Mired in crises, Lebanon marks one year since Beirut blast

Hundreds of Lebanese march to mark anniversary of Beirut port explosion that killed more than 200 people.

Hundreds of Lebanese have marched in Beirut to mark one year since a cataclysmic explosion at the port ravaged the capital, protesting impunity in the aftermath of country’s worst peacetime disaster at a time when its economy is already in tatters. Banks, businesses and government offices were shuttered on Wednesday as Lebanon marked a national day of mourning. The grim anniversary comes amid an unprecedented economic and financial meltdown, and a political deadlock that has kept the country without a functioning government for a full year.