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Explainer-Two years since Beirut blast, why has no top official been held to account?

Lebanon on Thursday marks the second anniversary of the Beirut port explosion which killed at least 215 people, wounded thousands and damaged swathes of the capital.

Reuters

Hezbollah Dampens Mood in Lebanon-Israel Marine Border Talks by Slamming US

Hezbollah dampened the positive mood that prevailed during US Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein's meeting with Lebanese officials over the demarcation of the marine border with Israel, by criticizing Washington and accusing it of preventing Beirut from extracting its offshore gas and oil. Hochstein had paid a two-day visit…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beirut blast victim's parents wage lonely battle for justice

Beirut (AFP) - Paul and Tracy Naggear have lived in grief since the massive explosion that tore through the Lebanese capital in 2020 killed their three-year-old daughter, and their anger boils over the stalled investigation.

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Al-Qaida leader’s death raises concerns over Taliban links, Afghanistan’s future

BEIRUT — By the time two U.S. Hellfire missiles slammed into the balcony of a house in downtown Kabul early Sunday morning and killed Ayman al-Zawahri, the 71-year-old al-Qaida leader had become increasingly irrelevant to the organization he had once helped shape into one of the world’s most dangerous jihadi…

Los Angeles Times

Jeremy Corbyn urges west to stop arming Ukraine

Ex-Labour leader also tells Beirut-based TV channel he was criticised over antisemitism because of stance on Palestine

The Guardian - UK

Food prices soaring in developing world amid Ukraine crisis, World Bank finds

Lebanon is worst-hit by food inflation after food grain store explosion in Beirut in 2020

The Guardian - UK

US envoy hopeful on Lebanon-Israel sea border talks

Beirut (AFP) - A US envoy on Monday expressed optimism that Lebanon and Israel could move towards a maritime border deal to settle competing claims over offshore gas fields.

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Lebanon’s Ordeal: From Civil Strife to Economic Collapse

Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance by the sectarian ruling elite. Here are some of the main crises over the past two decades in a country that has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon's ordeal: from civil strife to economic collapse

Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance by the sectarian ruling elite.

Reuters

From blast to banking crisis, one woman embodies Lebanon's complete collapse

Liliane Cheaito's scratchy, laboured breathing went on until a nurse appeared at her hospital bed, where the 28-year-old has spent nearly every moment of the last two years in silent suffering following the Beirut port explosion of 2020.

Reuters

Hope for Justice in 2020 Beirut Port Explosion Fades

It’s been two years since his 3-year-old daughter, Alexandra, was killed in a massive explosion at Beirut’s port — and Paul Naggear has lost hope that outrage over the disaster will bring justice and force change in Lebanon. The investigation into one of the world's biggest non-nuclear explosions has been…

Asharq Al-Awsat

2 years later, hope for justice in Beirut explosion fades

It has been two years since a warehouse full of ammonium nitrate at Beirut's port exploded, destroying large parts of the city, killing more than 215 people and injuring thousands

The Independent UK

Part of damaged Beirut port silos collapses after weeks-long fire

The collapse has revived trauma and anger just ahead of the two-year anniversary of the port explosion.

Al Jazeera

US Envoy Pushes Lebanon-Israel Talks over Maritime Dispute

US envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut Sunday to push talks to resolve a bitter maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel over Mediterranean waters with offshore gas fields. "Reaching a resolution is both necessary and possible, but can only be done through negotiations and diplomacy," the US State Department…

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Part of Beirut Port Silos, Damaged in 2020 Blast, Collapses

A section of Beirut's massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed in a huge cloud of dust on Sunday after a weekslong fire, triggered by grains that had fermented and ignited in the summer heat. The northern block of the silos toppled after what sounded like an…

France 24

Part of Beirut's blast-damaged port silos collapses

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Beirut's blast-damaged grain silos partially collapse

Beirut (AFP) - Parts of Beirut's grain silos collapsed on Sunday, just days before the second anniversary of a catastrophic explosion at the Lebanese capital's port that ravaged the stores and swathes of the city.

The Independent UK

Part of Beirut port silos, damaged in 2020 blast, collapses

A section of Beirut’s massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, has collapsed after a weekslong fire

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US envoy pushes Lebanon-Israel talks over maritime dispute

Beirut (AFP) - US envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut Sunday to push talks to resolve a bitter maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel over Mediterranean waters with offshore gas fields.

AFP

Lebanese face long 'insulting' queues to buy bread

Beirut (AFP) - In bankrupt Lebanon, Khalil Mansour has to queue for hours every day just to buy bread for his family and some days he can't afford any.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Seizes Ship Carrying 'Stolen' Ukrainian Grain

A Lebanese prosecutor ordered the seizure Saturday of a Syrian-flagged ship that docked at a northern port with a cargo of Ukrainian grain Kyiv's embassy in Beirut said was "illegal". Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat instructed police to investigate the Laodicea, which docked in Tripoli earlier this week, a judicial official said.…

Reuters

Ukraine issued ruling to seize Syrian vessel docked in Lebanon - statement to Reuters

The Ukrainian embassy in Beirut said on Friday that a judge in Ukraine has issued a ruling to seize a Syrian vessel docked in Lebanon and the cargo on board after an investigation.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Optimistic on Reaching Maritime Border Deal with Israel

Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said on Friday there is more optimism than ever on reaching a deal to delineate the country's maritime border with Israel via US mediation, according to a tweet from the ministry's account. "There has never been optimism to the extent that there is today,"…

Reuters

As Lebanese staple runs short, tempers flare at bakeries

Mohamed Abu Khodr had been waiting for hours outside a Beirut bakery in hopes of buying two bags of subsidised bread he needs to feed his family. But there was no sign of the doors opening for him or the dozens of other people outside.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Silos at Blast-Hit Beirut Port at Risk of Collapse, Warns PM

Grain silos at Beirut's blast-hit port are at risk of collapsing after a fire this month, Lebanon's caretaker prime minister said Wednesday, a week before the explosion's second anniversary. "The northern group of silos are now in danger of falling," Najib Mikati announced in a statement that said the silos…

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