Lebanon

Grief of Beirut residents turning to hatred of miserable regime – Finland sends expert and material assistance to Lebanon

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© AFP / Magazine image The explosion in the port of Beirut is estimated to have left at least 300,000 people homeless. LEHTIKUvA / AFP In Beirut, grief and despair combined with anger on Thursday as more and more people asked how it was possible for explosive ammonium nitrate to be stored in a city … Read more

The explosion in Beirut will further increase political tensions in Lebanon

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© AFP / Magazine image The Finnish professor estimates that the partial destruction of an important import port will increase tensions in Beirut. LEHTIKUvA / AFP The big explosion in Beirut is likely to further increase the deep political tensions in Lebanon, says Professor Hannu Juusola from the University of Helsinki. Even though it is … Read more

Beirut’s treatment capacity is at its limits, hospitals are damaged – “The devastation is completely incomprehensible, Lebanon will need a lot of help”

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© REUTERS / Aziz Taher The port of Beirut in the wake of the bomb Anna Savolainen, who worked as the Deputy Head of Mission at the Finnish Embassy in Beirut, described the situation in the country’s hospitals. He said the country’s hospital capacity has been squeezed to the extreme. Savolainen states that the explosion … Read more