Posted By
Najib
Aug 06, 2020 05:42
France and its president have been working harder than the Lebanese authorities following the devastating explosion and French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit Beirut on Thursday morning and meet with Lebanese officials. Paris has already dispatched two planeloads of specialists, rescue workers and supplies on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Lebanese politicians have been touring the crime scene with their never-ending convoys, blaming their opponents on what happened and forming new useless committees. It's been almost…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 05, 2020 05:15
About 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate have been stored in the Beirut port warehouse since 2013 and exploded today, shattering buildings and overturning cars on nearby roadways with a force felt as far away as Cyprus. The massive blast has left over 100 killed and thousands injured so far. How did the ammonium nitrate end up in Beirut's port? What we know so far is that a ship headed from Georgia to Mozambique in 2013…
BeirutBlast
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Critiques
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