After the massive explosion at the Beirut port that killed some 150 people and caused $3 billion in damages, Jordan’s government and citizens rushed to help some 300,000 displaced Lebanese people. The blast, which appeared to have been caused by a fire igniting 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate left unsecured in a warehouse at the port, was felt in Cyprus, some 240 kilometres away. Beirut’s Governor Marwan Abboud spoke of ...