Washington DC, The New Arab: On the one-year anniversary of the deadly Beirut blast, mourners around the world marked the tragic day. At the Khalil Gibran memorial in Washington, DC on Tuesday night, a crowd gathered with candles to honour the more than 200 people who perished on 4 August 2020 in a blast that wounded more than 7,500 and left hundreds of thousands homeless. The fire and explosions, which happened in short succession, took place at the Port of Beirut caused by a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate that had been repeatedly flagged over the years as a safety threat. Opinion: "Western governments sensed an opportunity to meet long-standing policy objective
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