Ahmad had saved his family from Syria's brutal war by bringing them to Lebanon, but then Beirut's massive blast ripped his wife and two of their daughters away forever.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Monday evening at the Center House with Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat.
“The meeting dealt with the latest political developments and the general situation,” Hariri’s press office said in a terse statement.

Lebanon recorded 457 new coronavirus cases and three deaths over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Monday evening.
The new cases raise the country’s overall tally to 13,155, among them 3,684 recoveries, while the fatalities raise the death toll to 126.

Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini held talks Monday at the Baabda Palace with President Michel Aoun, during which he stressed that “Italy will stand by the Lebanese people in the new plight it is facing.”
The minister also demonstrated the assistance offered by Italy through its military ship San Giusto, which carried a field hospital to Lebanon in addition to a debris removal unit and experts in chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear weapons.

When a massive explosion ripped through Beirut this month, Yorgo Younes scurried to flee his building. He saw children crying and adults screaming as they scrambled for safety, one running barefoot over jagged pieces of glass in a state of shock and fear.

The Intelligence Branch of the Internal Security Forces early on Monday raided the place of residence in el-Amrieh of suspects involved in the Kaftoun crime, and arrested several others in the refugee camps in al-Kwashra, el-Bireh and Kherbet Daoud.

Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni is expected to sign a contract to hire specialists to conduct forensic audit of Lebanon’s central bank accounts to determine how massive amounts of money were spent in the nation plagued by corruption, media reports said on Monday.

Qatar is expected to dispatch its foreign minister to Beirut this week as part of diplomatic flurry flocking into Lebanon for assistance after the colossal Beirut blast early in August.
Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is expected to arrive in Beirut within two days to meet with senior Lebanese officials, al-Joumhouria daily reported Monday.

After struggling first through Lebanon's economic crisis and then the coronavirus pandemic, Ethiopian worker Tarik Kebeda said the deadly blast that ripped through her Beirut home was the final straw.
Inside the small house she shares with four friends, she pointed to the window frames covered by sheets, because the glass was smashed out by the August 4 explosion.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri confirmed Sunday that he has suspended his efforts regarding the government formation process.
“I did everything in my capacity as to the issue of forming a government, but it turned out that one hand cannot clap,” Berri said in an interview carried by the National News Agency.
