PHOTOS: Double suicide bombings in Beirut, Lebanon
February 19, 2014
Lebanese emergency personnel work at the site of a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. Twin bomb blasts appeared to target the Iranian cultural centre, and an AFP photographer at the scene said the blasts had occurred beyond a security checkpoint at the centre, close to the building. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237239 )
Lebanese firefighters extinguish burned cars at the site of an explosion, near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Lebanon )
Lebanese emergency personnel evacuate an injured girl from an orphanage located next to the site of a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527243785 )
Flames rise from the wreckage of cars following a bomb explosion in a outhern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 527235908 )
An injured boy is evacuated from the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern Bir Hassan suburb, on February 19, 2014. The jihadist Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an Al-Qaeda-inspired group, claimed the double bombing that killed at least four people near an Iranian cultural centre in Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP PHOTO/STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 527238261 )
Lebanese firefighters extinguish a burned car at the site of an explosion, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( APTOPIX Mideast Lebanon )
Lebanese security forces gesture next to the wreckage of a car following a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527238332 )
A Lebanese rescuer carries a wounded girl from the site of explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's Chancellery center, in Beir Hassan area at southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 19 February 2014. EPA/NABIL MOUNZER ( LEBANON BEIRUT BOMB EXPLOSION )
Flames rise from burned cars at the site of an explosion, near the Iranian cultural center, right, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Lebanon )
Lebanese emergency personnel work at the site of a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527236022 )
A Lebanese man helps an injured woman, as they pass the site of an explosion, near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Lebanon )
A Hezbollah civil defense worker extinguishes a burned car at the site of an explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Lebanon )
A woman (top-L) stands amid debris following a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237987 )
A wounded Lebanese man is carried from the site of an explosion, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( APTOPIX Mideast Lebanon )
Lebanese firefighters extinguish a burning car at the site of an explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Lebanon )
Lebanese emergency personnel work at the site of a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527236490 )
Lebanese army soldiers secure the site of an explosion near the Iran's Chancellery center, in Beir Hassan area at southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 19 February 2014. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH ( LEBANON BEIRUT BOMB EXPLOSION )
Lebanese emergency personnel work at the site of a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMROANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images ( 527236564 )
Lebanese army soldiers inspect the damage at the site of an explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iranian cultural centre in Beir Hassan area at southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 19 February 2014. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH ( LEBANON BEIRUT BOMB EXPLOSION )
Lebanese emergency personnel evacuate a child from an orphanage located next to the site of a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527236656 )
Lebanese army soldiers and members of civilian defense inspect the damage at the site of an explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's Chancellery center, in Beir Hassan area at southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 19 February 2014. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH ( LEBANON BEIRUT BOMB EXPLOSION )
A general view for the site of explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's Chancellery center, in Beir Hassan area at southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 19 February 2014. EPA/NABIL MOUNZER ( LEBANON BEIRUT BOMB EXPLOSION )
Lebanese policemen and civilian defense members inspect the damaged cars at the site of explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's Chancellery center, in Beir Hassan area at southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 19 February 2014. EPA/NABIL MOUNZER ( LEBANON BEIRUT BOMB EXPLOSION )
A Lebanese soldier carries a wounded child from the Islamic Orphanage at the site of explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's Chancellery center, in Beir Hassan area at southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 19 February 2014. EPA/NABIL MOUNZER ( LEBANON BEIRUT BOMB EXPLOSION )
Lebanese women react following a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527243789 )
Lebanese soldiers and rescuers work at the site of explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's Chancellery center, in Beir Hassan area at southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 19 February 2014. EPA/NABIL MOUNZER ( LEBANON BEIRUT BOMB EXPLOSION )
A general view of the site of explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's Chancellery center, in Beir Hassan area at southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 19 February 2014. EPA/NABIL MOUNZER ( LEBANON BEIRUT BOMB EXPLOSION )
Lebanese children from an orphanage located next to the site of a bomb explosion react following the attack on February 19, 2014 in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527243802 )
A general view of the site of a large explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's Chancellery center, in Beir Hassan area at southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 19 February 2014. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH ( LEBANON BEIRUT BOMB EXPLOSION )
Lebanese civil defense workers carry an wounded man away from the site of an explosion, near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Lebanon )
Lebanese army investigators and citizens gather next to burned and damaged cars at the site of an explosion, near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ( Mideast Lebanon )
The facade of apartment buildings are damaged by an explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ( Mideast Lebanon )
A Lebanese army soldier carries two injured children away from the site of an explosion near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Lebanon )
Lebanese army investigators gather next to burned and damaged cars at the site of explosions, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ( Mideast Lebanon )
Lebanese army investigators work at the site of an explosion, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ( Mideast Lebanon )
Lebanese children from an orphanage located next to the site of a bomb explosion reacts during rescue operations on February 19, 2014 in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237085 )
A Lebanese civil defense worker, right, helps a wounded man at the site of an explosion, near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Lebanon )
A Lebanese wounded man stands at the site of explosions, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) ( Mideast Lebanon )
A Lebanese man carries an injured girl following a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527243778 )
Lebanese army investigators work at the site of an explosion, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ( Mideast Lebanon )
Lebanese army investigators gather next to burned and damaged cars at the site of explosions, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. T (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) ( Mideast Lebanon )
A Lebanese soldier helps an injured boy away from the site of a car bombing in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ( Mideast Lebanon )
A wounded Lebanese man is assisted at the site of an explosion, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Lebanon )
A Lebanese woman speaks on her mobile phone next to an injured man sitting in an ambulance following a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527238374 )
Lebanese emergency personnel and civilians gather at the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern Bir Hassan suburb, on February 19, 2014. The jihadist Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an Al-Qaeda-inspired group, claimed a double bombing that killed at least three people near an Iranian cultural centre in Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237773 )
A Lebanese soldier stands guard at the site of a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237512 )
A Lebanese woman reacts as she is evacuating by emergency personnel following a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527236986 )
Lebanese emergency personnel work at the site of a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut on February 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527237292 )
A Lebanese woman comforts a relative of one of the victims outside an hospital on February 19, 2014, following a bomb explosion in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 527243243 )