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Hoteit denies being pressured to U-turn his stance on port blast investigation head Bitar
BEIRUT — The spokesman for relatives of those killed in last year's Beirut port blast quit on Saturday, following fears he had been intimidated into urging the dismissal of the lead investigator in...
16 October 2021
“The government is keen not to interfere in any judicial file,” Prime Minister Najib Mikati told his justice minister alongside Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat and the head of the Supreme Judicial Council at a meeting on the investigation into this week’s clashes in Tayyouneh
16 October 2021
Families of the port blast victims affirm their support for Bitar’s investigation into the explosion
BEIRUT — The families of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion issued a statement Saturday afternoon reiterating their support for the investigation into the catastrophic blast led by...
16 October 2021
What’s next for the Beirut port explosion probe?
BEIRUT — Moments before deadly street clashes broke out in Beirut on Thursday, Lebanon’s highest court dismissed a legal complaint to remove Beirut port explosion investigator Judge Tarek Bitar,...