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New $122 million Beirut airport terminal planned amid economic …
WEBMar 20, 2023 · Lebanon's only international airport will build a $122 million new terminal, officials said on Monday, as economic crisis grips the nation. Once completed, Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport will be operated by Irish airport company daa International, which will also manage Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Development Project.
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US Beirut embassy shooting highlights regional security issues for ...
WEBJun 5, 2024 · The US embassy in Lebanon was closed on Wednesday after a possible ISIS shooting outside its heavily fortified entrance, an attack that highlighted America's troubled diplomatic presence in Beirut and underscored security risks to US personnel in the region.
US envoy in Beirut faces major hurdles in efforts to prevent war
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Back-channel diplomacy has faced major hurdles in the wake of Mr Shukr's killing with growing frustration from Hezbollah's side. The commander's death shocked Lebanon, as the government publicly said it had received foreign assurances that Israel would not attack Beirut's suburbs.
At least nine dead in Beirut restaurant gas leak explosion
WEBApr 30, 2024 · At least nine people died and two were injured due to an explosion caused by a gas leak in a Beirut restaurant on Tuesday, Lebanese authorities said. The explosion happened at the Pizza Secrets restaurant in central Beirut, with the victims dying of suffocation from fumes, the city's fire department said.
Lebanese protesters set fires and break windows at Beirut banks
WEBFeb 16, 2023 · Frustrated Lebanese protesters caused damage at banks in Beirut on Thursday as Lebanon’s commercial banking institutions marked the 10th day of their strike. Protesters broke several windows and doors of at least five banks in the Badaro area of the city and set fire to tires outside.
Irish UN peacekeeper killed in Lebanon after vehicles attacked
WEBDec 15, 2022 · A convoy of two (2) Armoured Utility Vehicles (AUVs) carrying eight (8) personnel travelling to Beirut came under small arms fire. Mr Coveney, who is in New York for a UN Security Council meeting, said he would meet Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday to discuss the incident.
What caused the Beirut explosion? Everything we know so far
WEBAug 10, 2020 · On Tuesday evening, Lebanon's capital Beirut was rocked by an enormous twin explosion, heard as far away as Cyprus, which devastated the city. It is the largest destruction the previously war-torn city has seen in decades and pictures emerged of collapsed buildings and shattered windows tens of kilometres away from the blast site.
Beirut port explosion: a timeline of the investigation into the ...
WEBAug 4, 2021 · People pass next of a justice symbol monument that sits in front of towering grain silos gutted in the massive August 2020 explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021.