Finally, in Tyre and Baalbek, Phoenician cities listed as World Heritage sites, UNESCO will support local cultural and creative industries by funding eight artistic and craft projects.

Agency channels US$35 million in emergency funds to worst-affected by explosion, focusing on shelter and protection needs among Lebanese, refugees and migrants. The tragedy in Beirut has so far left ...

Five years after the Beirut port explosion, families of victims are still seeking justice. The blast, caused by detonated ammonium nitrate, killed at least 218 people and devastated the city.

On August 4, 2020, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate improperly stored in the port of Beirut caught fire and exploded, rocking the entire city, shattering glass in buildings, and causing extensive ...

Five years ago, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history ripped apart Beirut's waterfront with a terrifying power. The blast, which many still refer to as "the bomb," was not terrorism, ...

Five years after the port explosions, Audrey Azoulay visited Beirut to take stock of the major work carried out by UNESCO. During her visit, the ...

Thousands flee wave of strikes on Beirut's suburbs Israeli military says it targeted drone production sites Lebanese troops earlier searched area, found nothing BEIRUT, June 5 (Reuters) - Israeli air ...

Ammonium nitrate on its own is not itself classified as dangerous. PARIS and LONDON -- An explosion at a warehouse stocked with 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the Beirut port changed the face of a ...

As Lebanon confronts the devastating toll of the explosion that ripped through the heart of the country’s capital on 4 August, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is directing emergency assistance to those ...