![Anti-government demonstrators take pictures of a metal sculpture spelling out the word 'revolution' topped by flames [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-17T170753Z_1026922952_RC2FKJ9E22PF_RTRMADP_3_LEBANON-CRISIS-PROTESTS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Protesters mark first anniversary of a non-sectarian protest movement that has rocked the political elite.
Beirut explosion
![A settlement to the dispute is likely a long way off, but all parties stand to make political gains [Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8RV6JX.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Lebanon and Israel are holding US-mediated talks on a maritime border dispute.
![People gather as rescuers evacuate people from their buildings after a fuel tank exploded in Beirut [Issam Abdallah/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-09T210647Z_700046584_RC29FJ99F2BG_RTRMADP_3_LEBANON-CRISIS-FIRE.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Officials say the blast happened in a Beirut warehouse containing a diesel tank, but its cause is...
![Nearly 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored at Beirut’s port exploded on August 4, killing 193 people. [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/da228e18fd0042368b6eafade626fec4_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Interpol asked to detain captain and owner of ship that carried thousands of tonnes of ammonium...
![A damaged public school is seen during a visit of UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay in Ashrafieh, Beirut [Wael Hamzeh/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/h_56300886.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Aid group International Rescue Committee warns ‘far fewer children’ will enroll in schools this academic year.
![Lebanon's PM-designate Mustapha Adib gestures after announcing he is stepping down at the presidential palace in Baabda [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters] (Reuters)](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-09-26T090020Z_452313980_RC296J9A6SQM_RTRMADP_3_LEBANON-CRISIS-GOVERNMENT.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Political crisis continues as Mustapha Adib says he wants to recuse himself from ‘the task of forming the government’.
![President Michel Aoun (left) meets with Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib at the presidential palace, in Baabda [Dalati Nohra via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/4dc24a0a515e46adb38afd30ad48be64_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Amid political deadlock, President Aoun proposes annulling sectarian quotas in main ministries in bid to form cabinet.
Gulf states sell normalisation as a win for regional peace by managing the media narrative and suppressing dissent.
![A man stands next to graffiti at the damaged port area in the aftermath of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon in August [File:Hannah McKay/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/fd2a23664095419db75684c207368132_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
US has blacklisted a Hezbollah official and two Lebanese companies it says are linked to the Iran-backed group.
![The third blaze this month sent shudders through the city still in shock over the massive port blast in August [Ahmad el Kerdi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/5950ed8eb2c149dc87e54df27316c8a8_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
No injuries reported in fire, the third such incident in the area within a week even as Beirut recovers from port blast.
Prime minister-designate meets President Michel Aoun as deadline agreed with France about gov’t formation looms.
![One man’s journey to heal the scars of Beirut's blast [Daylife]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/5a058712bf804518b8c16bf91e888e6b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Shady Rizk is one of thousands who were wounded in the Beirut blast.
![Lebanese firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a Port of Beirut [Wael Hamzeh/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/5e7309aa0a3e47d29a8a934a027d7dd2_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
No injuries reported from the second blaze this week at the site of explosion that killed nearly 200 people last month.
![Volunteers and a Chilean rescue team member last weekend dig through the rubble of buildings that collapsed due to the explosion at the port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon [File: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cfd7f609eb094fca94a80f0e3a008794_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
US blacklists former finance and transport ministers of Lebanon for allegedly providing material support to Hezbollah.