TIMELINE: Five years since Beirut's August 2020 port blast

Record ID: 2277638

  • Title: TIMELINE: Five years since Beirut's August 2020 port blast
  • Date: 31st July 2025
  • Summary: On August 10, 2020, under pressure, then-Lebanese prime minister Hassan Diab announced the resignation of his government. BEIRUT, LEBANON (FILE - AUGUST 10, 2020) (TELE LIBAN POOL) (PART MUTE) GOVERNMENT MEETING IN PROGRESS (MUTE) (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) THEN-OUTGOING LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER, HASSAN DIAB, SAYING: "I am announcing today the resignation of this government. May
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  • Keywords: August 2020 Beirut port blast Beirut Beirut blast Beirut port Beirut port silos Lebanon anniversary blast explosion investigation justice timeline
  • Location: BEIRUT AND BAABDA, LEBANON
  • City: BEIRUT AND BAABDA, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA00A960214072025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Lebanon marks the fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion, one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded, that killed at least 220 people, wounded thousands and damaged swathes of the capital.
    Judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the Beirut port blast early this year and has questioned several defendants in recent months.
    (Production: Emilie Madi)
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