Beirut's governor said the blast has left nearly 300,000 people homeless. The capital's port area was reduced to rubble, with streets severely damaged and facades of buildings shattered.

Debris lines the streets. Many of the windows around my apartment block ... protective equipment to respond to the coronavirus were also destroyed in the blast. Our country is on a knife’s edge. The ...

We were relieved to hear the news that, in early February, Judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the Beirut port blast case, summoning additional employees and security officials ...

The blast left a scene described by one Beirut newspaper as looking like an ... Mr Chaoul said: "Now I live in the streets. I don't have a home. I lose everything." While an investigation is ...

The head of Beirut port and the head of customs both said on Wednesday that several letters were sent to the judiciary asking for the dangerous material be removed, but no action was taken.