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Lebanon's top Public Prosecutor, on Wednesday, charged the judge investigating the 2020 Beirut Port explosion that killed at least 220 people, of stymieing his effort to hold members of the ruling el...
A court removed him from the case in February 2021 after two of the ex-ministers - Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zeitar - complained he had overstepped his powers. Appointed to replace Sawan, Bitar sought to interrogate senior figures including Khalil and Zeitar, who are both members of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's Amal Movement and allies of the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Lebanon's top public prosecutor has charged the judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion that killed at least 220 people.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top public prosecutor on Wednesday charged the judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion that killed at least 220 people, stymieing his effort to hold members of the ruling elite accountable.
Many Lebanese people see this as an example of the impunity enjoyed by a ruling elite