Lebanon in Crisis: The Beirut Explosion, Economic Terror and the Drumbeat of War Against Hezbollah

Lebanon in Crisis: The Beirut Explosion, Economic Terror and the Drumbeat of War Against Hezbollah

Author: MintPress News August 13, 2020 Duration: 57:33
Welcome to MintCast -- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence-- I’m your host Mnar Muhawesh Adley. Lebanon is reeling from a blast that destroyed much of the capital Beirut on Tuesday, August 4. 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate in the city’s port is thought to have caught fire and exploded, killing at least 157 people and injuring thousands more. The blast, believed to be one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, destroyed much of the ...

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