The information and environment ministers quit on Sunday as well as several lawmakers. It’s a mafia,” said Antoinette Baaklini, an employee of an electricity company that was demolished in the blast. An emergency international donor conference on Sunday raised pledges worth nearly 253 million euros ($298 million) for immediate humanitarian relief. Some are concerned about the influence of Shi’ite movement Hezbollah, which is designated as a terrorist group by the United States. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi told a televised news confernce on Monday that countries should refrain from politicising the Beirut port blast.

Source: bd News24 August 10, 2020 09:33 UTC