Agency channels US$35 million in emergency funds to worst-affected by explosion, focusing on shelter and protection needs among Lebanese, refugees and migrants. The tragedy in Beirut has so far left ...

Israel on Friday launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. It said it attacked a Hezbollah drone ...

Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s de facto chief of staff in an airstrike outside of Lebanon’s capital, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that more attacks would come as necessary. The ...

On August 4, 2020, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate improperly stored in the port of Beirut caught fire and exploded, rocking the entire city, shattering glass in buildings, and causing extensive ...

An Israeli strike on Tuesday levelled a residential building in the central Beirut district of Basta - the second time in recent days warplanes have hit the crowded area near the city’s downtown.

This time last year, Lebanon was reeling from a war between Hezbollah and Israel that displaced over one million people and killed more than 4,000. Despite this recent turmoil, organizers of the ...

As Lebanon confronts the devastating toll of the explosion that ripped through the heart of the country’s capital on 4 August, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is directing emergency assistance to those ...