Lead investigator resumes Beirut port blast probe and plans to question senior officials
In 2023, then-chief prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat ordered the release of 17 detainees, including port and customs officials, who ...
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The Beirut Explosion – The Disaster That Shook the World
On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion ripped through the port of Beirut, Lebanon, killing 218 people, injuring thousands, ...
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French Group will recover port of Beirut devastated by a massive explosion in 2020
French Group CMA-CGM, a world leader in shipping and logistic has won the concession bid to manage, operate and maintain the Port of Beirut’s container terminal for a 10-year period starting ...
I escaped from Beirut 40 years ago – today’s carnage is an echo of the same brutal conflict
It was here that, two years later, the British journalist John ... of exiting the country was to travel north to Jouniyeh ...
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After port explosion, Lebanese excavate their dreams
The Aug. 4 disaster had looked like some sort of celebration at first. From her kitchen window in Karantina, the neglected district that runs down to Beirut’s port, Halabi saw what appeared to ...
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Beirut blast point to years on inaction and negligence over storage of explosives
Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion that killed more than 150 people ...
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Bitar questions two defendants in Beirut blast probe
The Lebanese judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion questioned two people on Friday in connection with the deadly ...
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What happened in Beirut: The explosion that devastated a city and shocked the world
Around 6pm local time on Tuesday 4 August ... for at least six years in such a heavily populated area, where the possibility of an ignition event was so high. The Port of Beirut and customs ...