On Friday, funerals were held for the seven people who were killed during violence in the Lebanese capital of Beirut during the week. The conflict emerged over a long-running investigation into last
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The lead judge investigating Lebanon’s gigantic port blast last year has delivered an arrest warrant for former Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, who failed to appear for questioning, state media stated.
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Tarek Bitar, the judge assigned to investigate Beirut’s catastrophic port explosion, has remained in his position as attempts to have him removed from the inquiry failed when a court dismissed two complaints
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When Lebanon’s billionaire Prime Minister Najib Mikati remarkably achieved forming a new cabinet on September 10, the political deadlock that lasted for 13 months finally came to an end. The removal of one
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The families of victims of the Beirut Port blast are protesting the postponement of the investigation into the massive explosion, saying the inquiry is the “last opportunity for accountability” in Lebanon. Around
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After former Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk formally alerted the investigator of the request to discharge him from the Beirut Port blast case, the investigation has been postponed. As per Lebanese law, Judge
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The lead judge in the investigation surrounding the blast in the Port of Beirut last year has issued an arrest warrant for a former government minister who failed to appear for questioning,
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Lebanon’s former prime minister, Hassan Diab, fled the country for the US days prior he was scheduled to appear in front of the inquisitorial team for the investigation into the Beirut port
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On Thursday, a public session to discuss last year’s massive explosion at the port of Beirut in the Lebanese Parliament was postponed due to the lack of a quorum. Adnan Daher, the
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Lebanon’s most admired university, the American University of Beirut, has begun limiting electricity on campus as the country’s fuel crisis worsens. The campus, made up of 64 buildings, including the American University
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