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20 August 2020

Lebanon's Port of Beirut Explosion - Lebanese people are calling it their 9/11.

 




How the Beirut explosion brought Lebanon to the brink of collapse

Beirut: Anatomy of a lethal explosion - BBC News


The explosion in a warehouse in Beirut ripped through a city known for both a heyday of glamour and a history of civil war.

 Lebanese people are calling it their 9/11.

 Starting with the epicentre, here we follow how the blast sent shock waves through Beirut, bringing life to a halt. The Lebanese are famed for their resilience, rebuilding after 15 years of civil war, invasion and foreign occupation. 

But this disaster comes on top of an unprecedented economic crisis – and the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Will the country ever be the same again?

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