese protesters briefly attempted to storm the economy ministry. Picture: AFP

    Lebanon protesters try to storm ministry over currency crisis

    "We are killing each other for a bag of diapers and a carton of milk," one protester told a local TV station.

    434 days ago
  • Fighters from the Lebanese Shi'ite Hezbollah movement raise up and salute a banner in a mountainous area around the Lebanese border town of Arsal. Picture: AFP.

    Hezbollah says border talks not 'normalisation' with Israel

    Lebanon and Israel, which are still technically at war, last week said they had agreed to begin UN-brokered negotiations over the shared frontier, in what Washington hailed a "historic" agreement.

    594 days ago
  • Lebanese midwife Heba Khoudary examines a woman at a mobile clinic supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Beirut's Basta neighbourhood on September 18, 2020. Picture: AFP

    Terrified mothers-to-be adjust after Beirut blast

    Lebanon had already been mired in its worst economic crisis in decades and battling the novel coronavirus pandemic.

    602 days ago
  • FILE: Volunteer clear the rubble in the Beirut neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael on 14 August 2020, more than a week after a massive blast ravaged the port and parts of the Lebanese capital. Picture: AFP

    Lebanon to compensate for Beirut blast lost homes, businesses

    The compensation will go to owners of homes and businesses damaged in the explosion that left more than 190 dead and devastated swathes of the capital, a source at the presidency said.

    608 days ago
  • Flag of the United States (American flag). Picture: theflagshop.co.uk

    US accuses Hezbollah of ammonium nitrate stockpiles in Europe

    "Since 2012, Hezbollah has established caches of ammonium nitrate throughout Europe by transporting first aid kits whose cold packs contain the substance," US counterterrorism coordinator Nathan Sales said.

    614 days ago
  • Rescuers and civil defence gather at Beirut port’s silo on 5 August 2020 in the aftermath of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital. Picture: AFP

    Huge fire at Beirut port weeks after deadly blast

    It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze just over a month after the August 4 blast which killed more than 190 people, wounded thousands and ravaged much of the capital.

    622 days ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron (C) visits a devastated street of Beirut, Lebanon, on 6 August 2020 two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury. Picture: AFP

    France's Macron to head to Beirut to pressure Lebanese political elite

    The official added it was time for Lebanese political parties to temporarily step aside and ensure a government of change was put into place.

    635 days ago
  • FILE: Volunteer clear the rubble in the Beirut neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael on 14 August 2020, more than a week after a massive blast ravaged the port and parts of the Lebanese capital. Picture: AFP

    Arrest warrant against top customs official over Lebanon blast

    Customs director-general Badri Daher has been in detention for more than ten days over the 4 August explosion that killed 177 people, wounded at least 6,500 others, and devastated swathes of the capital.

    646 days ago
  • Volunteer clear the rubble in the Beirut neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael on 14 August 2020, more than a week after a massive blast ravaged the port and parts of the Lebanese capital. Picture: AFP

    Diplomatic flurry in blast-hit Lebanon as aid effort expands

    The explosion revived a street protest movement that had first erupted in October last year against government corruption and a lingering economic crisis.

    649 days ago
  • Rescuers and civil defence gather at Beirut port’s silo on 5 August 2020 in the aftermath of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital. Picture: AFP

    Lebanon assembly ratifies state of emergency after deadly Beirut blast

    The state of emergency formally approved by the parliament allows the army to close down assembly points and prohibit gatherings deemed threats to national security.

    650 days ago
  • Rescuers and civil defence gather at Beirut port’s silo on 5 August 2020 in the aftermath of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital. Picture: AFP

    Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say

    There are many unanswered questions surrounding last week’s huge, deadly blast in the Lebanese capital, but ownership should be among the easiest to resolve.

    651 days ago
  • Lebanese protesters lift a gallows and placards berating politicians in Beirut, on 11 August 2020, across from the site of a huge chemical explosion in the capital's port which devastated large swathes of the city. Picture: AFP

    Lebanese call for downfall of president, other officials over Beirut blast

    Reuters reported that the president and prime minister were warned in July about the warehoused ammonium nitrate, according to documents and senior security sources.

    652 days ago
  • An image grab obtained from Lebanon's public television network Tele Liban on 10 August 2020 shows Prime Minister Hassan Diab announcing his government's resignation amid popular outrage over the deadly Beirut port explosion. Picture: AFP

    Lebanon's PM announces resignation of government after blast

    Lebanon's premier Hassan Diab stepped down Monday amid fury within and outside his government over the deadly Beirut port blast.

    653 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 15 May 2020 Lebanon’s Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni reacts as he speaks during an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP) at his office in the Lebanese capital Beirut.  Picture: AFP

    Lebanon finance minister quits in 4th govt resignation

    The resignation of the minister, Ghazi Wazni, brings the entire government of Prime Minister Hassan Diab closer to collapsing over the 4 August explosion that has reignited angry street protests.

    653 days ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron (C) visits a devastated street of Beirut, Lebanon, on 6 August 2020 two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury. Picture: AFP

    World leaders pledge 250mn euros for Lebanon's people: France

    Fifteen government leaders including US President Donald Trump took part in the virtual conference hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and the UN, pledging solidarity with the Lebanese people.

    653 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on 3 August 2020 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    Trump calls for Lebanon to hold 'transparent investigation' into blast

    The explosion that hit Beirut's port devastated large parts of the Lebanese capital, claiming over 150 lives and wounding some 6,000 people.

    654 days ago
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