Published 22:35 IST, August 5th 2020
Beirut Explosion: Iran sends aid shipment to Lebanon
Iran was sending a shipment of humanitarian aid to Lebanon on Wednesday, following a massive blast in Beirut the previous day that killed 100 people and wounded thousands.
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Iran was sending a shipment of humanitarian aid to Lebanon on Wednesday, following a massive blast in Beirut the previous day that killed 100 people and wounded thousands.
The explosion — hitting with the force of a 3.5-magnitude earthquake — was the biggest ever seen in Beirut, a city blasted by a 1975-1990 civil war, bombarded in conflicts with Israel and hit by periodic terror attacks.
Lebanon's interior minister said it appeared that a large cache of ammonium nitrate in the port had detonated.
The sudden devastation overwhelmed a country already struggling with both the coronavirus pandemic and a severe economic crisis.
The Iranian shipment contained food, medicine, a field hospital and a team of doctors and aid workers, according to Karim Hemmati, head of the country's Red Crescent society.
22:35 IST, August 5th 2020