Barriers of Fear Rise as Lebanon Dives Deeper Into Crisis
More than half of the population is now trapped in poverty, the UN said, up from 28 percent last year.
More than half of the population is now trapped in poverty, the UN said, up from 28 percent last year.
On August 4, a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate exploded on the dockside, killing more than 190 people, wounding thousands, and ravaging large parts of the city.
Thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, a compound used in explosives, leaked from torn bags. In the same shed were jugs of oil, kerosene and hydrochloric acid; 5 miles of fuse on wooden reels; and 15 tons of fireworks – in short, every ingredient needed to build a bomb that could devastate a city.