He said grain reserves in Lebanon’s remaining silos stood at “a bit less than a month” but said the destroyed silos had only held 15,000 tons of the grain at the time, much less than ...

Nearly two years ago, an explosion at Beirut's main port killed more than 200 people and injured thousands of others. Meanwhile, large grain silos withstood the force of the blast and for years have ...

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families of the victims and several thousand Lebanese marked one year since the horrific explosion at Beirut's port with a moment of silence and prayers at the foot of the silos that was shredded ...

But the blast also destroyed Beirut's main grain silo at the port — the largest grain storage facility in the entire country of Lebanon — leaving the country with less than a month of grain ...

Dust rises as part of Beirut grain silos, damaged in the August 2020 port blast, collapses, in Beirut Lebanon July 31, 2022 (credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR) The Lebanese economy is currently less ...

We were relieved to hear the news that, in early February, Judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the Beirut port blast case, summoning additional employees and security officials ...

Suspicion fell on the warehouses surrounding the grain silo where wheat was stored after ... of an ignition event was so high. The Port of Beirut and customs office are notorious for corruption ...

TASS, August 5. /TASS/. The Orient Queen cruise ship owned by Lebanon’s Abou Merhi Group has sunk in Beirut's port after the explosion that shocked the city yesterday. As OTV reported Wednesday ...