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Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab has resigned.

Axar.az reports that, the minister, who came under intense pressure after the blast in Beirut, has announced that he will resign the government.

Earlier, three other ministers - Justice Minister Marie Cloud Najm, Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad and Environment and Administrative Development Minister Damianos Qatar - resigned.

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Hassan Diab and the government.

According to the report, the old cabinet will continue to work until a new government is formed.