In 2023, then-chief prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat ordered the release of 17 detainees, including port and customs officials, who had been held in pre-trial detention since the explosion. Bitar and legal ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese judge leading an investigation into the huge 2020 Beirut port explosion questioned ... caused billions of dollars in damage and sent shockwaves through the nation ...

Some who left the country in successive waves of emigration have felt drawn back to aid recovery efforts after the bloody and ...