Tag: Beirut Explosion
Fire breaks out in Beirut port as city recovers from Aug. 4 explosions
A large fire broke out on Thursday at the port of Beirut, one month after a massive explosion killed nearly 200 people, injured as many as 6,500 and left hundreds of thousands in the city homeless.
The...
Palestinian Authority daily claims that Israel is behind Beirut blast
A writer for the official Palestinian Authority daily accused Israel of being behind the explosion in Beirut last week that cost the lives of at least 163 people and injured thousands, as well as...
Report: Lebanese leaders knew explosives in the Beirut port could flatten the city
Lebanese security officials warned the country’s prime minister and president just last month that the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut’s port could potentially destroy the city, according to Reuters.
The detonation of the...
How to help a failed state?
Last week’s disaster in Beirut epitomizes everything that is wrong with Lebanon. But we didn’t have to wait for an investigation into the explosion at the Beirut port that left more than 150 people...