A round table organized on Aug. 3, 2025 at the National Library in Sanayeh, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the deadly explosion at the port of Beirut. (Credit: Yara Sarkis/L'Orient-Le Jour)
On the fifth anniversary of the deadly explosion at the Port of Beirut, a roundtable was held Sunday at the National Library in the Sanayeh neighborhood, initiated by the Culture and Social Affairs Ministries.This is the first time in five years that the Lebanese government has organized an event related to the tragedy to learn lessons and reflect on the disaster's impact on judicial, psychological, heritage and civic levels.On Aug. 4, 2020, 235 people died, over 7,000 were injured, and a large part of the Lebanese capital was destroyed. Here is what we know about the explosion's root What caused the Aug. 4 explosion? Remaining theories for a case still unsolved Five years later, no one has been prosecuted. After a long period of stagnation caused by political interference, the investigation is expected to produce initial...
On the fifth anniversary of the deadly explosion at the Port of Beirut, a roundtable was held Sunday at the National Library in the Sanayeh neighborhood, initiated by the Culture and Social Affairs Ministries.This is the first time in five years that the Lebanese government has organized an event related to the tragedy to learn lessons and reflect on the disaster's impact on judicial, psychological, heritage and civic levels.On Aug. 4, 2020, 235 people died, over 7,000 were injured, and a large part of the Lebanese capital was destroyed. Here is what we know about the explosion's root What caused the Aug. 4 explosion? Remaining theories for a case still unsolved Five years later, no one has been prosecuted. After a long period of stagnation caused by political interference, the investigation is expected to produce initial...
