Blast cuts Lebanon's grain reserves

By Ellen Francis and Maha El Dahan
Updated August 5 2020 - 10:21pm, first published 10:19pm
Lebanon's main grain silos have been destroyed in a massive blast, putting pressure on supplies.
Lebanon's main grain silos have been destroyed in a massive blast, putting pressure on supplies.

Lebanon's main grain silo at Beirut port has been destroyed in a massive blast, leaving the nation with less than a month's reserves of the grain but enough flour to avoid a crisis, the economy minister says.

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