The catastrophic blast that ripped through the Port of Beirut last week caused massive damage over a wide radius in the heart of the Lebanese capital. Search and rescue operations have intensified as foreign emergency teams arrive to coordinate rescues and humanitarian aid.
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Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. No recent population census has been conducted, but 2007 estimates ranged from slightly more than 1 million to 2.2 million as part of Greater Beirut, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the fifteenth-largest in the Arab world.
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