For the past few nights, we’ve been perched on a hotel rooftop, scanning the horizon for warplanes or blasts. Monday night in Beirut and the city is on edge, braced for what so many were shrilly ...

Around 6pm local time on Tuesday 4 August, many people in Beirut turned their gaze to the port area of the city after a fire broke out There were reports of popping sounds coming from a warehouse ...