'23 dead' in Beirut embassy blast
At least 23 killed and 146 have been wounded following blasts targeting the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, according to the Lebanese health minister.
Al-Qaeda affiliate 'claims responsibility for Beirut attack'
A Lebanon-based al-Qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for the double suicide attack on the Iranian embassy which killed 23 people, according to the Twitter page of a cleric linked to the group.
"The Abdullah Azzam brigades - the Hussein bin Ali cells - may they please God - are behind the attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut," Sheikh Sirajeddine Zuraiqat, the group's religious guide, posted on Twitter.
The group threatened to carry out further attacks until Iran pulled its forces out of Syria and their prisoners were released from Lebanese jails.
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