Nearly two years ago, an explosion at Beirut's main port killed more than 200 people and injured thousands of others. Meanwhile, large grain silos withstood the force of the blast and for years have ...

He said grain reserves in Lebanon’s remaining silos stood at “a bit less than a month” but said the destroyed silos had only held 15,000 tons of the grain at the time, much less than ...

But the blast also destroyed Beirut's main grain silo at the port — the largest grain storage facility in the entire country of Lebanon — leaving the country with less than a month of grain ...

Suspicion fell on the warehouses surrounding the grain silo where wheat was stored after arriving at Beirut's docks Satellite images taken on Wednesday show the crater's location at the site of ...

By Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, Beirut This port was Lebanon's lifeline to the whole world. Something like 80% of the country's grain came through here. The grain silos, which were built way ...

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