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40 years after the Beirut barracks bombing, the US military is again at risk of clashing with the same forces behind it
The 1983 suicide attack, which was later blamed on Iran-backed Hezbollah, killed 241 US service mem…
Jake Epstein
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Lebanon's prime minister and his entire cabinet have resigned following last week's deadly explosion in Beirut
The resignation means that Lebanon will have to form a new cabinet, just months after forming …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Lebanese forces fired tear gas at protesters who set fires and vandalized stores in anger over Beirut's deadly explosion and the government mismanagement that caused it
A number of Beirut officials have been accused of ignoring warnings about a large stock of ammonium…
Ashley Collman
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In 2020, Lebanon was spiraling. 6 months after the Beirut blast, half of the country lives below the poverty line and the health sector is crumbling.
"We're still in a state of shock. We still have nightmares. Our father was the main pillar of our h…
Azmi Haroun,Kareem Chehayeb
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Lebanon is running out of food after the Beirut explosion wrecked its main port — leaving a bottleneck for supplies that may see the country go hungry
Losing the Beirut port in the August 4 blast also deprived Lebanon of the means by which 90% of its…
Kieran Corcoran
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Volunteers are cleaning up Beirut and distributing aid to 300,000 homeless as Lebanon's government resigns over deadly explosions
As Lebanon's government resigns and protests rage over the deadly blasts, volunteer groups are taki…
Yasmina Hatem,Amelia Kosciule…
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Lebanon's prime minister and his entire cabinet have resigned following last week's deadly explosion in Beirut
Lebanon Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced that his government would resign from power after the …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Lebanon was already in financial crisis before the explosion in Beirut — and now experts are predicting devastating consequences
Inflation has caused Lebanon's currency to plunge in value since October 2019, leaving 45% of the p…
Havovi Cooper,Mark Abadi
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Lebanon's devastating blast came in the middle of an unprecedented economic crisis, frequent power outages, and hospitals struggling to contain the coronavirus
Tuesday's explosion at the port in Beirut, the capital city, killed at least 100 people and injured…
Bill Bostock
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'We're in a free fall, into the abyss frankly,' Lebanon struggles to find new political leadership after cabinet resigns following Beirut explosion
"If we don't get a government in place quickly and they begin to provide some sort of a road map fo…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Amnesty: Iran inmates killed in COVID-19 jail protests
Iran, one of the countries worst-hit by the pandemic, on Thursday reported 117 new COVID-19 deaths,…
PTI
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There's been a huge spike in Democratic voter registration in the epicenter of Black Lives Matter protests
Voter registration surged among Democratic voters following national unrest over police brutality, …
Taylor Ardrey
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Chaotic protests erupted in Lebanon after its cash-strapped government tried to launch a 20¢ per day tax on using WhatsApp and Skype
Video footage shows protesters gathering around a car, which multiple protesters said belonged to M…
Sahar Esfandiari
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A YouTuber documenting deadly protests in Iraq posted a video that appeared to show a rocket-propelled grenade flying just past his head
Live gunfire met protesters in Baghdad on Sunday, resulting in 10 deaths. The total death toll sinc…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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One year on, the Middle East is spiraling deeper into violence
The Middle East is plunging deeper into violence and conflict a year after the October 7 massacre i…
Lloyd Lee,Joshua Nelken-Zitse…
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Israel's tourism industry is struggling under the weight of the war
Israel has seen a massive drop in tourists since Hamas launched a terror attack on October 7. Many …
Thibault Spirlet
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'Uncommitted' Democrats may dump Biden over the war in Gaza. They say it's not their fault if Trump wins.
These Democrats, many of which are Arab or Muslim, know what a second Trump presidency means for th…
Bryan Metzger
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An armed man took hostages at a bank in Lebanon after it wouldn't turn over his frozen funds. A crowd quickly gathered outside to cheer him on.
"Down with the rule of the banks!" the crowd outside the Beirut bank chanted, according to Reuters,…
Rebecca Cohen
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Pope Benedict XVI: A man at odds with the modern world who leaves a legacy of intellectual brilliance and controversy
While the brilliance of this intellectual legacy will certainly endure, it will also have to con…
PTI
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Fake footage of The Simpsons 'predicting' the Queen's death has gone viral as part of a controversial trend of Simpsons-based misinformation
A doctored image appearing to depict the death of Queen Elizabeth II on "The Simpsons" is going vir…