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FILE - In this August 5, 2020 file photo, smoke rises from the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. It was 20 minutes before 6:08 p.m. when the Beirut fire brigade received the call from an employee at the nearby port reporting a big fire. Ten firefighters, including a female paramedic, piled into a fire engine and an ambulance and raced toward the scene, and their ultimate death. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

For Lebanese, recovery too heavy to bear a month after blast

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Lebanese and Chilean rescuers search in the rubble of a collapsed building after getting signals there may be a survivor, early Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Beirut, Lebanon. A pulsing signal was detected Thursday from under the rubble of a Beirut building that collapsed during the horrific port explosion in the Lebanese capital last month, raising hopes there may be a survivor still buried there. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Search for survivor in Beirut rubble grips grieving nation

By Hussein Malla - Associated Press

Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Mustapha Adib wears a protective face mask as he arrives to attend a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. rench President Emmanuel Macron returned to Lebanon on Monday, a country in the midst of an unprecedented crisis, for a two-day visit and a schedule packed with events and political talks aimed at charting a way out for the country. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

Lebanese PM-designate wants reform-minded Cabinet

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Lebanese protesters hold placards during a protest against the Bisri dam project, in the Bisri Valley, 58 kilometers (36 miles) southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March. 10, 2019. The valley of Bisri in Lebanon lies on a green fertile bed, a spot that has cradled civilizations dating as far back as the Bronze Age. Its expansive lands of pine, citrus trees and ancient ruins are about to turn into a controversial mega dam funded by the World Bank. For years now, activists and locals have voiced their opposition to what they describe as not only &quot;an environmental crime,&quot; but also a project that mirrors Lebanon's governance crisis. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

World Bank-funded dam in Lebanon mirrors governance crisis

By Dalal Mawad - Associated Press

Arnaud Tranchant, left, chief Navy officer for the French helicopter carrier Tonnerre, talks to French President Emmanuel Macron off the port of Beirut, Tuesday, Sept.1, 2020. The visit was Emmanuel Macron's second since the devastating Aug. 4 explosion — the most destructive single incident in Lebanon's history — that killed at least 190 people . (Stephane Lemouton, Pool via AP)

French leader warns Lebanese politicians of ‘last chance’

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A crooked paint hangs on the wall of the Sursock Palace, heavily damaged after the explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. The 150-year-old palace withstood two world wars, the fall of the Ottoman empire, the French mandate and Lebanese independence. After the country's 1975-1990 civil war, it took 20 years of careful restoration for the family to bring the palace back to its former glory. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Lebanese philanthropist Lady Cochrane dies of blast injuries

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron hugs blast victim Tamara Tayah after planting a cedar with members of the NGO Jouzour Loubnan in Jaj, near Beirut, Tuesday Sept. 1, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron returned to Lebanon on Monday, a country in the midst of an unprecedented crisis, for a two-day visit and a schedule packed with events and political talks aimed at charting a way out for the country. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

Beirut blast victim’s daughter gifts Macron a pin, gets hug

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 1938 file photo, General Henri Gouraud, leader of the French Fourth Army at the end of World War One, buying a cornflower in aid of ex-service organizations in Paris, France. It was a century ago on Sept. 1, 1920, that a French general, Henri Gouraud, stood on the porch of the French residence in Beirut surrounded by local politicians and religious leaders and declared the State of Greater Lebanon - the precursor to the modern state of Lebanon. (AP Photo, File)

Turning 100: Lebanon, a nation branded by upheaval, crises

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Workers repair water tanks and damaged apartments overlooking the site of the Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Diplomat tapped to be PM vows reforms in crisis-hit Lebanon

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2010 file photo, Lebanon's diva Fairouz, one of the Arab world's most popular singers, performs during a concert for her new album &quot;Eh Fi Amal&quot; (Yes there is hope), in Beirut, Lebanon. French President Emmanuel Macron returned to Lebanon on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 a country in the midst of an unprecedented crisis, for a two-day visit and a schedule packed with political events and talks aimed at charting a way out for the country. For his first meeting, Macron chose to see Lebanon's No. 1 diva Fairouz, a national symbol and one of the rare figures in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Macron starts Lebanon trip by meeting iconic Lebanese diva

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2019 file photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah hold his picture, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah has thrown his support behind the Lebanese government seeking financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund but said it should negotiate the conditions cautiously. Nasrallah’s comments on Monday, May 4, 2020, came four days after the country’s prime minister said Lebanon will seek a rescue deal from the IMF to help the nation find a way out of a crippling financial crisis. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanon leaders name favorite for PM before Macron’s visit

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Amin Sherri, a Lebanese lawmaker of the Hezbollah bloc, center, speaks with families of the victims who were missing from the Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. For many, the Iran-backed Hezbollah now stands at the top of Lebanon’s sectarian-based system of power — and so is complicit in the corruption many blame for the port disaster and for driving the country into near bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s powerhouse Hezbollah hit by backlash after blast

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Workers repair water tanks and damaged apartments overlooking the site of the Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Consultations to name new PM in Lebanon to begin on Monday

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FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2018 file photo, U.N. peacekeepers parade during a ceremony to mark the transfer of authority between the outgoing and the newly appointed head of the mission at the UNIFIL headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, Lebanon. As the United Nations prepares to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping operation in southern Lebanon, Israel is working with Security Council members to push for tough changes in the way the force deals with the Hezbollah militant group, Israeli officials said Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Lebanese soldiers work at the site of the Aug. 4 deadly blast in the port of Beirut that killed scores and wounded thousands, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

France warns Lebanon risks collapse after explosion, crisis

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Israeli soldiers sit in a tent next to their mobile artillery units near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. The Israeli military said attack helicopters have struck observation posts of the militant Hezbollah group along the Lebanon border after shots were fired at Israeli troops. Israel has been bracing for a possible attack by Hezbollah since an Israeli airstrike killed a Hezbollah fighter in neighboring Syria last month. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel attacks Hezbollah posts after shots fired at soldiers

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Wounded people are evacuated as smoke rises from a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. The massive explosion fueled widespread anger at Lebanon's ruling elite, whose corruption and negligence many blame for the disaster. Yet, three weeks later, the change many hoped for is nowhere in sight and the same politicians are negotiating among themselves over a new government. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon may be broken beyond repair

By Clifford D. May

FILE - In this August 5, 2020 file photo, smoke rises from the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. It was 20 minutes before 6:08 p.m. when the Beirut fire brigade received the call from an employee at the nearby port reporting a big fire. Ten firefighters, including a female paramedic, piled into a fire engine and an ambulance and raced toward the scene, and their ultimate death. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

‘End of the world’: Countdown to Beirut’s devastating blast

By BASSEM MROUE and SARAH EL DEEB and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

A supporter holds a photo of Egypt's ousted autocratic President Hosni Mubarak as he weeps outside the gate of the mosque ahead of his funeral in New Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Egypt is holding a full-honors military funeral for Mubarak who was ousted from power in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising. Mubarak, 91, died on Tuesday at a Cairo military hospital from heart and kidney complications. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Lebanon begins partial lockdown amid spike in virus cases

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A worker sets banners at the port warehouses that were destroyed by Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

UN: Time for world to show solidarity with Lebanese people

By ANDREA ROSA - Associated Press