BEIRUT — Scores of protesters Thursday scuffled with riot police in Beirut as they tried to break into the offices of Lebanon’s judiciary, after the country’s chief prosecutor filed charges against the judge investigating the massive 2020 port explosion and ordered the release of all suspects in the case. U.S. authorities considered Auf as “unlawfully detained” without trial for two …
One of history’s biggest non-nuclear explosions destroyed most of Beirut port and surrounding areas on 4 August 2020, killing more than 215 people and injuring over 6,500 Beirut: The Lebanese judge probing the devastating Beirut port blast has charged Prosecutor General Ghassan Oueidat and three judges, a first in the country’s history, a judicial official told AFP on Tuesday. On …
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