Lebanon’s Government Resigns Over Beirut Blast

  • Date: 10-Aug-2020
  • Source: Forbes
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Lebanon
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Lebanon’s Government Resigns Over Beirut Blast

TOPLINE

Lebanon's Cabinet has resigned after last week's deadly explosion, according to the health minister, following a weekend of widespread protests blaming the blast on long-term government neglect and corruption. 

A man poses for a picture with a cardboard cut-out of Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab (L) and ... [+] Lebanese Forces executive chairman Samir Geagea hung by Lebanese protesters in downtown Beirut on August 8, 2020, during a demonstration against a political leadership they blame for a monster explosion that killed more than 150 people and disfigured the capital Beirut.



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“The whole government resigned,” Health minister Hamad Hassan told reporters after a Monday Cabinet meeting, saying Prime Minister Hassan Diab will go