On Aug. 4, 2020, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beirut Port warehouse, killing at least 218 people, injuring more than 6,000 and devastating large swaths of the capital. The blast ...

From the moment a law granting the warlords of the Lebanese civil war amnesty was passed, establishing “immunities” for official and legitimizing “impunity” (all compounded by an external veto on the ...

Lebanon’s military gets sweeping powers after Beirut blast Lebanon's Parliament on Thursday approved a state of emergency in Beirut in its first session since the catastrophic Aug. 4 explosion.

Some who left the country in successive waves of emigration have felt drawn back to aid recovery efforts after the bloody and ...

Hariri was killed on Feb. 14, 2005, when a massive bomb exploded near the St. Georges Hotel, a historic landmark on Beirut’s ...

hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beirut Port warehouse, killing at least 218 people, injuring more than 6,000 and devastating large swaths of the capital. The blast, one of the ...