BEIRUT: Hundreds of Lebanese gathered solemnly near Beirut’s coast on Monday to commemorate a half-decade since the cataclysmic port blast of 2020, when more than 200 people were killed in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. Carrying Lebanese flags and portraits of some of the victims, many of those standing said they felt deeply disappointed that no one has been held to account for the devastating explosion. “Can someone tell me why five years on we’re still standing here?

Beirut si appresta a commemorare il quinto anniversario della devastante esplosione che nel 2020 ha squarciato il suo porto, lasciando dietro di sé morte, distruzione e…

BEIRUT: In a hospital room in the mountains of Mount Lebanon, 47-year-old Lara Hayek lies motionless. Five years after the catastrophic Beirut port explosion left her in a…

Raduno per ricordare l’anniversario, ad oggi nessuna condanna

BSALIM: George Bezdjian remembers searching for his daughter, Jessica, after a massive explosion at Beirut’s port five years ago. He found her at the St. Georges Hospital where…

The investigation was derailed by political interference, but a new government is trying to get justice back on track.

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday vowed that “justice is coming,” five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut’s port for which nobody has been held to…

L’enquête sur l’explosion survenue le 4 août 2020 qui avait fait plus de 220 morts et 6 500 blessés n’a toujours pas abouti. Lundi a été déclaré jour de deuil national, et des…

BEIRUT: Hundreds of Lebanese gathered solemnly near Beirut’s coast on Monday to commemorate a half-decade since the cataclysmic port blast of 2020, when more than 200 people were…

Lebanon, plagued by impunity and lack of accountability, marked the fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion that devastated large parts of the capital.

Families of the victims of a port explosion in Beirut are still searching for justice after an investigation into who is to blame has been repeatedly delayed. On 4 August, 2020,…