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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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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United in grief and anger, families of the victims and several thousand Lebanese marked one year since the horrific explosion at Beirut's ... 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a port ...
Ship in dire need of repairs carries explosive cargo — but can’t dock because ports fear Beirut-type explosion: ‘Floating megabomb’
But it’s not just the MV Ruby’s load of 20,000 pounds of ammonium ... similar to the Beirut disaster, when a 2,750-pound load ...
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Beirut port blast kills at least 78, injures over 4,000 and flattens huge area of the city
just one area will experience those happenings after an explosion, but this time it was all of Beirut, even areas outside of Beirut. Ammonium nitrate has a number of different uses, but the two ...
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Volunteers turn shattered glass from Beirut explosion into traditional jugs
"We're receiving about 15 to 17 tons from Beirut right now ... leading the initiative. The explosion on August 4, sparked when about 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate caught fire in a warehouse ...
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After port explosion, Lebanese excavate their dreams
BEIRUT — Hoda al-Halabi was struggling to ... Thousands of people were wounded and almost 200 killed when a warehouse of ammonium nitrate exploded, gutting a stretch of the city and filling ...
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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 ... tons of ammonium nitrate, used ...
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Air quality a concern in Beirut following explosion
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
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These Are 10 of the the Most Explosive Substances Ever Invented
Aftermath of the 2020 ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Description: Invented by Alfred Nobel in 1866, the explosive component of dynamite is a stabilized form of TNT. TNT Equivalent ...
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Ivory Coast's Abidjan on edge as ship loaded with volatile cargo nears port
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 ...