In 2023, then-chief prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat ordered the release of 17 detainees, including port and customs officials, who had been held in pre-trial detention since the explosion. Bitar and legal ...

From the moment a law granting the warlords of the Lebanese civil war amnesty was passed, establishing “immunities” for official and legitimizing “impunity” (all compounded by an external veto on the ...

The outgoing deputy force commander of the UN Interim Force (UNIFIL) in Lebanon was injured on Friday after a violent attack.

He created a 300-person Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant choir and orchestra. Then he took a break.

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

As part of the ongoing investigation into the August 4, 2020, Beirut Port explosion, Judge Tarek Bitar is questioning ...

On the first day of his visit to Lebanon, the Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development ...

A new Lebanese chocolate bar called Beirut Chocolate is slowly making headlines, aiming to overshadow its Dubai Chocolate ...

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 ...

On Aug. 4, 2020, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beirut Port warehouse, killing at least 218 people, injuring more than 6,000 and devastating large swaths of the capital. The ...