Around 6pm local time on Tuesday 4 August, many people in Beirut turned their gaze to the ... was seen billowing into the sky It is believed fireworks being stored there had caught fire - and ...

"Three-quarters of Beirut have already left the city and business ... "I try to calm them down and tell them it's fireworks and it's nothing to worry about. But when they see strikes with their ...

Live: Multiple explosions shake Beirut What is Hezbollah and why is ... that the regular explosions they could hear "were just fireworks". Sultan and Saif were no longer able to go to school ...