Tacloban is enough is enough. Reporter determined to recover, we look at how the philippines is trying to rebuild after a devastating typhoon. Welcome to the show, we begin in lebanon where there have been two massive explosions in the capitol. At least 23 people have been killed including an iranian diplomate. It happened near the embassy in southern beirut and unclear what caused explosions but thought at least one of them was a car bomb and it happened in a neighborhood a few hundred meters away from the Iranian Embassy and rob reynolds has the latest details. Reporter the explosions were so powerful they turned cars into twisted piles of metal, tour the facade off buildings and gouged craters outside the iran embassy and smoke rose from burning vehicles. Firefighters rushed to the scene trying to help the wounded. There are conflicting reports about the source of the blast and some saying they were caused by rockets and others by car bombs. Al jazeeras zana reported from the scene. This country is divided and those who support the regime and those who oppose and the explosion is the iranian emergency is the target. Reporter this is the latest spill over from syrias civil war and iran is a backer of Bashir Al Assad and fighters trying to over throe and and its a stronghold and no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, rob reynolds al jazeera. We will get the latest from tehran but first lets go straight to dana in beirut and she is at the site of the explosion and tell us what the latest is that you are hearing and seeing. Well we arrived at the site of the explosion a few minutes after the bombs went off. There were really chaotic scenes, ambulances rushing, we are hearing up to 17 people were killed including the cultural atashay of the iran emergency and dozens were wounded as well. And we understand and these are initial reports from the National News agency this was the work of suicide bombers the news agency saying one bomber approached the embassy on foot and the other approached the embassy in a vehicle and two explosions and what we heard from witnessing on the ground when we arrived is they heard two explosions and iran embassy the target and we will talk more. Sir, what was the target, what was the message today . I think the target is very clear, the Iranian Embassy and the information i gather because we are 100 meters from the explosion that a person walked to the entrance of that embassy and exploded and a car followed. And they tried to enter the embassy and i was told that there is some casualty from security guards at the embassy and we know that cultural atashay of the Iranian Embassy has been killed in the explosion and the message is very clear, this is a regional war and it has been known that iran is part of it and we know that these are a part of it and this is expected to see this biggest escalation at the start of a major operation, what has been expected in the area which is adjacent to the lebanese. Reporter can you explain to us, this is a major security breach, the iranians know they do have enemies and there are local allies and they stepped up security in areas they control areas where their supporters live. How could this happen . Well, i know this area very well and know the embassy very well. If you like take it and compare it like american embassy, there is not heavy security around the embassy. There is maybe a couple guards at the entrance and there is a couple like a blockade here and there. But not to represent a major security measurement that should be taken at maybe as an embassy of the Iranian Embassy especially in lebanon. No claim of responsibility as of yet. There is none and its known and you probably will see they will come and say we did it or maybe alqaeda associate or some of the Syrian Opposition probably will claim responsibility for what has been taken. And that is maybe most of an indication its the war in syria. And the impact on lebanon as a couple months ago and maybe six months ago. Reporter this is not the first time an explosion like this has happened, a few months ago like you mentioned is a stronghold and civilians were killed in a massive car bomb and they said we are not changing our position and will continue to fight in syria. Do you think we can see any change in the positions of hezbollah since they are stepping up . I heard a statement from the Iran Ambassador saying this will not change our direction. They will be on the same message they have been on for a very long time and they took a clear position when it comes to the war in syria. This is the regime of al assad and known at the iran leadership to the president to the ministry to every level in the iranian establishment and have been backing bashir alassad and sometimes the war comes to you and at this point the war came to the Iranian Embassy in beirut because of what it represents and signifies. But by no mean this will change the politics of the iranian or hezbollah to that end. Reporter the government condemn the explosion. You mentioned the battle and its the Northern Country side of damascus and adjacent to lebanon border and how do you think the battle is related to the explosion we saw today if there is anything . Well, for a very long time the opposition in syria and the opposition in syria wanted actually to stop the war or involvement of hezbollah in syria and said that hezbollah should withdraw from syria and blame them for the victory that they are gaining in the past few months and they are saying if it wasnt for hezbollah it probably would tumble and alasaid would not be leader of syria and opposition would claim his position. So hezbollah in their estimate has been a major factor in the war in syria and hezbollah actually declare and very clearly that this is its not only the syrian battle, its his battle. Reporter his battle, yes, and we heard the lebanese minister that came to the site of the explosion and said this is very dangerous for lebanon. What can we expect in the coming days, weeks and months . They are in the syrian war and what can we expect . We expect there is a tough road ahead because we know the war in syria is not going to end any time soon and the battlefield will be open for a very for a longer period of time because nobody really can settle the situation in syria, not the regime and not the opposition and this will have its bad days in lebanon as well, we seen today and probably what we saw before and, you know, we could see the same casualty all over the country. Reporter thank you for your insight. So people really warning that this could just be the beginning and lebanon clearly embroiled in the syria war and fears that we could see more attacks like the one we saw this morning. Reporter thank you for that. We will come back to you later on this hour but for now zana on the site of where the explosions took place, thank you. We have also been talking about how lebanon has long felt the Ripple Effect of syrias civil war, fighters from lebanon traveled across the border to fight on both sides and attacked each other on lebanese soil as well and on one side the Iranian Group based in southern lebanon and the legiance and trained by lebanon and key to winning the strategic town for the Syrian Government and in other battles as well and fighters from the Muslim Population who had in the name been fighting alongside rebels inside syria and we are live in tehran, any reaction in the events in lebanon today . There has been a very brief reaction to here from the iranians of course and its probably a little bit early, very conflicting reports as to what happened, who carried it out, what type of bombing it was. But the Iranian Ambassador who survived the blast blamed israel and the blame squarely at the foot of the prime enemy in the middle east. In the blast iran cultural killed in the bombing. And he was standing outside the Embassy Compound at the time and one of these attackers tried to enter the compound. Sources say the iranians prevented him from entering the compound further for more iranian deaths or security personnel who were working around the embassy. Definitely the culture atashay killed in the attack and the iranians blaming israel at this point. Reporter this is a pretty major crisis at the time when he is trying to make a deal with the west and facing criticism back home from hard liners, this could split the government further. Absolutely. And speaking to analysts and, in fact, members of parliament over the last couple days about that exact topic, their point is any kind of hard line or radicalism is really going to feel further radicalism on the point both in iran and the other side in the talks and with the israelis as well. So iran is not going to view this incident as any kind of positive, very important Diplomatic Mission there in lebanon, very important regionally for the iranians and they will have to search what it means and what implications its going to have. Reporter stay there, we will come back to you later on this hour and for now in tehran and we will go to joseph, he is a political analyst with the gulf news and joins us from beirut now on the phone and its great to have you with us on this hour and very complicated story but the question everyone will be asking soon is how might iran or hezbollah respond to all of this . They will not respond in any shape or form because obviously it will be barbaric to respond with a bomb to another bombing and hezbollah officials will reassess what is going on but as the previous speakers business of longterm proposition we should not be surprised these kinds of bombings are taking place and the country is divided and the Syrian Civil War has come here and we are not going to have a peaceful settlement any time soon which means many people are going to be surprised at the reaction and repercussions of this particular bombing and it will go on for a while. Reporter joseph, how do events like this outside of syria, not on syrian territory actually effect the war inside the country . We have a number of outsiders who are fighting on both sides really. There are so called extremists sunni fighters with the opposition and of course hezbollah and iranian operatives who are fighting on the side of the government of alasaid and they are talking about the battle here and perhaps in the future we will talk about the battle of aleppo and this is an on going proposition and we will talk about battles one day and another battle another day. That means that in lebanon itself since we are talking about this particular issue officials in this country on both sides of the aisle must really decide if they want to be part of the Syrian Civil War or whether they want to respect the governments decision to disassociate itself with the war. A lot of young people on both sides sheha are going to syria to die on the battlefield for somebody elses war not lebanese war. The civil war in lebanon is not a concern of lebanon, it has never been a concern of lebanon despite what hezbollah operatives are saying. Time will tell whether or not the lebanese will be able to put their house in order and prevent their young men to go and fight in syria. Reporter joseph, thank you. My pleasure. Reporter meanwhile arab and African Leaders are gathering for a twoday summit in kuwait and this is the first since 2010 and they will discuss iran and syria as well as todays blast in beirut and we are live from kuwait city and there is meant to be an iranian delegation there and representatives from lebanon and clearly they will speak about what happened today and i guess what happened in lebanon highlights how a conflict in syria is going to increasingly effect the countries represented where you are. Well, definitely, the blast in beirut southern suburb brings to the fore the concerns here that if violence continues in syria, we will cross and this is something that has been voiced by the mayor of kuwait when he urged both sides, the Syrian Government and the opposition, to negotiate a deal in geneva and something that has been going across the border because we have many countries now believing that neither side can have a victory and therefore they have to be a political solution to this problem. Many countries attending the summit will voice similar types of concerns, for example lebanon is going to ask the International Community to step in and provide a Financial Assistance to help with the influx of thousands of syria refugees into lebanon. But at the same time they are going to also raise the issue of instability and the risk that if violence continues in syria you would see many countries in the area to save lives. This is something that is putting more pressure in some of the key players that are taking part in this summit hearing in kuwait and iran and saudi arabai which are aware and providing some sort of support to different parties in syria and a pressure that is mounting from different sides. Its time to establish a political solution to the crisis in syria otherwise its just going to stoke further sectarian violence in the region and stabilize many neighboring countries. Reporter what else is on the agenda, its a today conference, isnt it . Well, this is a summit that was meant to be purely about economics. When the africans create a platform where business can flourish and where the arabs can use some of their huge revenues of oil to invest in africa with the potential that africa and kuwait announced a 1 billion in aid to africa. But with this summit the last meeting which was in libya in 2010 there was optimism that what you are going to see or what is going to follow is going to be something similar to the european where you have finally the arabs and africans coming together with a potential market of 1 billion and 200 million flourishing in the same. But this is not finalizing. There are huge problems about instability in the region and the africans say do you know what the arabs need to understand we are prospering and developing and its time for them to try to discover new visitors in africa. Reporter all right, we are speaking from kuwait city and thank you for that. As you are speaking we are looking at the latest pictures from southern beirut. The site of these massive explosions. We dont quite know what the source of all of the explosions are, we understand there was a car bomb and reports that rockets exploded. These are our pictures sent to us by the time on the ground there and you see injured being shuttled into ambulances. We also heard from people on the scene who have been talking about just how huge those explosions were and how they rattled buildings and of course also hit and damaged part of the Iranian Embassy. Lets hear from a victim of the explosion that is being treated in hospital. Translator i am syrian, i work opposite the Iranian Embassy on the way to work the first explosion took place and minutes later the second took place and i was unconscious and woke up to find myself in the hospital. Reporter the minister gave an update a short while ago as well. Translator the ministry put the nearby hospitals at full preparedness, all injured have been rushed to hospitals and dead bodies recovered from the road. We are also inspecting the surrounding buildings and the damage is huge. The number of victims is high and we will disclose the actual number once the total damage is assessed. Reporter fastmoving developments in lebanon and we will get you up to speed of what we know so far of the cultural atashay and at the embassy in beirut has been killed and 22 others and no one has claimed responsibility. The areas of stronghold of hezbollah which supports alassad and its not clear if its related to the civil war, plenty more on our website and go to al jazeera. Com and you can find up to date information on what is happening right now in lebanon so do check it out. Lets move on now egypt is set to face more unrest on the second anniversary of a week of deadly street protests in cairo, 40 people died and hundreds were wounded during confrontations with Security Forces in 2011. The protests became an important milestone for post egypt and led to the first democratic president ial elections and we report. Reporter on november 20, 2011 his life changed forever. He decided to join the protest in central cairo. They started when Security Forces forcibly removed a person on the square organized by relatives of the victims of the 2011 revolution. Translator the last thing i saw was an armed vehicle and bashed wire and a man with a helmet pointing at me and then a red light. I did not feel anything, there was no pain, i was not screaming, i was aware but the light was off. Reporter protesters were calling to an end of military rule and early president ial elections and also tried to reach and storm the interior ministrys building on the other end of the street. For six days it was transformed into a battlefield. And riot police opened fire with bullets and ammunition and it was a split about who once stood together united in call to bring down mubarak and condemning protesters. They made fun of us and our blood on death street and we remember our own suppression and remember our friends that have been killed or snipered with absolutely no punishment for the people who did that, who still see the Police Officers and the snipers who did that still have been running with absolutely no trial. Reporter to years later mohamed talked about the bloody event it witnessed and like now calls for dignity and social justice remains the same. Eye patches were a symbol of Police Brutality and many others, that Police Brutality is the last thing they ever saw. Al jazeera cairo. Reporter an explosion has injured at least three people outside a polling station in nepal where people are voting for a new National Assembly. It happened in the heart of the capitol catmando as they were outside of a polling station, 100 Political Parties are running with none of the three main parties to win m