Lebanese MPs meet for first time since blast, US envoy due in Beirut

A security officer stands guard outside UNESCO Palace where Lebanon's parliament is expected to meet, after a massive explosion in Beirut Aug 13, 2020. BEIRUT: Lebanese security forces deployed heavily in Beirut on Thursday , stopping protesters from reaching a conference centre where MPs began meeting for the first time since the catastrophic chemicals explosion last week that killed 172 people.

The authorities say the blast was caused by more than 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored for years without safety measures.Roads to the UNESCO Palace on the southern outskirts of the capital, where parliament has met during the COVID-19 pandemic, were blocked with metal gates in anticipation of the protest by demonstrators furious at a political elite they blame for the blast.

A view shows damage to a petrol station in the aftermath of a massive explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 12, 2020.

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