When 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020, it ripped through the city ... In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, residents cleaned up the city themselves.

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 ...

The loved ones of those killed in a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port five years ago gathered to demand justice on the anniversary of the blast Monday, as Lebanon's president vowed to hold those ...

Unbeknownst to most in Lebanon, the 2020 explosion at the port of Beirut, although the most devastating, was not the first such blast. In fact, three other explosions had taken place, in 1919 ...

Lebanese authorities have yet to deliver truth and justice for the victims and their families five years after the devastating Beirut port explosion on 4 August 2020, Amnesty International and ...

Since the 2020 explosion, the volume of goods passing through Beirut has dramatically reduced as the port is rebuilt. In 2019, the port handled up to eight million tonnes of cargo.

On 4 August, 2020, 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded in a warehouse in the Lebanese capital, killing 218, wounding at least 6,000 and causing billions of dollars of damage.

A digital billboard displays a candle and the date "4th of August, 2020" as Lebanon marks the fifth anniversary of the explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2025.