Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanese judge Tarek Bitar would have known that there would be pushback from the country’s ruling establishment to his surprise decision to resume the investigation into the 2020 Beirut port explosion.
Before the suspension of the investigation 13 months ago, those charged had mostly been low-level officials, but on Tuesday, it was revealed that Bitar had targeted a number of senior officials, with charges against Lebanon’s ex-prime minister and the chief prosecutor, among others.
