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  1. Sep 9, 2020 · A system of corruption and bribes let the perfect bomb sit for years. How a Massive Bomb Came Together in Beirut’s Port By Ben Hubbard, Maria Abi-Habib, Mona El-Naggar, Allison McCann, Anjali ...

  2. Coordinates: 33°53′41.89″N. The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque ( Arabic: جامع محمد الأمين ), also referred to as the Blue Mosque, is a Sunni Muslim mosque located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon . In the 19th century, a zawiya (prayer corner) was built on this site.

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  4. Sep 2, 2009 · Baalbek is an ancient Phoenician city located in what is now modern-day Lebanon, north of Beirut, in the Beqaa Valley. Inhabited as early as 9000 BCE, Baalbek grew into an important pilgrimage site in the ancient world for the worship of the sky- god Baal and his consort Astarte, the Queen of Heaven in Phoenician religion (the name 'Baalbek ...

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  5. On Aug. 4, 2020, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history pulverized a Beirut port and damaged more than half the city. The explosion resulted from the detonation of tons of ammonium ...

  6. Aug 5, 2020 · Beirut was declared a "disaster city" by authorities after the explosion. Fadel Itani/NurPhoto/Getty Images This aerial photo, taken on August 5, 2020, shows ruined structures at the port.

  7. Aug 5, 2020 · A pair of explosions, the second much bigger than the first, struck the city of Beirut early Tuesday evening, killing at least 154 people, wounding more than 5,000 and causing widespread...

  8. Aug 11, 2020 · Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud said as many as 300,000 people had been made temporarily homeless and that collective losses might reach $10-15bn (£8-11bn). BBC How big was the blast?

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