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3 days ago · Since former Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat retired on Feb. 22, many families of the victims killed in the Aug. 4, 2020 explosion at the Beirut port have been counting on his successor, Judge Jamal Hajjar, to resume the investigation. On Jan. 25, 2023, Oueidat ordered the security services to stop complying with the instructions of judicial ...
23 hours ago · 13/05/2024 - The Italian director chatted with us about his documentary shot in the Shatila refugee camp following the explosion at the Port of Beirut in 2020 Between 2021 and 2023, director of photography and filmmaker Giovanni C Lorusso - originally from Sardinia and now living in Paris - shot four documentaries in various places around the ...
23 hours ago · I was in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2020, when a large amount of ammonium nitrate exploded, killing hundreds, injuring thousands, and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. The explosion, widely attributed to yet another governmental failure, is considered one of the most potent non-nuclear explosions on Earth. It was felt more than 120 ...
5 days ago · After Beirut explosion, Lebanon turns to St. Charbel. At least one massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut Tuesday afternoon, which ignited fires and destroyed buildings in the city’s port area, caused damage across the city, and has reportedly flooded hospitals with casualties.
3 days ago · For one to truly understand the real power of Macklemore’ s track, one must also take into account Fairuz’s mysterious, yet harmonious force. Those who grew up in an Arab household, especially from the Levant — Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria — always had Fairuz in the background. Fairuz’s voice became associated with road trips ...
3 days ago · MENA National Societies operate within this complex and ever-evolving context, navigating a wide range of challenges that span from civil unrest and violence to extreme weather — such as heatwaves, droughts and flooding — as well as technological hazards like the massive explosion that rocked Beirut in 2020.
6 hours ago · The death toll from the war in Gaza has soared to more than 35,000 people, most of them women and children, according to local health officials. The war began Oct. 7 when Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting about 250 others.
