Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab and his cabinet resigned Monday amid outrage over last week’s catastrophic explosion in Beirut that killed at least 160 people and wounded thousands.
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab gives a speech in Beirut in March. Diab announced his resignation days after a disastrous explosion rocked Beirut.Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab gives a speech in Beirut in March. Diab announced his resignation days after a disastrous explosion rocked Beirut.Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his cabinet's resignation Monday, responding to outrage over a catastrophic explosion in Beirut.
"We are facing an earthquake that struck the country, with all its humanitarian, social, economic and national repercussions," Diab said. Diab, a 61-year-old professor and former minister of education, has only been in the role since January. When he took over, Diab faced many of the same challenges that forced his predecessor, Saad Hariri, to resign. Even before the recent disaster, Lebanon was seeing
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