Second fireworks explosion in a week kills police in Turkey - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jul 9, 2020

A screenshot from video footage shows damage to a factory in Sakarya province after an explosion on July 3, 2020. — YOUTUBE/DHA

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What we know about Iran's gas pipelines explosions

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In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

BEIRUT, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 10: An aerial view of the black smoke following a fire that erupted in Beirut Port’s Free Zone on September 10, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. The fire broke out in a structure in the city's heavily damaged port facility, the site of last month's explosion that killed more than 190 people. (Photo by Haytham Al Achkar/Getty Images)

Fire breaks out at Beirut's port after last month's deadly explosion

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Second fire in downtown Beirut in less than a week

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Rescue workers prepare to use a tube to vacuum debris from a badly damaged building in Lebanon's capital Beirut, in search of possible survivors from a mega-blast at the adjacent port one month ago, after scanners detected a pulse, on September 4, 2020. - Lebanese rescuers scoured rubble for a possible survivor in Beirut after the detection of a pulse drew crowds hopeful of a miracle one month on from a devastating explosion. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

Dog sparks hope in Beirut of possible miracle survivor under rubble

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