Lebanese government quits following Beirut port explosion
PM Hassan Diab forced to exit, saying ‘corruption is rooted in every part of the state’
Lebanon’s besieged government has fallen, one week after a cataclysmic explosion destroyed Beirut port, with the country’s prime minister, Hassan Diab, claiming the disaster was the result of endemic corruption.
Diab announced the resignation of the government after more than a third of ministers quit their posts, forcing Diab himself to resign.
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