Beirut port explosion: 1st anniversary live updates

Dozens of people have been injured in clashes between security forces and protesters outside the Lebanese parliament

Protesters have been pushed away from parliament and towards Martyrs' Square, where Lebanese Internal Security Forces have arrived en masse, armed with a tank and two water-jet trucks

BREAKING: Tear gas fired at protesters at the Lebanese parliament. 

Woman observes minute of silence on the highway in front of the port

After observing a minute of silence at 6:07, the time of the Beirut Blast, chants of “revolution!” Cry out. Protesters are headed towards parliament.

The New Arab's Levantine correspondent, Will Christou live in Beirut:

Paul Naggear, father who lost his 3-yr old daughter in the Beirut blast says “Those who gave immunity betrayed us. We know how to deal with traitors.”

Our Levantine correspondent Will Christou, live in Beirut

A protester waves a flag in front of banners decrying the situation in Lebanon and the judicial immunities given to officials wanted in connection with the Beirut port explosion.

Make sure to also follow our Twitter to stay updated on the day's events.  The New Arab's Levant correspondent, Will Christou, has taken over our feed to provide photos and videos from the today's protests in Beirut.

Demonstrators filled Pasteur street in one of the main thoroughfares of Beirut, marching towards the port, where the families of the victims will make a statement.

BREAKING: Lebanese Special Forces resort to violence to control protestors

Lebanese Special Forces have been attacking protestors and students at the Beirut port for raising party flags in remembrance for the explosion's victims. 

More to come.

One year on from Beirut port explosion, residents to take to the streets to demand justice

Protests have been scheduled for the early afternoon with demonstrators planning to march from the General Security Directorate in Achrafieh to the Lebanese Emigrant Statue, where the families of the victims will gather to speak. Finally, at 6:07 pm, the exact time of the explosion a year earlier, a moment of silence will be held before protesters march towards the Lebanese parliament.

Read our Beirut correspondent William Christou's piece in full below. 

Lebanon remembers Beirut port victims:

Using the hashtags #WeAreALLVictims and #BeirutBlast, the Lebanese people tweeted support for the victims of the blast and demanded accountability from the government's overs its failure to make a stockpile of ammonium nitrate that cased the explosion safe, and its subsequent handling of the crisis.

Led by 4AugLebanon, a collective of families of victims of the Beirut blast, the hashtag seeks to "unite to attain justice for the 4 million victims".

Lebanese government officials could be guilty of "homicide" over their handling of fertiliser at the port in Beirut where a fatal explosion took place last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.

In a new report titled, "'They killed us from the inside': An investigation into the August 4 Beirut Blast", the New York-based rights group catalogued a series of failings regarding the stockpile of ammonium nitrate that blew up, causing 218 deaths and 7,000 injuries.

Read the full article here.

Life after death: Grieving families of Beirut blast victims describe their loss and lives a year after the tragedy

BREAKING: Three Rockets Fired at Israel From Lebanon; Army Responds With Artillery (Haaretz)

From helplessness to helping out: How Lebanon's diaspora is responding to the Beirut blast