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Lead suspect in assassination of Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's ex-PM, found guilty
By Mostafa Salem, Nada Altaher and Ben Wedeman, CNN

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Rabbiya 31 August 2020
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With Macron's visit to Beirut, Lebanon's future is looking a lot like the past

The new ambassador of Lebanon in Germany, Mustapha Adib-Abudl-Wahed, in Schloss Bellevue in Berlin, Germany, 18 July 2013. Photo: WOLFGANG KUMM | usage worldwide (Photo by Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Lebanese diplomat Mustapha Adib named Prime Minister-designate ahead of Macron visit

Diggers are shown moving earth at the port of Beirut on August 14, 2020, following the massive explosion there earlier in the month.

Lebanese President says it's 'impossible' for him to resign following Beirut's deadly blast

President Donald Trump, accompanied by from left, U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook, Avraham Berkowitz, Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Trump's White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, applaud in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. Trump said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state.

Israel-UAE agreement a meek version of the historic Mideast deal Trump pledged

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 13: U.S. President Donald Trump leads a meeting with leaders of Israel and UAE announcing a peace agreement to establish diplomatic ties with Israel and the UAE, in the Oval Office of the White House on August 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. In a joint statement between Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed said the countries "agreed to the full normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates." (Photo by Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images)

Read the full statement by the US, Israel and UAE on normalizing Israel-UAE relations

Kenyan women protest outside Beirut consulate demanding to be repatriated

Lebanon's government steps down in wake of Beirut blast

BEIRUT, LEBANON - AUGUST 08: A capsized ship at the city's port, the site of Tuesdays massive explosion, as seen on August 8, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. Tuesday's blast killed more than 150 people, injured thousands, and demolished large swaths of the Lebanese capital. Public anger swelled over the possibility that government negligence over the storage of tons of ammonium nitrate was behind the catastrophe. (Photo by Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images)

As the people of Beirut clean up, France's Macron urges world leaders to come together for Lebanon

A Lebanese protester speaks with security forces in downtown Beirut on August 8, 2020, following a demonstration against a political leadership they blame for a monster explosion that killed more than 150 people and disfigured the capital Beirut. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Lebanon protesters storm ministries as violent protests grip Beirut

BEIRUT, LEBANON - AUGUST 05: Smoke rises above wrecked buildings at the citys port, devastated by an explosion a day earlier, on August 5, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. As of Wednesday morning, more than 100 people were confirmed dead, with thousands injured, when an explosion rocked the Lebanese capital. Officials said a waterfront warehouse storing explosive materials, reportedly 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate, was the cause of the blast. (Photo by Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images)

How judges responded to warnings about ammonium nitrate stored at the Beirut port

Ammonium nitrate that exploded in Beirut bought for mining, Mozambican firm says

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Search continues after deadly Beirut blast