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Israel strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire ended war with Hezbollah

Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November.

A woman holds a picture of her son, who was killed in the massive blast last year at the Beirut port (Hussein Malla/AP)

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Grieving and angry Lebanese mark year since horrific blast

A justice symbol monument is seen in front of towering grain silos that were gutted in the massive August 2020 explosion at the port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon (Hussein Malla/AP)

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Lebanon marks one year since horrific blast

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‘You see a community at its worst’: Volunteers on deployment to Beirut

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Beirut blast impact can be seen six miles away, says aid worker

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Beirut explosion: Streets wiped out and hospitals wrecked

Australian mother and TV crew freed on bail in Lebanon amid child custody battle

An Australian mother and TV crew caught up in a high-profile child custody battle and detained in Beirut amid a botched attempt to take the woman's two children from their Lebanese father have been released on bail.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2016

43 killed and 240 wounded in two suicide bombings in Beirut claimed by IS

At least 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded yesterday in two suicide bomb blasts claimed by Islamic State in a crowded residential district in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah.

Fri, 13 Nov, 2015