Students of the American University of #Beirut were seen scuffling with riot police at the university’s main campus in Beirut on Tuesday. The police were trying to stop the students…
Continue ReadingMonths after a huge explosion in Beirut’s port, the investigation has become mired in politics as powerful forces band together to block efforts to hold leaders accountable. See source
Continue ReadingWe all know 2020 has been an unfathomably horrific year. Even so, it isn’t until you hear it condensed into a 13 minute audio file that it really hits how…
Continue ReadingFifteen years after the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, a Lebanese Hezbollah member convicted of the crime was sentenced to life in prison in absentia on…
Continue ReadingLEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A U.N.-backed tribunal has sentenced a member of the Hezbollah militant group to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime…
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group says charges filed against the caretaker prime minister over this summer’s Beirut explosion are political targeting. The group said Friday that the charges lack…
Continue ReadingLebanon’s investigating judge charged caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers with negligence over the Beirut port blast that killed200 people and ravaged the capital in August, Lebanon’s…
Continue ReadingThe four charged are the most senior individuals to be indicted so far in the investigation, which is being conducted in secrecy. See source
Continue ReadingAn investigating judge named the caretaker prime minister, Hassan Diab, a suspect, a significant step toward holding the top levels of power accountable in the August explosion that killed 200.…
Continue ReadingThe lead #investigator into a catastrophic August 4 #explosion at #Beirut port charged outgoing premier Hassan Diab and three ex-ministers with negligence Thursday, a judicial source said. They are the…
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