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View of the port of Beirut on 10 January 2024 showing damage from the 2020 explosion.
View of the port of Beirut on 10 January 2024 showing damage from the 2020 explosion.

Spotlight | France, Lebanon
Port of Beirut: new revelations about suspect contract that led to blast

Magistrates in France and Lebanon are probing the circumstances leading up to the ammonium nitrate that caused the devastating 4 August, 2020 explosion being unloaded in the port of Beirut. New documents concerning a French-Lebanese consultant and an opaque contract provide fresh insights into the blast's origins.

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