Around 6pm local time on Tuesday 4 August, many people in Beirut ... building next to the grain silo Roughly 30 seconds after the first blast, an enormous shockwave was sent hurtling across the city.

Loud bangs sounded, thick columns of smoke rose and ambulance sirens rang throughout the night ... buildings of three or four ...

According to Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, the Israeli Air Force struck 15 buildings of the Al-Qard Al-Hassan financial and credit association in Beirut during the night. "Beirut in flames.

TASS/. The Supreme Defense Council of Lebanon, which convened for an emergency meeting on Tuesday night, declared the country’s capital Beirut a disaster-stricken city following a powerful blast ...