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On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs were detonated at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people: 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel, six civilians, and two attackers.
1983 Beirut barracks bombings, terrorist bombing attacks against U.S. and French armed forces in Beirut on October 23, 1983 that claimed 299 lives. The attacks, which took place amid the sectarian conflict of the extremely damaging Lebanese civil war (1975–90), hastened the removal of the international peacekeeping force from Lebanon in ...
On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$ 15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.
Oct 23, 2023 · In April 1983, a terrorist bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut killed 63 people, including one Marine security guard. Dallachie, who was a first lieutenant during the bombing and was badly...
Aug 6, 2020 · Lebanese hospitals have been overwhelmed after an explosion struck Beirut's port on Tuesday, killing at least 137 and wounding 5,000. Four hospitals were damaged in the blast. Lebanon recorded...
Sep 9, 2020 · In the six years since the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate had arrived in Beirut’s port and been offloaded into Hangar 12, repeated warnings had ricocheted throughout the Lebanese government,...
Oct 24, 2023 · Oct. 24, 2023 | By David Vergun, DOD News |. Forty years ago, terrorists drove two trucks filled with explosives into buildings housing a multinational peacekeeping force, killing 241 U.S. service...
