Lebanon president rejects global probe into port blast

The entrenched ruling class has come under fire once again since Tuesday's explosion, which killed at least 154 people and devastated swathes of the capital.

"There are two possible scenarios for what happened: it was either negligence or foreign interference through a missile or bomb," he said. It was the first time a top Lebanese official raised the possibility that the port had been attacked. What ignited the massive shipment of the chemical remains unclear - officials have said work had recently begun on repairs to the warehouse, while others suspected fireworks stored either in the same place or nearby.

Two days after the explosion, Lebanese were flocking to a 20-tent Russian field hospital newly established in the capital's largest sports stadium.

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