2 years after Beirut port explosion, Lebanese people still suffering
Lebanon was already in an economic crisis which has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic – and now the war in Ukraine has cut off the grain imports that the country relies on.
By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Published: JULY 31, 2022
Next week marks the second anniversary of the Beirut port explosion. In the two years since the disaster in the heart of Lebanon’s capital city, the investigation into the blast has stalled and the Lebanese people still have not received a full accounting of nor justice for what happened. And they are still suffering the consequences of the deadly blast.
On August 4, 2020, some 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, which was stored in a warehouse at the port, exploded after an uncontrolled fire broke out in an adjacent warehouse, causing one of the most disastrous blasts in the history of the modern world.
The disaster took the lives of 220 people, injured more than 6,500 and devastated the center of the city, destroying thousands of residential and commercial buildings and crippling the country, which was already suffering from an economic crisis and poor living conditions, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
more.............. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-713505
Lebanon was already in an economic crisis which has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic – and now the war in Ukraine has cut off the grain imports that the country relies on.
By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Published: JULY 31, 2022
Next week marks the second anniversary of the Beirut port explosion. In the two years since the disaster in the heart of Lebanon’s capital city, the investigation into the blast has stalled and the Lebanese people still have not received a full accounting of nor justice for what happened. And they are still suffering the consequences of the deadly blast.
On August 4, 2020, some 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, which was stored in a warehouse at the port, exploded after an uncontrolled fire broke out in an adjacent warehouse, causing one of the most disastrous blasts in the history of the modern world.
The disaster took the lives of 220 people, injured more than 6,500 and devastated the center of the city, destroying thousands of residential and commercial buildings and crippling the country, which was already suffering from an economic crisis and poor living conditions, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
more.............. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-713505
