Lebanon Blast Victim’s Brother Released after Brief Arrest

William Noun (L), whose fireman brother was killed in the August 2020 Beirut port blast, is greeted by Lebanese MP Ibrahim Mneimneh upon his release in the capital Beirut on January 14, 2023. (AFP)

A key figure among the families of Beirut's 2020 port explosion victims was released Saturday after his arrest a day earlier sparked protests in the Lebanese capital.  

William Noun -- whose brother, a fireman, was killed in the devastating August 4, 2020 port blast -- was arrested Friday over remarks made during a television program, a judiciary source told AFP.