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On Beirut blast anniversary, Christian patriarch condemns government inaction

Lebanon's top Christian cleric on Thursday denounced his country's government for failing to bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port blast, marking the huge explosion's second anniversary with demands for accountability.

Reuters

Two years after Beirut blast, the search for justice continues

Lebanon marks two years Thursday since a chemical explosion in Beirut port killed over 200 people, destroyed a large part of the city and deepened an economic crisis. Relatives of some victims are planning to march in protest against legal and administrative delays in the official handling of the case.

Radio France Internationale

Beirut Sees Popular Rallies in Memory of Blast Victims, Calls for Accountability

Grief and rage filling the families of victims of the Beirut port explosion is eclipsing any kind of positivity drawn from economic activity returning to the harbor. Two years after the largest non-nuclear explosions in history ripped through the Levantine country’s capital, Lebanese people are angered by the impunity given…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Ukraine Urges Lebanon to Reverse Decision to Clear Grain Shipment for Travel

Ukraine called on Lebanon on Thursday to reverse a decision by a court in Tripoli to authorize the departure of a seized Syrian ship carrying what Kyiv says is stolen Ukrainian grain. In a statement, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said it was disappointed by the court's decision to clear the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two years after Beirut blast, lawsuits raise hopes for justice

Legal cases abroad are giving survivors hope for justice, but they say an independent UN probe remains essential.

Al Jazeera

Two Years After Beirut Mega-blast, Lebanon Hits New Lows

Crisis-hit Lebanon marks two years Thursday since a massive explosion ripped through Beirut, with victims' relatives planning protest marches as they keep demanding truth and justice. The portside blast of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrate, one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever, killed more than 200 people, wounded thousands more and…

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Toddler Isaac was the Beirut port explosion's youngest victim. His mother, Sarah Copland, is fighting to uncover the truth

Sarah Copland's son Isaac was the explosion's youngest victim. Ms Copland is joining a lawsuit she hopes will shed light on what led to Isaac's death.

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Lebanon Clears Ship Accused of Carrying Stolen Ukrainian Grain for Departure

Transport authorities have allowed a ship Ukraine accuses of carrying stolen grain to depart Lebanon despite the Ukrainian embassy asking Beirut to reopen a probe into the matter after presenting what it said was new evidence. Lebanese Transport Minister Ali Hamie told Reuters on Wednesday afternoon that port authorities in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon clears ship accused of carrying stolen Ukrainian grain for departure

Reuters

Groups Ask UN to Investigate Beirut’s Massive 2020 Blast

Lebanese and international organizations Wednesday called on the UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the Beirut port blast two years ago, as a domestic probe continues to stall. The call by groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International came as the Lebanese investigation has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Justice is dead’: Two years on from Beirut port blast, families of victims call for UN help to find answers

More than 200 people died and thousands were injured in the 2020 explosion, but those grieving loved ones are still waiting to see anyone held responsible for the tragedy

The Independent UK

Groups ask UN to investigate Beirut's massive 2020 blast

A group of Lebanese and international organizations have called on members of the U.N. Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the Beirut port blast two years ago

The Independent UK

Truth about Beirut port blast cannot be hidden, pope says

Pope Francis said on Wednesday he hoped the people of Lebanon can be comforted by justice over the Beirut port blast that killed at least 215 people two years ago, saying "the truth can never be hidden".

Reuters

Beirut Blast Victim’s Parents Wage Lonely Battle for Justice

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 investigation. The August 4 mega-blast, blamed on a fire that ignited tones of ammonium nitrate fertilizer haphazardly stored for…

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Explainer-Two years since Beirut blast, why has no top official been held to account?

Lebanon on Thursday marks the second anniversary of the Beirut port explosion which killed at least 215 people, wounded thousands and damaged swathes of the capital.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hezbollah Dampens Mood in Lebanon-Israel Marine Border Talks by Slamming US

Hezbollah dampened the positive mood that prevailed during US Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein's meeting with Lebanese officials over the demarcation of the marine border with Israel, by criticizing Washington and accusing it of preventing Beirut from extracting its offshore gas and oil. Hochstein had paid a two-day visit…

Los Angeles Times

Al-Qaida leader’s death raises concerns over Taliban links, Afghanistan’s future

BEIRUT — By the time two U.S. Hellfire missiles slammed into the balcony of a house in downtown Kabul early Sunday morning and killed Ayman al-Zawahri, the 71-year-old al-Qaida leader had become increasingly irrelevant to the organization he had once helped shape into one of the world’s most dangerous jihadi…

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Corbyn urges west to stop arming Ukraine

Ex-Labour leader also tells Beirut-based TV channel he was criticised over antisemitism because of stance on Palestine

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Food prices soaring in developing world amid Ukraine crisis, World Bank finds

Lebanon is worst-hit by food inflation after food grain store explosion in Beirut in 2020

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon’s Ordeal: From Civil Strife to Economic Collapse

Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance by the sectarian ruling elite. Here are some of the main crises over the past two decades in a country that has…

Reuters

Lebanon's ordeal: from civil strife to economic collapse

Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance by the sectarian ruling elite.

Reuters

From blast to banking crisis, one woman embodies Lebanon's complete collapse

Liliane Cheaito's scratchy, laboured breathing went on until a nurse appeared at her hospital bed, where the 28-year-old has spent nearly every moment of the last two years in silent suffering following the Beirut port explosion of 2020.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hope for Justice in 2020 Beirut Port Explosion Fades

It’s been two years since his 3-year-old daughter, Alexandra, was killed in a massive explosion at Beirut’s port — and Paul Naggear has lost hope that outrage over the disaster will bring justice and force change in Lebanon. The investigation into one of the world's biggest non-nuclear explosions has been…

The Independent UK

2 years later, hope for justice in Beirut explosion fades

It has been two years since a warehouse full of ammonium nitrate at Beirut's port exploded, destroying large parts of the city, killing more than 215 people and injuring thousands

Al Jazeera

Part of damaged Beirut port silos collapses after weeks-long fire

The collapse has revived trauma and anger just ahead of the two-year anniversary of the port explosion.

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