Posted By
Najib
Jan 17, 2025 05:01
Judge Tarek Bitar resumed today his investigation into the 2020 Beirut Port explosion and charged 10 people including security, customs and military personnel, including Beirut Customs director Raymond el Khouri. Judge Bitar had been sidelined for over two years now following lawsuits and threats from Hezbollah and its allies. Two arrest warrants against former ministers Youssef Fenianos, and Ali Hassan Khalil were dropped last year and all suspects held in custody were released. With the…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 17, 2024 04:12
The Beirut blast investigation was dealt yet another blow this week after Judge Suleiman of the Court of Cassation suspended the arrests warrants issued against former ministers Youssef Fenianos, and Ali Hassan Khalil. Back in September 2021, Judge Tarek Bitar had issued warrants against Fenianos and Khalil and accused them of "intentional killing and negligence that led to the deaths of more than 200 people in the explosion". Is Suleiman's decision legal? It appears not…
Beirut
1 year ago
A survey by Beirut Urban Lab exploring the aspects of life in Beirut ruptured by the blast in 2020, has shown that the occupancy rate stood at 54% for eight sub-neighborhood residential clusters located in ...
BeirutBlast
1 year ago
The director behind an upcoming movie called “The Creator” has decided to use real footage of the Beirut port crime to simulate a nuclear explosion. Footage of the Beirut port was modified to conceal some ...
BeirutBlast
2 years ago
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun is spending his last week in Baabda giving out interviews and medals of merit. That’s not very different from any other president, except Aoun appears to be keen on awarding medals ...
BeirutBlast
2 years ago
A week before the Beirut port explosion’s second anniversary, the government has issued a warning that the northern part of the port silos are in danger of falling. This comes after the silos caught fire ...
Baladi
3 years ago
I cannot imagine how hard it must have been for Najla el Khatib to try and write down her sister’s story, but I can only admire her courage and perseverance in coming up with this ...
BeirutBlast
3 years ago
When Judge Sawwan was removed by a Lebanese court from the Beirut Port probe, the move didn’t come as a surprise as the judge was backing down and throwing the ball in the parliament’s court. ...
BeirutBlast
3 years ago
The Beirut port explosion killed 218 people including including nationals of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Pakistan, Palestine, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, and the United States. However, the number of non-lebanese killed ...
BeirutBlast
3 years ago
If we look back at what happened during the last week: – Hezbollah high-ranking official Wafik Safa issued a threat to Judge Tarek Bitar, who’s investigating last year’s Beirut port, through an unnamed intermediary who ...
