The Lebanese poet Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998) described his beloved country and city, saying: “I am Beirut / The queen of water who lost her rings, bracelets, necklaces in the water / I am the pearl of the Mediterranean sea who has fallen under/ I am the blue fish of the mythology, poisoned with mercury / I am the ship that ...
BY ALİ RIZA TAŞDELEN Our world is experiencing the pain of the transition from a unipolar world to a multipolar world. The confrontation between the Atlantic and Eurasian forces has been heating up in the Eastern Mediterranean for the past year. It is not possible to consider the terrible explosion that took place in Beirut without taking into account the ...
‘Washington’s New Middle East Plan is being activated in Lebanon’ – People’s Movement leader Hamadeh
The blast in the Beirut port left at least 200 people dead, 6,000 injured and 300,000 displaced. It came at a time when Lebanon was dealing with a financial crisis along with the coronavirus pandemic. Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that property damage from the explosion could cost more than $15 billion, according to the official Lebanese News Agency. Lebanon’s ...
As was the case with the 9/11 attacks and on many other occasions, a lot of irrational conspiracy theories are circulating in the aftermath. In the case of the 9/11 attacks, the proliferation of these conspiracies contributed not to the investigation of the official narrative, but rather to make all debate irrelevant. The main question should have been how it ...
A hypocritical spectacle The dust from the devastating blast, which caused enormous damage to Beirut and resulted in numerous human casualties had not yet dissipated before French President Emmanuelle Macron landed in the capital of Lebanon. Macron was the first foreign head of state to visit Beirut after a monstrous blast that killed almost 200 people and wounded 5,000. However, ...
The explosion in Lebanon’s capital Beirut claimed the lives of over 100 people and left 4,000 wounded. The number of casualties is increasing as those seriously injured die off. Just as the footage of the explosion hit social networks, the world media began to spread theories that mainstream media calls conspiracy theories. Nevertheless, such narratives on occasion contain a fraction ...
On August 4, a powerful explosion hit the port of Beirut. The blast wave virtually destroyed the port itself and caused terrible damage throughout Lebanon’s capital. The explosion killed more than 100 people and injured over 4,000, and the death toll is constantly increasing, many people are missing and the hospitals are overcrowded. The blast was the largest in the ...