Hundreds of firefighters pick over the wreckage of Beirut's explosion. Several of Beirut’s hospitals were damaged in the blast. “I promise you that this catastrophe will not pass without accountability.        Resources

Only one month after he received the loan, Manoli’s company Seaforce Marine Limited, based in Belize in Central America, defaulted on the first installment. Among the dead was Nazar Najarian, a senior official in the Kataeb political party.

Ultimately, the Rhosus never left Beirut. At a news conference, President Trump called the explosion a “terrible attack” and said U.S. generals seemed to feel that it was the result of a “bomb of some kind.” But military officials said they had yet to make a solid assessment of the explosion.

In 2015, the broker for the ammonium nitrate had a lawyer request that the Lebanese authorities inspect the quality and quantity of the cargo. Red Cross emergency workers are helping to find the injured or dead, distributing food and offering shelter to the displaced. I am totally lost,” he said. 1979, Italy) is a documentary photographer based in the Middle East.

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A helicopter drops water on a fire after a massive explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon on Aug. 4, 2020. Spanish authorities conducted an investigation into the company Moura Silva e Filhos, which holds 95-percent ownership of FEM, in connection with the Islamist terrorist attacks in Madrid in 2004.

A helicopter drops water on a fire at the site of the blasts. BEIRUT — Days before the massive explosion this month at Beirut's port, there was an unusual flurry of activity around Warehouse 12, in which a stockpile of 2,750 tons of One of the warehouse’s gates was missing and there was a large hole in the south wall, they warned.

People look at the damage from a highway. A man helps an injured woman after the blast. But suspicions lingered that Israel may have been involved, said a senior Lebanese army officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the issue is sensitive. “There are suspicions,” the official said. Another inspection of the cargo in spring 2020, this time by the Lebanese state security, raised doubts as to whether all 2,750 tons of the ammonium nitrate were still there.

The destroyed Port of Beirut: There were plenty of warnings about the deadly ammonium nitrate, but nothing was done.

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For more than an hour after the explosions, people with blood streaming down their faces or limbs wandered the streets trying to find a way of reaching hospitals on roads too clogged with traffic and debris for ambulances and taxis to move. The article you are reading originally appeared in German in issue 35/2020 (August 22, 2020) of DER SPIEGEL.

American arms smuggling expert Kathi Lynn Austin says the company maintains close contacts with the ruling clique in Mozambique, among others. Protesters in Beirut occupied government ministries, set fires and faced off against security forces Saturday in an outpouring of anger directed at Lebanon’s leaders following the huge blast that ripped through the city earlier this week.