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

Record ID: 2277641

  • Title: TIMELINE: Five years since Beirut's August 2020 port blast
  • Date: 31st July 2025
  • Summary: BEIRUT, LEBANON (FILE - AUGUST 4, 2021) (REUTERS) TEAR GAS IN THE STREET / PROTESTER STANDING IN FRONT OF SECURITY FORCES HOLDING A MICROPHONE SECURITY FORCES FORMING SHIELD AS STONES ARE THROWN TOWARDS THEM SECURITY FORCES FIRING WATER CANNON AT PROTESTERS SECURITY FORCES MARCHING IN FORMATION At least six Shi'ites were shot dead and several more were left injured in Beir
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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: LVA00D960214072025RP1
  • 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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