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Five years after the Beirut port explosion, families of victims are still seeking justice. The blast, caused by detonated ...
The investigation was derailed by political interference, but a new government is trying to get justice back on track.
Smoke rises following an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 5, 2020. The judge leading the investigation into the explosion resumed his work on Jan. 23, 2023, after a 13 ...
Lebanon’s top prosecutor Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, ordered all suspects detained in the deadly 2020 port blast in Beirut released, a lawyer for two detainees and judicial officials said.
Part of the Beirut port grain silos collapses in Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 4, 2022. The further collapse of the structure came after part of the Beirut port grain silos collapsed on Sunday.
Silos a towering reminder of Aug. 4, 2020 explosion Smouldering fire had put Beirut residents on edge for weeks 2020 blast seen as symbol of corruption of Lebanese elite BEIRUT, July 31 (Reuters ...
A section of Beirut’s massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapses after burning for weeks. Authorities say more could follow.
BEIRUT — In the early evening of Aug. 4, 2020, a powerful explosion tore through the port of Beirut, sending a shock wave through the seaside city. Within seconds, entire blocks were pulverized ...
Worshipers gather outside a local Maronite church in the Karantina neighborhood in Beirut in August 2020, days after its structure was heavily damaged in a massive port explosion. (Lorenzo Tugnoli ...
A huge fire broke out at Beirut’s port Thursday, raising new panic among residents still struggling with the traumatic effects of the catastrophic explosion at the same site last month. Some … ...
The explosion that devastated large parts of Beirut and killed more than 190 people was one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history — about 1/20th the size of the atomic bomb that levele… ...