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The city of Beirut was rocked by one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. In a matter of seconds, a massive ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's health minister says more than 70 people were killed and more than 3,000 were injured in the huge explosion that rocked Beirut. The blast Tuesday flattened much of ...
Beirut isn’t new to rebuilding. It got back on its feet after a 15-year civil war that ended in 1990 and bouts of conflict with Israel. But this time, the damage is concentrated in some of the ...
Five years after the Beirut port explosion, families of victims are still seeking justice. The blast, caused by detonated ...
Five years later, no one has yet been held accountable for the disaster that struck Beirut so devastatingly. But that may now be set to change. Lebanon's new government under President Joseph Aoun ...
On Aug. 8, 2020, thousands rallied in Beirut, demanding justice after the port explosion and protesting government negligence. Security forces responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, and pellet ...
Houston man Mohamed Masri and his family were in Beirut, Lebanon's capital, at the time of the deadly port explosion, which is believed to have been fueled by ammonium nitrate, and are sharing ...
Hundreds of Lebanese gathered solemnly near Beirut's coast on Monday to commemorate a half-decade since the cataclysmic port blast of 2020, when more than 200 people were killed in one of the largest ...
BEIRUT — On Monday, Lebanon marked the fifth anniversary of the deadly port explosion that rocked Beirut and its surrounding areas in August 2020, as the investigation into the blast remains stalled ...
Damage after the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut explosion. | Credit: Mehr News Agency, CC BY SA 4.0 By Victoria Cardiel ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 4, 2025 / 17:31 pm ...
An explosion at an arms depot in south Lebanon has killed six troops and wounded several others. The blast happened Saturday ...