Six months after the Beirut port explosion: reflections from a first responder

Feb 4, 2021

A worker inside a damaged building overlooking the site of the explosion at Beirut's port. Image: Reuters/Mohamed Azakir

Georges Kettaneh

Secretary-General, Lebanese Red Cross

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