Beirut Port Explosion In This Year’s French Baccalaureate Textbook

This year's French educational curriculum included the Beirut blast as part of their history and geography book for the Baccaulerate. The book included pictures of the explosion and comparison to other explosions caused by ammonium nitrate, such as the 1947 explosion in Texas City, or the 2001 Toulouse chemical factory explosion. Added to that, it showcased the dangers of ammonium nitrate. Meanwhile, our history book is still stuck in 1975.

20 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate Seized in The Bekaa

Security forces raided today a warehouse in the eastern Bekaa Valley, considered a hub for smuggling operations between Lebanon and Syria, and seized 20 tons of ammonium nitrate stored inside a truck. The chemical is the same one behind Beirut's port explosion and was transported to a "safe place" according to the National News Agency . The owners of the warehouse stated that they're using the chemical as a fertilizer for agricultural use but even…

Lebanese Cabinet Names For The Past 20 Years

Looking back at Lebanon's governments since 2005, they all had redundant and cliché names and the latest government is no different. The latest cabinet's name was declared as "Together to the Rescue” , a very bold name for a cabinet that barely has 8 months to achieve its goals and prepare for the 2022 elections. Here's the list of government names since 2005: - 2005: National Unity Government - headed by Fouad Sanioura - 2009:…

Presidential Palace Has No Right To Ban Reporters

Al Jadeed reporter Layal Saad was denied entrance to the Presidential Palace's press office last week because of a previous incident that took place months ago where Saad referred to the president as ‘Aoun’ and not ‘his excellency President Aoun’. Layal claims that she was verbally abused after that first incident and that she referred to the president as 'Aoun' off the air, while Baabda claims she offended the President of the Republic during a…
Information

How Much Money Did Your Municipality Receive Since 1993?

4 years ago
The Gherbal Initiative launched an interactive page showing all the amounts transferred from the revenues of the Municipal Fund to all municipalities since 1993 (paid in 1996) until 2017 (paid in 2019). Here are some ...
Lebanon

Former PM Hassan Diab Left The Country Before His Scheduled Questioning

4 years ago
Judge Bitar, who’s in charge of the Beirut blast, had summoned former Prime Minister Hassan Diab back in August 26, but Diab failed to appear. He then rescheduled the questioning for September 20, but Diab ...
Health

#TalkingSavesLives: Appreciation Post For “Embrace” & Their Tireless Efforts

4 years ago
No words are enough to describe the passion and dedication behind the “Embrace” team. Despite all the challenges that they’re facing, their young front-liners are bringing a glimpse of hope back to a fallen nation, ...
Critiques

Information Minister George Kordahi is Off to a Bad Start

4 years ago
Lebanon’s newly appointed information minister, TV star George Kordahi, called on the media in his first official statement to refrain from hosting politicians who claim that we will go to hell. He continued by asking ...
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