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Displaced. ≈300,000. On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$ 15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. A cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance (equivalent to ...
The Lebanese liquidity crisis is an ongoing financial crisis affecting Lebanon, that became fully apparent in August 2019, and was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon (which began in February 2020), the 2020 Beirut port explosion and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The country experienced liquidity shortages in the years ...
Lebanon is one of the only seven countries in the world in which the value of the stock market increased in 2008. [ 48] The Lebanese economy experienced continued resilience, growing 8.5 percent in 2008, 7 percent in 2009 and 8.8% in 2010. However, Lebanon's debt to GDP ratio remained one of the highest in the world.
The Multinational Force in Lebanon ( MNF) was an international peacekeeping force created in August 1982 following a 1981 U.S. -brokered ceasefire between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel [ 3] to end their involvement in the conflict between Lebanon's pro-government and pro- Syrian factions.
A uniformed retail loss prevention employee for Target. Known as a Target Security Specialist . Retail loss prevention (also known as retail asset protection) is a set of practices employed by retail companies to preserve profit. [1] Loss prevention is mainly found within the retail sector but also can be found within other business environments.
1946. Defunct, merged into Société Bancaire du Liban in 1958. Beirut International Center Production (BIC) Consumer services. Broadcasting & entertainment. Beirut. 2007. Media production. Beirut Stock Exchange.
The American University of Beirut ( AUB; Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت, romanized : al-Jāmiʿa l-Amērkiyya fī Bayrūt) [ 4] is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. [ 5] AUB is governed by a private, autonomous board of trustees and offers ...
Lebanese pound. None official. The abbreviation LL or ل.ل. is used. The lira or pound[ a] is the currency of Lebanon. It was formerly divided into 100 piastres (or qirsh in Arabic) but, because of high inflation during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), subunits were discontinued. The plural of lira is either lirat ( ليرات līrāt) or ...