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French Envoy Criticizes Lebanon over 'Slow' Reforms Needed for IMF Loan

The French diplomat charged with coordinating international support for Lebanon, so it can receive International Monetary Fund aid, on Friday criticized the slow pace of reforms in the crisis-hit country. The IMF last April announced an agreement in principle with Beirut for $3 billion in aid spread over four years,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lokman Slim’s Mother to Asharq Al-Awsat: Sorrow Is My Constant Companion

No feelings of animosity and vengeance are harbored towards the killers of Shiite political activist Lokman Slim. His mother, Salma Mershak has refused to move out of her house in Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold. Many in Lebanon have accused the party of assassinating Slim two years…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Maronite Patriarch Says Judge Probing Beirut Port Blast Must Pursue Truth

Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai called on Sunday for the judge struggling to investigate the Beirut port explosion to be able to pursue his work and get help from any outside authority to pinpoint those responsible for the devastating blast. Long-simmering tensions over the investigation have boiled over since Judge…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Lebanon's top Christian cleric says judge probing port blast must be allowed to pursue truth

Lebanon's top Christian cleric called on Sunday for the judge struggling to investigate the Beirut port explosion to be able to pursue his work and get help from any outside authority to pinpoint those responsible for the devastating blast.

Reuters

Lebanese MPs denounce top prosecutor's moves against judge probing port blast

Some 40 Lebanese lawmakers on Friday became the latest group to back the judge investigating the catastrophic 2020 Beirut port blast and call for the country's top prosecutor to be held accountable for steps taken against the judge and his probe.

Reuters

Lebanese elite bury blast probe

BEIRUT: In their move to bury an investigation into the Beirut port blast, Lebanon’s ruling elite have driven another nail in the coffin of the collapsing state, stirring conflict in the judiciary as they try to avoid accountability at any cost.

Bangkok Post

Lebanese Elite Bury Blast Probe, Pushing Fragile State Closer to Edge

In their move to bury an investigation into the Beirut port blast, Lebanon's ruling elite have driven another nail in the coffin of the collapsing state, stirring conflict in the judiciary as they try to avoid accountability at any cost. Long-simmering tensions over the investigation have boiled over since Judge…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Lebanese elite bury blast probe, pushing fragile state closer to edge

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Families of Beirut blast victims slam infighting over investigation

The relaunching this week of the investigation into the August 2020 Beirut port blast triggered an unprecedented impasse with the lead judicial investigator and top prosecutor slapping charges against each other. Critics called it a “farce”, but for families of the victims still seeking justice, the parody is wrenching and…

France 24

Families of Beirut port blast outraged by infighting over inquiry

Dozens protest in Lebanese capital against the public prosecutor’s attempt to stop a judge from continuing his probe.

Al Jazeera

Anger soars in Beirut amid standoff over port blast probe

Scores of protesters have scuffled with riot police in Beirut as they try to break into the chief offices of Lebanon’s judiciary

The Independent UK

Lebanese protest as fate of blast probe hangs in balance

More than 200 people protested outside Lebanon's justice palace on Thursday over efforts to derail an investigation into the deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion, as top judges cancelled a meeting to discuss the fate of the inquiry.

Reuters

Lebanon judge at the centre of Beirut blast inquiry showdown

Judge Tarek Bitar has faced intense opposition from Lebanon’s establishment since resuming the investigation on Monday.

Al Jazeera

US, UN Reroute $72M to Support Lebanon's Security Personnel

The US Embassy in Beirut, in a joint program with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), announced Wednesday the rollout of a program providing $72 million in temporary financial support for Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Internal Security Forces (ISF) personnel. The “LAF-ISF Livelihood Support Program” was announced at a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Bangkok Post

Wikipedia Middle East editors ban shows risks for creators

BEIRUT: Rights groups have accused the Saudi Arabian government of "infiltrating" and seeking to control Wikipedia, after the Wikimedia Foundation banned 16 users for engaging in "conflict of interest editing" in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Conversation

Beirut port disaster: former Lebanon prime minister charged with homicide

The investigation into the Beirut port explosion has taken a new turn, with the judge overseeing the probe charging a former prime minister and two other former ministers with homicide with probable intent.

The Guardian - UK

Beirut explosion inquiry in chaos as judges row and suspects released

Sudden restart of investigation sets off developments leaving doubts justice for victims will be delivered

Reuters

Explainer-The Beirut port blast: Why has there been no accountability?

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.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Beirut Port Blast Justice Postponed as Renewed Probe Is Rejected

Lebanon's top public prosecutor on Wednesday charged the Beirut port blast investigating judge and ordered the release of those detained in connection with the explosion, after rejecting the judge's surprise resumption of the probe. The moves by Ghassan Oweidat signal escalating opposition by Lebanon's ruling establishment to efforts by Judge…

Al Jazeera

Lebanon’s top prosecutor charges Beirut blast Judge Tarek Bitar

The prosecutor also ordered the release of all suspects detained in connection with the deadly 2020 Beirut blast.

Reuters

Beirut port blast justice postponed as renewed probe is rejected

Lebanon's top public prosecutor on Wednesday charged the judge investigating the Beirut port blast and ordered the release of those detained in connection with the explosion, derailing an attempt to resume the probe into the devastating event.

Reuters

Former Lebanese customs director detained over Beirut blast released, family says

Former Lebanese customs chief Badri Daher, detained over the August 2020 Beirut port blast, has been released, his sister told Reuters.

The Independent UK

Prosecutor orders release of Beirut port blast detainees

A lawyer for two detainees and judicial officials say Lebanon’s top prosecutor has ordered all suspects detained in the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast released

Reuters

Lebanon's top public prosecutor says he has summoned Beirut blast judge

Lebanon's top public prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat told Reuters that he had summoned the judge investigating the Beirut port blast, after rejecting the judge's surprise resumption of the probe into the explosion.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Protest Record-Low Value of Local Currency

Protesters burned tires and held up handfuls of local currency bills on Wednesday at the entrance of the Lebanese Central Bank in Beirut, furious over the spiraling devaluation of the lira. Lebanon's economic meltdown, which began in 2019, has cost the lira around 97% of its value. The decline has…

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