Four years ago, Helen Ata got a call from someone she didn’t know telling her that a massive explosion at the Beirut port had caused her building to collapse. Her brothers were trapped under the rubble. One of them, Issam, survived, with a permanent disability in his right leg. Her twin brother Abdo, whom she calls her “other half,” died. “We will never feel safe again,” she told The Associated Press, sitting next to a portrait of Abdo.

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Four years after the Beirut port blast, many decry stalled justice as regional tensions spike

The Beirut port blast anniversary this year coincides with soaring regional tensions

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The Beirut port blast anniversary this year coincides with soaring regional tensions. For many, the fears of a new escalation come as wounds of the port explosion four years ago remain raw.

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Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Beirut port blast anniversary this year coincides with soaring regional tensions. For many, the fears of a new escalation come as wounds of the port explosion four years ago remain raw. The blast stunned the nation and a probe by a maverick investigative judge into the explosion shook the country’s ruling elite, rife with corruption and mismanagement. However, years of obstructions by top officials to dodge acc…

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BEIRUT (AP) — Four years ago, Helen Ata got a call from someone she didn’t know telling her that a massive explosion at the Beirut port had caused her building […]

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Nobody has been held responsible for the explosion that killed 220 people and injured thousands. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Lebanon marks four years since Beirut blast as war fears loom

Residents in Beirut are marking four years since a massive explosion in the port killed more than 200 people, as they live in fear of an escalation of violence in the region.

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Tense Beirut marks four years since port blast amid outcry over stalled justice

Years of obstructions by top officials trying to dodge accountability have hampered an investigation into the explosion. Amid rising fears of an escalation with Israel in the country, Lebanese survivors of the blast still seek justice

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Four years after Beirut port blast, many decry stalled justice as regional tensions spike

BEIRUT: Lebanon on Sunday marks four years since a catastrophic explosion at Beirut’s port killed more than 220 people, with fears of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah hanging heavy over the grim commemoration.
	Several marches are set to converge on the port in the afternoon to remember the victims and demand justice.
	Nobody has been held responsible for the August 4, 2020 disaster — one of history’s biggest non-nuclear explosions — whi…

Four years after the Beirut port blast, many decry stalled justice as regional tensions spike

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