Spike in 'chemsex' among Lebanon's LGBT+ community, broken by Beirut blast

Lebanese drag performer Aniss Ezzeddine had been drug-free for seven months. But when a massive chemical explosion wrecked ...
wtvr

Massive explosion in Beirut kills more than 70, injures hundreds

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's health minister says more than 70 people were killed and more than 3,000 were injured in the huge explosion that rocked Beirut. The blast Tuesday flattened much of the city ...
LBCI Lebanon

Beirut waste-sorting facility rebuilt after Beirut Port explosion, remains unused amid dispute

The waste-sorting facility in Karantina district, which was destroyed in the 2020 Beirut Port explosion, has been fully ...
WXYZ

Death toll in Beirut explosion rises to at least 100, with over 4,000 injured

The death toll from a powerful explosion in Beirut Tuesday has reached 100 and is still climbing. At least 4,000 others were injured. While no one knows yet exactly how many people died in the blast, ...
Jurist

Lebanon criticized over failure to provide justice for families of Beirut explosion victims

Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned Lebanese authorities on Monday over their continued inaction concerning the devastating explosion in Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020. The blast, one of the largest ...
Time

Beirut Bombing: Is Lebanon Edging Back Toward Civil War?

The massive explosion in downtown Beirut on Friday morning that killed Mohamad Chatah, a moderate Sunni politician who once served as Lebanon’s ambassador to Washington, blackened the sleek facades of ...

Alone and unpaid, Lebanon's migrant maids in grip of mental health crisis

Exhausted by economic collapse, COVID-19 and an explosion that devastated parts of the capital, Lebanon's woes are taking a ...
International Rescue Committee

Beirut, one year later

On August 4, 2020, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate improperly stored in the port of Beirut caught fire and exploded, rocking the entire city, shattering glass in buildings, and causing extensive ...