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BEIRUT( Reuters)-The judge in charge of the investigation into the Beirut port blast will seek to question top politicians and security officials, Lebanon's national news agency said on Friday, almost a year after the explosion that devastated the capital. The blast in August, blamed on a huge quantity of chemicals left for years in poor storage conditions, deepened a political and economic crisis in the heavily indebted country. Ordinary Lebanese have grown increasingly angry that no senior off

Open this photo in gallery The blast in Beirut was caused by a massive quantity of explosive chemicals that had been stored unsafely at the port for years. Hussein Malla/ The Associated PressA Lebanese minister has denied a request by the judge probing the Beirut port explosion to question a top security official, a document seen by Reuters on Friday showed, as attempts to deliver justice over the catastrophe continue to flounder. Nearly a year after the Aug.... 4 explosion, which killed more t

BEIRUT( Reuters)-Police fired tear gas to try to disperse relatives of victims of last year's Beirut port blast protesting outside the home of the caretaker interior minister on Tuesday over his refusal to let the lead investigator question Lebanon's security chief.... " The Lebanese people have come to support us, where are you, hero?... " a demonstrators yelled mockingly through a megaphone....

BEIRUT( Reuters)-The probe into last year's deadly Beirut port blast has been cleared to resume after being suspended for more than a month on legal claims against its lead investigator, judge Tarek Bitar, a judicial source said.... A Beirut court rejected the last of the suits preventing Bitar from questioning top officials on Tuesday.... " They have reversed the decision that had led to the suspension of the probe and he can now resume his work for sure," Nizar Saghieh, head of the Legal Age

The Lebanese judge leading an investigation into a massive blast at Beirut port which killed over 200 people has announced he will question senior politicians, including the former prime minister and current security chiefs, and has requested parliament lift immunity for several ex-ministers. The bold move, made just a month shy of the anniversary of the explosion, was welcomed by family members of those killed and survivors who had been increasingly frustrated that nobody senior would ever be h

The police organisation must exist with people's trust," he said.In an unprecedented move during the media conference, Col Thitisan was allowed to phone in and respond to questions from journalists for 15 minutes.He admitted to mistreating the suspect but denied allegations of corruption.... He said he had given orders for the interrogation tactics used on 24-year-old Jeerapong Thanapat, but said he" did not mean to kill" him." My intention was to get the information so I could destroy a drug b

BEIRUT( Reuters)-A senior official in the Lebanese Shi' ite group Hezbollah told the judge investigating the disastrous Beirut port blast that it would remove him from the probe, according to a journalist who says she conveyed the message and a judicial source.... Neither the Hezbollah official in question, Wafik Safa, nor other Hezbollah officials could be reached for comment. More than 200 people died when a huge stockpile of chemicals stored unsafely at Beirut port for years exploded on Aug.

Open this photo in gallery Razor wire in front of the site of the Beirut port explosion, on Sept.... 4, 2020, blast, one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions on record, which killed more than 200 people and devastated swathes of Beirut. Bitar is under enormous pressure from groups that have been accusing his probe of political bias and mounting a smear campaign against him.... The leader of the powerful, heavily armed Shi’ite political movement Hezbollah announced on Monday it wanted Bitar re