In 2023, then-chief prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat ordered the release of 17 detainees, including port and customs officials, who ...

United in grief and anger, families of the victims and several thousand Lebanese marked one year since the horrific explosion at Beirut's port with a moment of silence and prayers at the foot of ...

On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion ripped through the port of Beirut, Lebanon, killing 218 people, injuring thousands, and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. The cause? A warehouse full ...

Some who left the country in successive waves of emigration have felt drawn back to aid recovery efforts after the bloody and ...

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt stated that "militant militias have become part of history," ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese judge leading an investigation into the huge 2020 Beirut port explosion questioned two port employees on Friday, resuming his probe after years of obstruction ...

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