Beirut port explosion

Families of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port blast have decried last week’s decision to halt an arrest warrant against a former minister who was under investigation over the tragedy. Former works minister Youssef Fenianos was the…
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A judge at Lebanon’s highest court suspended an arrest warrant against a former cabinet minister in the case of the massive 2020 Beirut port blast, officials said Tuesday. Judge Sabbouh Suleiman of the Court of Cassation lifted the…
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A wedding in Lebanon on Sunday brought many tears and much joy, with thousands of people on social media wishing the couple a return of the happiness they lost three years ago in the Beirut explosion. The tragedy in 2020 brought the…
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Three years after being damaged in an explosion, vital grain silos at Beirut port remain unusable, posing a growing threat to Lebanon’s food security. The silos, which were hit by the blast and then gradually collapsed, had capacity for…
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One of history’s biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut on August 4, 2020, destroying swathes of the Lebanese capital, killing more than 220 people and injuring at least 6,500. Three years on, the probe into the traumatic disaster…
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The families of the victims of the Beirut port explosion have welcomed the condemnation of systematic interference in its investigation at a Geneva conference, where multiple countries called on Lebanon to abide by its international…
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for a “serious investigation” into the disastrous 2020 Beirut port explosion in a call that was echoed by dozens of other countries on Tuesday. Families of victims, rights…
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At least six people were killed in Beirut on Thursday amid a protest organized by Hezbollah and its allies against the lead judge probing last year’s blast at the city’s port. Dozens were wounded in the most protracted street fighting in…
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A Lebanese court on Thursday dismissed the latest legal complaint brought against the lead investigator of the Beirut port blast probe, allowing him to resume work, a judicial source and court documents showed. The probe into last year’s…
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The lead judge investigating last year’s catastrophic Beirut port blast issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for former finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil after he failed to show up for questioning, a judicial source and local media said.…
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