Beirut blast has knocked out windows and doors of houses in the Armenian-populated area, Editor-in-Chief of Lebanon's Aztag Armenian Daily Shahan Kandaharian told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“Several people were slightly injured, but, fortunately, no serious injuries,” he noted. 

According to him, the explosion occurred as a result of an Israeli Air Force airstrike on Syrian ammunition depots located in the port of Beirut.

However, there is no official information on the causes of the explosion yet.