August 8, 2020 Lebanese protesters storm government buildings as prime minister vows early elections Protesters in Lebanon stormed government ministries as violence gripped Beirut Saturday night.
August 7, 2020 ӣƵ reporter gets firsthand look at Beirut blast aftermath as Lebanese citizens demand answers Rescue teams pulled more bodies from the rubble of Beirut's port as more than 300,000 Lebanese are displaced after a massive explosion Tuesday sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital, killing nearly 150 people and wounding thousands.
August 7, 2020 Lebanese authorities fire tear gas as protesters chant 'Revolution' after Beirut blast The blast killed at least 154 people and injured at least 5,000 others, with dozens of people still unaccounted for.
August 6, 2020 Beirut explosion: US military sends 3 cargo planes to Lebanon filled with medical supplies The U.S. military is sending three cargo planes to Lebanon filled with food, water and medical supplies, the U.S. Central Command announced in a statement Thursday two days after a massive explosion in the capital city of Beirut left at least 157 dead and some 5,000 injured.
August 6, 2020 Beirut explosion linked to Russian ship storing ammonium nitrate left in port, called 'floating bomb' Investigators probing the devastating blast in Beirut that killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 more are pointing to a Russian ship docked in the city's port for nearly 7 years without appropriate security precautions that officials warned was “a floating bomb.”
August 6, 2020 Beirut explosion: France's Macron promises foreign aid won't fall into 'corrupt hands' as outrage mounts over negligent Lebanon 'regime' As outraged protesters gathered in central Beirut on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron assured that foreign aid dollars would not fall into corrupt hands on the second day since a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital, leaving so far at least 157 dead and 5,000 injured.
August 6, 2020 Ex-NSC spokesman Michael Anton describes Beirut explosion as 'accident waiting to happen' If Tuesday's massive explosion in Beirut was an accident -- as authorities claim --- "it was an accident waiting to happen," former Trump national security spokesman Michael Anton told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Wednesday.
August 5, 2020 Heartstopping video shows Lebanese bride posing for shoot moments before massive explosion rocked capital A stunning video recorded Tuesday captures a Lebanese bride in Beirut moments before a massive explosion that killed 135 people and injured thousands of others.
August 5, 2020 Trump walks back claim that Beirut explosion was caused by bomb President Trump on Wednesday hedged his comments from the previous day that the massive explosion in Beirut was caused by a bomb – saying that the blast that left more than 70 dead and thousands injured could have been an accident.
August 5, 2020 Defense Secretary Esper contradicts Trump on Beirut tragedy: 'Most believe it was an accident' The massive explosion that tore through Beirut killed at least 135 people and left some 300,000 homeless