Already battered by the political and financial crisis and heavily affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Lebanon saw its situation worsen on 4 August 2020 with the terrible explosion of an ammonium phosphate warehouse in the port of Beirut. The blast devastated a large part of the city. The damage was considerable and there were many victims. Obviously, the worst-affected areas are those around the port, in … Lire la suite de The Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo) at the heart of the international response after Beirut port explosion