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U.S. envoy Tom Barrack met with Lebanon's president and said he was satisfied with Beirut's response to a proposal to disarm ...
Chilling new video captures the exact moment an Israeli drone strike destroyed a vehicle on a busy civilian road in Khaldeh, ...
In the aftermath of the blast, art historian Gregory Buchakjian published an article identifying two paintings in the collection by renowned Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi — Penitent ...
Four years after a fiery chemical blast on Beirut’s waterfront killed more than 200 people and left thousands injured, no one has been held responsible for the deadly tragedy. The Aug. 4, 2020 ...
The blast killed at least 218 people, according to an Associated Press count, wounded more than 6,000, devastated large swaths of Beirut and caused billions of dollars in damages.
Paul and Tracy Naggear have lived in grief since the massive explosion that tore through the Lebanese capital in 2020 killed their three-year-old daughter, and their anger boils over the stalled ...
A statue made from the wreckage of Beirut’s port and installed before the anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020, blast drew criticism from Lebanese.
A Lebanese flag flutters at the site of last year's Beirut port blast, during sunset in Beirut on July 29. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters) Sally Abi Khalil is Oxfam’s regional director for Middle East ...
For Beirut blast survivor Shady Rizk, time has stopped since Aug. 4 last year when a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate exploded in the Lebanese capital's port opposite his office.
But one year on from the blast, Beirut’s urban recovery is still stalling, and that is cause for concern. “The situation is in limbo now, we know there is some speculation taking place ...
Last summer’s explosion in Beirut devastated much of the city. My efforts to repair my apartment reveal a lot about how Lebanon works—and doesn’t.
Beirut made history again for all the wrong reasons. And now, nearly six months after the blast, even for those of us “lucky” enough to have emerged unscathed, the events of that day haunt us.