Cika jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 4 ga Agusta 2020,
fashewar tan 2,750 na ammonium nitrate a cikin shagon tashar jiragen ruwa ta Beirut ya haifar da lalata "babban silo na hatsi" a kasar, ban da sama da mutane 200 da aka kashe da kuma murabba'in kilomita da yawa na gine-ginen da aka lalata a cikin tsakiyar garin. A ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, Emmanuel Macron ya kirga sama da Euro miliyan 250 na gudummawar duniya ga aikin agaji. A ranar 10 ga watan Agusta, gwamnatin Hassan Diab ta yi murabus. Ranar da ta gabata, darektan IMF Kristalina Georgieva ta sanya sharuɗɗa huɗu don haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyar ta: