Local Editor

At least 23 people were killed and 146 were injured in two explosions that hit south of Beirut near the Iranian embassy. Among the victims was the Iranian embassy cultural advisor, Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ansari.

Security sources suggest that the first explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber on a motorbike who blew himself up in the place, and upon the flowing of citizens and security personnel in charge of protecting the Iranian and Yemeni embassies in the region to inspect what happened, another suicide bomber stormed the place with his car, causing significant damage in lives and property.