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August 13, 2020

Lebanon activists fear military crackdown under state of emergency declaration

The order gives the army broad power to curb free speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press, as well as to enter homes and arrest anyone deemed a security threat under the guise of protecting a city in turmoil. 

August 11, 2020

Lebanon's leaders were warned in July that explosives 'could destroy' Beirut, report says

Lebanese security officials who were concerned about the massive stockpile of ammonium nitrate in Beirut’s port had sent a letter to the country’s prime minister and president two weeks before the blast warning that the material “could destroy” the capital city if it exploded, a report says. 

August 11, 2020

Police, protesters clash in Beirut: Fox News' Trey Yingst reports amid gunfire, tear gas

There is "growing frustration" among demonstrators clashing with security forces in Beirut one week after the deadly explosion that killed at least 171 people, injured thousands, and plunged Lebanon into political chaos, Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst reported on "America's Newsroom" Tuesday.

August 10, 2020

Couple slammed for sexy photoshoot near Beirut explosion site

An unidentified couple ventured out to a bridge near the Beirut explosion site in Lebanon and snapped modelesque photos of themselves mere yards from where 220 people were killed and thousands were injured on Tuesday.

August 10, 2020

Trey Yingst reports from Lebanon after prime minster, Cabinet resign following Beirut blast

Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst reported Monday that demonstrators in Lebanon say the resignations of the country's prime minister and his cabinet following last week's deadly explosion at Beirut’s port are “not enough.”

August 10, 2020

Lebanon prime minister resigns after Cabinet steps down amid fallout of Beirut explosion

Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced at a news conference Monday he's resigning just hours after his entire Cabinet stepped down amid the fallout of last week's devastating explosion at Beirut's port.

August 9, 2020

Beirut cop killed in anti-government clashes as Macron calls on world to help

A police officer was killed Saturday as thousands of protesters in Beirut stormed government buildings and called for an uprising days after a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital’s port left at least 158 dead and some 6,000 wounded.

August 9, 2020

Esper on aid to Lebanon after deadly Beirut blast: US doing 'everything we can'

The U.S. government will do everything it can to help the Lebanese people in the wake of Tuesday's massive explosion at a port in Beirut that killed more than 100 people and wounded thousands, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday night.

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

Fox News 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.