Beirut Blasts

Thursday, Apr 18, 2024 | Last Update : 09:36 PM IST

A sunken cruise ship caused by Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, sits in the water. The Lebanese military discovered more than 4 tons of ammonium nitrate near Beirut's port on Thursday, Sept. 3, a find that's a chilling reminder of the horrific explosion a month ago that killed 191 people. (AP)

Lebanese army finds 4 tons of ammonium nitrate in Beirut

It was nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at Beirut's port for six years that detonated last month, wreaking death and destruction

04 Sep 2020 11:15 AM

Firefighters carry the coffin of their comrade Ralph Malachi, who was killed in the monster explosion at the port of Beirut and whose remains were recently found and identified, draped in the Lebanese national flag, during a funerary ceremony at the civil defence headquarters in the Karantina (La Quarantaine or Quarantina) neighbourhood of the capital just by the ravaged port. (AFP)

UN launches $565 million appeal for Beirut victims

The blast killed over 170 people, injured more than 6,000 and left thousands homeless

15 Aug 2020 3:20 PM

India sends humanitarian aid to Lebanon

The materials were transported by an IAF C-17 transport aircraft that landed in Beirut earlier in the day on Friday

15 Aug 2020 1:11 PM

Lebanese anti-government protesters attack a vehicle belonging to a member of the parliament upon his arrival to the parliamentary session at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanon Parliament meets after blast, government resignation

Parliament is not convening at its usual location due to ongoing protests outside the Parliament building

13 Aug 2020 4:01 PM

A man poses for a picture with a cardboard cut-out of Hassan Nasrallah (L), the head of Lebanon's Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, and former Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil hung by Lebanese protesters in downtown Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings as anger grows over Beirut blasts

Protesters set up symbolic nooses at Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square to hang politicians whose corruption and negligence they blame for explosion

09 Aug 2020 9:57 AM

A man walks past a destroyed car at a neighborhood near the scene of Tuesday's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Lebanon president rejects global investigation into Beirut port blast

"There are two possible scenarios for what happened: it was either negligence or foreign interference through a missile or bomb," he said

08 Aug 2020 11:56 AM

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) visits the devastated site of the explosion at the port of Beirut, on August 6, 2020 two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury.(AFP)

Macron says France doesn’t want to run Lebanon

He said he was asked by people in the street to 'return to the mandate' when Lebanon was a French protectorate a century ago

07 Aug 2020 11:40 AM

Lebanese army soldiers stand guard in front of destroyed ships at the scene where an explosion hit on Tuesday the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

The ship with ammonium nitrate cargo was not meant to stop at Beirut

The chemicals came to Beirut on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain, should never have stopped there

07 Aug 2020 9:28 AM

People inspect their car that was damaged in Tuesday's massive explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP)

Lebanese government orders house arrest of several Beirut port officials

Probe is focusing on how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate came to be stored at the facility for 6 years and why nothing was done about it

06 Aug 2020 9:12 AM

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Beirut blasts

Lebanese army finds 4 tons of ammonium nitrate in Beirut

UN launches $565 million appeal for Beirut victims

India sends humanitarian aid to Lebanon

Lebanon Parliament meets after blast, government resignation

Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings as anger grows over Beirut blasts

Lebanon president rejects global investigation into Beirut port blast

Macron says France doesn’t want to run Lebanon

The ship with ammonium nitrate cargo was not meant to stop at Beirut

Lebanese government orders house arrest of several Beirut port officials

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