One of history’s biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut on August 4, 2020, destroying swathes of the Lebanese capital, killing more than 220 people and injuring at least 6,500.
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Canada Heeds U.N. Call to Repatriate Women, Children from Syria Camps
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Sotheby’s Hopes for Record Sale of Ancient Hebrew Bible
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Iran Says Deal Reached to Buy Russian Fighter Jets
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British Royal Navy Seizes Iran Weapons Shipment off Oman
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