August 4 explosion

UNDP Begins Rehabilitation of Karantina Waste Sorting Facility

On Friday morning, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, the World Bank and the Beirut Municipality, initiated rehabilitation efforts for the waste sorting facility in Karantina at the Beirut Municipality garage. The facility suffered severe damage due to the August 4 ...

Editorial – August 4: Lebanon Held Hostage, for Whom and for What?

Four years have passed since the massive explosion at the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020. The investigation remains stalled, as judges are unable to finalize it due to ongoing and barely concealed pressure and threats from Hezbollah. The August 4 apocalyptic explosion is one of the deadliest and most abhorrent examples of the systematic ...