In the middle of a difficult and unusual year, the blast in Beirut’s port shook the region. Governmental incompetence, which had already bought the Lebanese economy to the brink of catastrophe, allowed 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate to be stored at the center of a city with over 2 million inhabitants.
Al Bawaba covered the causes and effects of the blast in a feature article.
In the months that followed, Western nations, particularly France, attempted to revive the Lebanese
October 26th, 2025
ALBAWABA - French authorities announced the arrest of two men suspected of being part of the gang, who stole precious jewellery from the Louvre museum last week. One of the ...
