Beirut | Reuters — Kuwait said it will rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo that was destroyed by the massive Beirut port explosion, raising fears of food shortages in a […] Read more
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Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silo after blast
Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say
The fertilizer's Georgian producer has since been dissolved; the ship that brought it to Lebanon sank in 2018
Moscow/Dubai/London | Reuters — In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront, one thing is clear — no one […] Read more
Missing Beirut silo worker’s family clings to hope
Beirut | Reuters — Before he went missing on Aug. 4, Ghassan Hasrouty, an employee of Beirut’s giant grain silos for 38 years, thought he was working in the safest […] Read more
After blast, Lebanon has less than a month’s grain reserves
Beirut port silos had capacity for 120,000 tonnes; about 15,000 tonnes were stored at time of blast
Beirut/Dubai | Reuters — Lebanon’s main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast, leaving the nation with less than a month’s reserves of the grain but enough […] Read more
Wheat in Beirut’s port granaries not usable
Lebanon will import wheat, economy minister says
Cairo | Reuters — Lebanon’s economy minister, Raoul Nehme, told local media on Tuesday that the wheat in Beirut’s port granaries cannot be used and that the ministry lost track […] Read more
Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday seed vault
Oslo | Reuters –– Syria’s civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a “doomsday” vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials said […] Read more