On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths...
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The Port of Beirut (Arabic: مرفأ بيروت) is the main port in Lebanon on the eastern part of the Saint George Bay on Beirut's northern Mediterranean coast...
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Network. Beirut was severely damaged by the Lebanese Civil War, the 2006 Lebanon War, and the 2020 massive explosion in the Port of Beirut. Its architectural...
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port of Beirut, also known as the Phoenician Harbour of Beirut and archaeological site BEY039 is located between Rue Allenby and Rue Foch in Beirut,...
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is the main port of entry into the country along with the Port of Beirut. The airport is managed and operated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation...
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MV Rhosus (category 2020 Beirut explosion)
Beirut explosion. The vessel's owner at the time of abandonment was Cyprus-based Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin. The ship sank in the Port of Beirut...
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1958 Lebanon crisis (redirect from Lebanon Crisis of 1958)
his term as president of Lebanon. American and Lebanese government forces successfully occupied the Port of Beirut and Beirut International Airport....
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works of extension of the Port of Beirut in the late 19th century. Beirut's city walls are mentioned by William of Tyre at the time of its first conquest...
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Gaby Layoun (category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from October 2019)
and from activists concerning the demolition of an alleged Phoenician port of Beirut. Controversy arose on June 27, 2012 when authorization was given to...
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explosion in the city's port, as they accuse him of being partisan. The clashes took place at the Justice Palace, located in Eastern Beirut along the former...
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The earliest settlement of Beirut was on an island in the Beirut River, but the channel that separated it from the banks silted up and the island ceased...
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Lebanon (redirect from Republic of Lebanon)
professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University. On 4 August 2020, an explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon's main port, destroyed...
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subject of chronic political instability as well as a serious economic crisis aggravated by the 2020 explosions that hit the Port of Beirut and faced...
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Foreign Emergency Support Team (category Foreign relations of the United States)
explosions in human history in the city's port. The blast on August 4 had ripped through the port of Beirut, causing extensive injuries and damage throughout...
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the Lebanese Navy, established in 1950. The base comprises a part of Port of Beirut, and was affected by the massive ammonium nitrate explosion on 4 August...
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Multinational Force in Lebanon (category 20th-century military history of the United States)
leave a portion of their MNF contingent to protect the camp areas. The French battalions served as a force in and near the port of Beirut. The French had...
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Cyprus, 2011 2020 Beirut Explosion August 4, 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded...
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northeastern Beirut. The neighborhood lies east of the Port of Beirut, which also encircles it from the north, west of the Beirut River and north of the Charles...
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— by 1907, Beirut handled 11 percent of the Ottoman Empire's international trade. It stretched from just north of Jaffa to the port city of Latakia. It...
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Tyre, Lebanon (redirect from City of Tyre)
devastated the Port of Beirut and much of the national capital on 4 August the national government reportedly decided to use the Port of Tyre as a back-up...
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Behind the Beirut Port Explosion". The Nation. Jankowicz, Mia (5 August 2020). "2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate was impounded in Beirut's port after it was...
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Jean-Marc Bonfils (category Academic staff of the American University of Beirut)
Bonfils (1963 – 4 August 2020) was a Lebanese architect of French ethnicity, based in Beirut, known for his work in the city during the rebuilding after...
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severely damages the port of Beirut, Lebanon. August 19: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon convicts in absentia Salim Ayyash, a senior member of Hezbollah, for...
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between 1982 and 1984. The Port of Beirut is the main port in Lebanon located in northern Beirut, and is one of the largest ports on the Eastern Mediterranean...
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Mount Lebanon Governorate (category Governorates of Lebanon)
industrial zones in Mount Lebanon, near the port of Beirut. The Governorate of Mount Lebanon includes 5 tourist sites out of the nine most attractive sites for...
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1982 Lebanon War (redirect from 1982 Invasion of Lebanon)
through airstrikes. The Israeli Navy maintained a blockade on the port of Beirut with a ring of missile boats and patrol boats supported by submarines. The...
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Bradley Fighting Vehicle (category Armored fighting vehicles of the United States)
here at the Port of Beirut to mark the delivery of eight M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles. These are the very first of a total shipment of 32 Bradleys that...
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Karl von Habsburg (redirect from Charles V of Hungary)
in the port of Beirut in Lebanon in summer 2020, Habsburg helped coordinate the reconstruction and aid on site. He stepped down as President of the Blue...
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Sentinel-2 (category Earth observation satellites of the European Space Agency)
Hungary Timeline of the Bhadla Solar Park (India) development, the World's largest photovoltaic power plants cluster in 2020 The Port of Beirut as seen from...
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Israa Seblani (category 2020 Beirut explosion)
endocrinologist. She is a survivor of the 2020 Beirut explosion that occurred on 4 August 2020. Later that month, a video went viral of Seblani having her bridal...
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