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Giant fire breaks out at the port of Beirut, where massive explosion took place in August

BEIRUT — A huge fire has broken out at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents a month after a massive explosion. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire at the facility which ...
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Five years after Beirut port explosion justice and recovery remain elusive

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The destroyed silos in the port of Beirut on 1 August 2025, five years after the colossal explosion of 4 August 2020. (AFP - ...
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Five years after Beirut port blast, Lebanon clings to hope for justice

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friends and relatives of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port blast carry portraits of their deceased relatives as they gather ...
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‘Lebanon, stand up!’: Pope Leo revives calls for truth, justice after Beirut port blast

BEIRUT (RNS) — On Aug. 4, 2020, Melvine Khoury and her brother watched curiously from the window of their home in Achrafieh as smoke and fire rose from the port of Beirut. Just as they started to ...
Newsday

A father's grief and a nation's hope: Lebanon awaits justice 5 years after Beirut blast

BSALIM, Lebanon — George Bezdjian remembers searching for his daughter, Jessica, after a massive explosion at Beirut's port five years ago. He found her at the St. Georges Hospital where she worked as ...

Signs of misery, bravery and civic duty as Beirut is overwhelmed by displaced Lebanese

Inside Beirut’s main stadium and in hotels, schools and cinemas, displaced families search for safety as conflict between ...
Digital Journal

Five years after Beirut port blast, Lebanese demand justice

One of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, the Beirut port blast killed more than 220 people and devastates swathes of the city - Copyright AFP/File ...
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The Latest: Pope Leo ends first foreign trip with silent prayer at Beirut blast site, Mass at port

Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the ...
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Pope prays at site of 2020 Beirut port explosion and calls for justice on last day of Lebanon trip

BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he ...
National Catholic Register

Pope Leo XIV: ‘Christ’s Tears Are Joined With Ours’ On Anniversary of Beirut Explosion

With a silent march, moving testimonies, and the symbolic planting of 75 trees in honor of the victims, Lebanon commemorated on Aug. 4 the fifth anniversary of the devastating explosion that rocked ...
National Catholic Reporter

The story behind the young woman who wept while hugging Pope Leo in Beirut

As Pope Leo XIV was wrapping up his first apostolic trip to Turkey and Lebanon recently, the world was moved by the sight of a young Lebanese woman crying and hugging the pontiff as he was meeting ...