#CutTheClutter ##LebnonBlast Tuesday's explosions at a dockyard in Beirut were the result of over 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored for years. In episode 542 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta tells you the unlikely, spy-fiction like story of how this chemical got there, why many see a Hezbollah link & how this tragedy makes us talk about a nation as tiny & fascinating as Lebanon. Read Declan Walsh and Andrew Higgins' piece in the New York Times about the Rhosus ship https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/world/middleeast/beirut-explosion-ship.html Read Omar Shariff's piece in Gulf News about Lebanon's currency https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/total-collapse-lebanons-currency-crisis-explained-1.72966660 Read this ThePrint Essential on ammonium nitrate https://theprint.in/theprint-essential/all-about-ammonium-nitrate-chemical-behind-the-massive-blast-in-lebanons-beirut/476100/ Read and watch New York Times' coverage of the Beirut Blasts https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/video/beirut-explosion-footage.html Read Hussein Ibish's piece on Hezbollah https://theprint.in/world/why-hezbollah-will-not-escape-blame-for-deadly-chemical-blast-in-beirut/476053/ Read Bobby Ghosh's piece on why the global community fears giving financial support to Lebanon https://theprint.in/world/worlds-dilemma-after-beirut-how-to-help-lebanon-without-empowering-its-shady-rulers/476061/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint : http://bit.ly/SubscribeToThePrint » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theprintindia » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia » Find us on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/theprint » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia