The overall damage caused by the explosion is thought to be in the range of .8-4.6 billion, while the economic losses are estimated to be between .9-3.5bn. Beirut Port will never lose its strategic ...

Facades of central Beirut buildings were ripped off, furniture was sucked into streets and roads were strewn with glass and debris. Cars near the port were flipped over. Workers were seen cleaning up ...

Kareem Chehayeb is an independent journalist and Non-resident Fellow at The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. He tweets at @chehayebk. The Beirut Port explosion on 4 August that ripped through ...

A soldier walks at the devastated site of the explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Aug.6, 2020. (Photo: AP) It will always be remembered as one of the world’s most shocking moments in ...