After the Beirut blast, a family searches for their loved one as Lebanon hopes to rebuild

Michelle hasn’t slept for three nights. Her husband Joe worked at the Beirut port but she hasn’t heard from him since the blast. CNN’s Arwa Damon reports from Beirut and CNN’s Rosemary Church speaks with Jad Sakr, country director of Save the Children in Lebanon. #CNN #News


In This Story: Lebanon

Lebanon, officially known as the Lebanese Republic, is a country in the Levant region of Western Asia, and the transcontinental region of the Middle East.

The official language, Arabic, is the most common language spoken by the citizens of Lebanon. Its capital is Beirut.

Lebanon was a founding member of the United Nations in 1945 and is a member of the Arab League (1945), the Non-Aligned Movement (1961), Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (1969), and the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (1973).

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