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The Beirut port explosion devastated entire neighborhoods of the Lebanese capital, with authorities determining the cause of the blast to be linked to a shipment of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. (Reuters/File Photo)

Portuguese man sought over links to Beirut blast arrested in Chile

  • The man was stopped by agents of the Chilean Investigation Police
By Arab News ·
Supporters of Lebanese Shiite groups Hezbollah and Amal and the Christian Marada movement take part in a protest against Tarek Bitar, the lead judge of the port blast investigation, in Beirut in October. (Reuters)

Beirut blast investigator demands immediate arrest of ex-minister

By AFP ·
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka expressed deep concern over the people killed during clashes in Beirut. (AFP/File Photo)

UN condemns armed violence outside of state authority in Beirut

By Ephrem Kossaify ·
Update Six killed in Beirut clashes as tensions soar over port blast investigation video

Six killed in Beirut clashes as tensions soar over port blast investigation

By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·
Special Why Lebanon’s hopes for an independent Beirut blast inquiry are fading

Why Lebanon’s hopes for an independent Beirut blast inquiry are fading

By RAY HANANIA ·
Beirut blast protesters target wedding held by MP under investigation

Beirut blast protesters target wedding held by MP under investigation

By Arab News ·
Beirut blast bereaved hold symbolic funeral to demand justice video

Beirut blast bereaved hold symbolic funeral to demand justice

By AFP ·
Special Images of victims of the Beirut blast displayed near the port. (Supplied) video

Beirut blast survivors lose hope as Lebanon lurches from one crisis to another

By Rebecca Anne Proctor ·
Update Saudi FM: Hezbollah’s power is the main cause of Lebanon’s crisis

Saudi FM: Hezbollah’s power is the main cause of Lebanon’s crisis

By Arab News ·
Special Why the trauma does not end for Beirut blast survivors

Why the trauma does not end for Beirut blast survivors

By TAREK ALI AHMAD ·
Update Lebanon's President Michel Aoun sits inside the presidential palace on the eve of the first anniversary of Beirut port explosion, in Baabda on August 3. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s Aoun supports transparent investigation on eve of blast anniversary​​​​​​​

By Reuters ·
Some Lebanese officials knew about and tacitly accepted the lethal risks posed by ammonium nitrate stored at Beirut port before the fatal blast, the Human Rights Watch said. (AFP file photo)

Lebanese authorities ‘criminally negligent’ over Beirut blast, Watchdog says

By Georgi Azar ·
This image shows Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (L) and President Michel Aoun (C) meeting with two-time premier Najib Mikati at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut on July 26, 2021. (NNA)

Lebanon president ready to answer questions on Beirut blast

By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·

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