Residential building collapses in Lebanon’s Tripoli, trapping people, sources say

Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM

BEIRUT, Feb 8 (Reuters) – A five-storey residential building collapsed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday, trapping an unknown number of people under the rubble, security sources said.

Rescue workers and residents had so far recovered three people alive from under the rubble of the building in Tripoli’s Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.

(Reporting by Laila Bassam; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)


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