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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Beirut Blast Investigator Puts off Interrogations of Top Officials

A general view shows the site of the 2020 port blast, in Beirut, Lebanon January 24, 2023. (Reuters)

The judge investigating the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast said he had postponed interrogations of senior current and former officials that had been set to begin on Monday until a legal dispute over the extent of his powers can be resolved.

Last month Judge Tarek Bitar resumed his inquiry into the disastrous explosion that killed more than 220 people after a 13-month suspension caused by legal wrangling and high-level political pressure.

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