Lebanon's president accepts gov't resignation after Beirut blast
Posted on AllSides August 10th, 2020
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Lebanese President Michel Aoun has accepted the resignation of the country's government and asked it to stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new cabinet is formed.
The announcement on Monday came amid boiling tensions in the country following a devastating explosion last week that tore through the capital, Beirut, killing some 200 people and wounding 6,000 others.
"This crime" was a result of endemic corruption that is "bigger than the state", Prime Minister Hassan Diab said in a televised statement earlier on Monday, adding that he was...