On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion ripped through the port of Beirut, Lebanon, killing 218 people, injuring thousands, ...

The IDF in its statement also notes the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast, which occurred after some 2,750 tons of ammonium ...

In a separate development, four containers with 4.3 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were found on Thursday outside Beirut's seaport, the army said. It said its specialists examined the containers ...

Investigation into 2020 explosion that killed more than 220 people, injured thousands and devastated swathes of Lebanon's capital, restarts after 2-year hiatus ...

even areas outside of Beirut. Ammonium nitrate has a number of different uses, but the two most common are as an agricultural fertilizer and as an explosive. It is highly explosive when it comes ...

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In-depth: No one has been held accountable for the 2020 Beirut blast, but as political dynamics shift, the resumption of a ...

The ammonium nitrate was taken off and discharged into the port's warehouses due to the risk of leaving it on board. The last time ship trackers picked up the vessel's location was Beirut in ...

but President Michel Aoun said that thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, used in fertilizers and bombs, had been stored for six years at the port without safety measures. Beirut mayor Jamal ...

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A vessel loaded with 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate – the same chemical that left large parts of Beirut in ruins in an explosion in 2020 – is nearing the port of Abidjan. Campaigners have ...