A massive blast in the port of Beirut took place on this day in 2020 — an explosion so powerful that it physically shook the whole country of Lebanon.

Beirut, Aug 3 (EFE).- On Aug. 4, 2020, a routine call to Beirut’s Karantina fire station ended in tragedy when ten firefighters dispatched to the city’s port perished in what would become the ...

When 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020, it ripped through the city, killing more than 218 people. Among them was three-year-old Alexandra Naggear.

In a statement shared by the presidency on social media, Aoun called the August 4, 2020 explosion “a major crime that shook the conscience of the nation and the world,” which claimed over 200 ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 4 (UPI) --Lebanon, long plagued by impunity and a lack of accountability, marked the fifth anniversary Monday of the Beirut port explosion that devastated large parts of the ...

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.