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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)

Israel pushes for changes in UN’s Lebanon peacekeeping force

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 16, 2014, file photo, shows an exterior view of the Special Tribunal for the assassination of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Leidschendam, Netherlands. More than 15 years after the truck bomb assassination of Hariri in Beirut, a U.N.-backed tribunal in the Netherlands is announcing verdicts Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2020, in the trial of four members of the militant group Hezbollah allegedly involved in the killing. (AP Photo/Toussaint Kluiters, Pool, File)

Lebanon tribunal: Hezbollah, Syria not tied to Hariri bomb

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Firefighters carry the coffins of three of their comrades who were killed during the Aug. 4, 2020 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut while other comrades salute during their funerals at the firefighter headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese customs chief arrested over Beirut blast

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In this Feb. 14, 2005, file photo, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, center, speaks to people outside the Lebanese Parliament minutes before an explosion killed him and 22 others, in Beirut, Lebanon. More than 15 years after the truck bomb assassination of Hariri in Beirut, a U.N.-backed tribunal in the Netherlands is announcing verdicts this week in the trial of four members of the militant group Hezbollah allegedly involved in the killing. (AP Photo, File)

UN-backed court to issue verdicts in Lebanon’s Hariri case

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Relatives of three of ten firefighters who were killed during the Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, mourn during their funeral at the firefighter headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Sharp rise in virus cases in Lebanon after deadly port blast

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

American released from Lebanon after jailed for months dies

By KATHY McCORMACK - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Lebanese President Michel Aoun walk side by side at Beirut airport, Lebanon, Thursday Aug.6, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Beirut to offer French support to Lebanon after the deadly port blast.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

Lebanese president calls probe into Beirut blast ‘complex’

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this August 5, 2020 file photo, smoke rises from the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s judicial investigation of the Beirut port explosion started with political wrangling over the naming of a lead investigator, military threats to jail leakers and doubts over whether a panel appointed along sectarian lines could be fully impartial. So for many Lebanese, their greatest hope for credible answers about the blast that wrecked much of their capital lies with outsiders. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

US says no bailout for Lebanon, calls for change

By BASSEM MROUE and ANDREA ROSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this August 6, 2020 file photo, Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the scene where an explosion hit on Tuesday the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon's judicial investigation of the Beirut port explosion started with political wrangling over the naming of a lead investigator, military threats to jail leakers and doubts over whether a panel appointed along sectarian lines could be fully impartial. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Families of Lebanese blast victims plead for outside inquiry

By ZEINA KARAM and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

A Brazilian soldier takes a picture of a damaged silo that stands amid rubble and debris at the site of the Aug. 4 explosion that killed more than 170 people, injured thousands and caused widespread destruction, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Iran FM says West using Beirut blast to dictate policies

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Two men sit on the destroyed balcony of a building facing the site of last week's massive explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

UN launches $565 million appeal for Beirut victims

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In settlement, county to launch $2.8M mask-wearing campaign

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Associated Press

People walk next debris from destroyed buildings on a neighborhood near the site of last week's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Lebanon Parliament meets after blast, government resignation

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Volunteers from the American University of Beirut gather as they prepare to help remove debris in a neighborhood near the site of last week's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

David Hale, a top U.S. diplomat, travels to Beirut urging economic reforms

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People pass in front of a house that was damaged during the last week's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

UNESCO warns historic Beirut buildings at risk of collapse

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Three-year-old Abed Achi lies on a sofa at his family house in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Abed was playing with his Lego blocks when the huge blast ripped through Beirut, shattering the nearby glass doors. He had cuts on his tiny arms and feet, a head injury, and was taken to the emergency room, where he sat amid other bleeding people. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Children in Beirut suffer from trauma after deadly blast

By Dalal Mawad - Associated Press

Destroyed buildings are seen from a room heavily damaged in a neighborhood near the site of last week's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

FM says Germany ready to help Lebanon but reforms necessary

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

The wife of Rami Kaaki, one of ten firefighters who were killed during the last week's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, mourns during her husband's funeral at the firefighter headquarters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A week after blast, Beirut pauses to remember the dead

By ANDREA ROSA and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Rachelle Boumelhem sits in her damaged beauty salon in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Beirut's massive explosion last week is just the latest in multiple crises that have hit Lebanon the past year, including massive protests, economic collapse and the coronavirus pandemic. Some Lebanese, whether poor or middle class, now feel their resolve is simply broken. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

After multiple crises, this time Lebanese feel broken

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press