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Tens of thousands greet Pope at site of huge Beirut blast

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Tens of thousands of people gathered in the Lebanese capital to witness Pope Leo’s message of unity to a shattered city and a fractured state. Before Mass, Pope Leo stopped by the ...
Marine Corps Times

How the Beirut bombing of a Marine Corps barracks changed everything

The scene around the U.S. Marine Corps base near Beirut, Lebanon, following a massive bomb blast that destroyed the base on Oct. 23, 1983. (AP Photo) Forty-one years ago today, a Hezbollah affiliate ...
Los Angeles Times

Israel strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire with Hezbollah

BEIRUT — Israel on Friday launched an attack on the Lebanese capital of Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Associated Press reporters in ...
NPR

White House special envoy arrives in Beirut to try to broker ceasefire

Israel bombed parts of central Beirut in what it says is a campaign to destroy the militant group Hezbollah. In return, Hezbollah retaliated with a missile attack on Tel Aviv. Israel bombed central ...
WRAL

The Latest: Pope Leo ends first foreign trip with silent prayer at Beirut blast site, Mass at port

Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the ...