Judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation last month, charging 10 people including security, customs and military personnel ...

Judge Bitar questioned the owner of a contracting company which had conducted repairs at the site of the explosion, as well ...

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

The Lebanese judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion questioned two people on Friday in connection with the deadly ...

On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion ripped through the port of Beirut, Lebanon, killing 218 people, injuring thousands, ...

Amid conflict and economic woes, businesses have struggled in the capital — but dealers and curators sense the tide is turning ...

On 4 August 2020, a fire at the Port of Beirut ignited 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a highly flammable chemical that had been improperly stored for years. The resulting explosion devastated the ...

Lebanese judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast on Thursday ... was triggered by a fire in a warehouse where a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate fertilizer ...

The lead judicial investigator in the Beirut port blast case, Judge Tarek al-Bitar on Thursday charged 10 new suspects in the case, who include port employees and current and former security officials ...

docked in Beirut in September 2013 when it had technical problems while sailing from Georgia to Mozambique with 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate. It said that, upon inspection, the vessel was ...

General view of the port of Beirut, Lebanon January 6 ... people and arose from the detonation of hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate. He also said he would work for justice for depositors ...

A general view of damage at the site of Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area on Aug. 5, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Mohamed Azakir) Winnipeg | Reuters — North America’s regulations for handling ammonium ...