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 ...
Dark Records on MSN4d
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, ...
Naharnet19h
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 ...
MercoPress4y
Beirut port blast kills at least 78, injures over 4,000 and flattens huge area of the city
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 ...
The Times of Israel on MSN2mon
IDF says it has destroyed most of Hezbollah’s arms production and storage sites in Beirut
The IDF in its statement also notes the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast, which occurred after some 2,750 tons of ammonium ...
PBS1mon
beirut explosions
was caused by a fire that ignited nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a port warehouse. Lebanon’s military gets sweeping powers after Beirut blast Lebanon's Parliament on Thursday ...
MercoPress23d
Beirut blast point to years on inaction and negligence over storage of explosives
docked in Beirut in September 2013 when it had technical problems while sailing from Georgia to Mozambique with 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate. It said that, upon inspection, the vessel was ...
24/7 Wall St25d
The Biggest Manmade Explosions in History Nearly Punched Into Space
Estimated yield: 1.1 kilotons of TNT Location: Beirut, Lebanon Date: 2020 Details: An accidental explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut killed 218 people and ...
France 241mon
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 ...
Yahoo News UK1mon
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 expressed ...