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Nov 22, 2021 · The Beirut Bar Association represents nearly 2,000 families and survivors at the investigation. Its chairman sent three separate letters directly to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, asking ...
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In October 2013, a Moldova-flagged ship on its way from Georgia to Mozambique stopped at Beirut port after about a month at sea. Owned by a Russian businessman, the Rhosus merchant vessel was carrying some 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate when it docked in Lebanon. The ship never left the port. Upon arrival in Beirut, its crew reportedly went on st...
With the captain and his crew engaged in a lawsuit to leave Lebanon, the Rhosus was eventually unloaded in 2014. The cargo of ammonium nitrate was stored in the port’s warehouse 12, where it sat idle for six years. During this time, then-director of Lebanese customs Shafik Merhi sent the first of several letters to an “urgent matters judge” warning...
Up to six letters were sent to authorities in the aftermath of the cargo’s discharge from the Rhosus. Of these, three are thought to have been sent between 2016 and 2017. “In view of the serious danger of keeping these goods in the hangar in unsuitable climatic conditions, we reaffirm our request to please request the marine agency to re-export the...
Lebanese news website Al-Akhbarclaims that a report on the threats posed by ammonium nitrate was submitted in December 2019 to a range of Lebanese Government departments, including the judiciary, the presidency, the Intelligence Directorate and the Customs Directorate. While there is yet to be an official confirmation on this claim, the document al...
Reports of a fire taking place at the port started circulating around 5.40pm, shortly after the team of welders had finished sealing the hole in one of the warehouses. A variety of sources has provided different accounts on the timings and dynamics leading up to the explosion, though nothing has so far been confirmed. As the blaze continued to expa...
The days following the blast saw a sequence of chaotic finger-pointing, resignations and rising frustration from the general public towards the government. On 5 August Prime Minister Hassan Diab declared a two-week state of emergency in Beirut which gave the military full power to intervene. Having been declared a ‘disaster-stricken city’, the capi...
Amid mounting unrest and with a death toll rising to over 150 victims, Diab called for an early election on 8 August. The following day a host of parliament members and cabinet ministers – including Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad and Environment Minister Damianos Kattar – quit as a result of the blast. Faced with a looming shortage of food ...
A month after the deadly blast – and almost six years since the Rhosus reached the Lebanese shores – the crisis continued to deteriorate. Protests kept on taking place throughout the country as parliament struggled to put together a new government. On top of the worsening social and economic crisis – which was only exacerbated by the port blast – t...
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Aug 4, 2021 · Beirut, the sprawling capital that was once known as the Paris of the Middle East, was for a long time a financial and cultural centre in the region. Its waterfront cafes, bars and Mediterranean ...
Aug 4, 2020 · The Port of Beirut was the site of the explosion which killed at least 73 people and wounded over 2,750. It first opened in 1887 and is located on the city's northern Mediterranean coast.
