By AFP More by this AuthorA huge blast in Beirut has left 300,000 people homeless and caused damage across half of the city estimated to cost more than $3 billion, its governor told AFP on Wednesday. The blast centred on the city's port caused massive destruction and killed more than 100 people, heaping misery on a country already in crisis. A wounded woman receives help outside a hospital following an explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. Photo | AfpDutch authorities announced that 67 aid workers were headed for Beirut, including doctors, police officers and firefighters. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the great and resilient people of Lebanon," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted.

Source: Daily Nation August 05, 2020 10:18 UTC