Day: August 5, 2020

Beirut explosion highlights danger of Hezbollah’s guided munitions

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Hezbollah also has a special terminal at the Beirut Port where it regularly unloads weapons that are shipped to Lebanon from Iran, ‘The Jerusalem Post’ has learned. SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 5, 2020 23:03 In recent years Hezbollah has been acquiring precision-guided munitions which make the terrorist group’s arsenal of 150,000 missiles more dangerous. The […]

Russia condemns Israeli airstrikes in Syria, warns of ‘consequences’

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JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 5, 2020 12:37 Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs “resolutely” condemned on Wednesday Israeli airstrikes that targeted Syrian military positions on Monday evening, warning Israel against “dangerous consequences.” “We resolutely condemn these actions and express serious concern over yet another aggravation of relations between Israel and Syria,” said the Ministry of Foreign […]

Lebanese PM: 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate caused ‘disaster in every sense’

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Hassan Diab says agricultural fertilizer stored for years in a portside warehouse blew up in massive explosion heard in Cyprus, 150 miles away By Bachir El Khoury and Rouba El Husseini Today, 3:48 am 6 Edit BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Two enormous explosions devastated Beirut’s port on Tuesday, leaving at least 73 people dead and […]

New rocket attack targets Baghdad’s Green Zone

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2020-08-05 Archived photo of a Katyusha rocket stash found in Iraq. /* custom css */ .td_uid_4_5f2a6f8f78162_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_4_5f2a6f8f78162_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:25 A.M.) – The government security media cell in Iraq said in a press statement that in the early hours on Wednesday morning, a […]

Radical cleric: Al-Aqsa will return to Muslims

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Sheikh Raed Salah says that the renewal of prayer in Turkey’s Hagia Sophia is a sign that Al-Aqsa will return to the Muslims. Dalit Halevi , 05/08/20 06:24 Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, said on Tuesday that despite the painful situation of the Islamic nation, he is convinced that […]

Beirut explosion puts spotlight on dangers of chemicals at Haifa port

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“Anyone who sees the disaster in Beirut should understand that it can happen here too, in Haifa Bay.” TZVI JOFFRE AUGUST 5, 2020 09:30 As Lebanese lawmakers express outrage after an explosion occurred at a warehouse at the Beirut port that stored over 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate for six years, Israelis raised concerns about […]

Beirut explosion likely a catastrophic ‘accident similar to 2001 Toulouse fertilizer factory blast,’ detonations expert tells RT

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5 Aug, 2020 02:20 The massive blast that shook Beirut was likely caused by a fatal mishandling of hazardous materials, mirroring an explosion that leveled a fertilizer plant in France some two decades ago, a chemist and detonations expert told RT. Tuesday’s explosion tore through a port chemical depot and sent a towering fireball and […]