The judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion has charged Lebanon’s then-prime minister, Hassan Diab, and two other former ministers with homicide with probable intent, according to a court summons seen by the Reuters news agency. Other top officials, including the country’s public prosecutor and the head of the domestic intelligence agency, were also charged in connection with the blast, judicial sources said on Tuesday. Judge Tarek Bitar, who has unexpectedly resumed an inquiry that has been paralysed by high-level political resistance, has scheduled questioning with Prosecutor General Ghassan Oweidat for February. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, Lebanon. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish […]
The collapse of the Lebanese economy is rapidly accelerating. Rival politicians have so far failed to agree on the shape and make-up of a new government that would be needed to ensure international aid. And as Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, those same politicians are accused of decades of corruption that has nearly bankrupted the state. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Lebanon
0 Hundreds of protesters have clashed with security forces in Lebanon for a third day, angry about a nationwide lockdown that has left them unable to cope financially. Police in the northern city of Tripoli used tear gas and water cannon to beat back protesters who are demanding the government do more to fix the dire economy. Protesters say they are hungry, unable to cope with third week of coronavirus curbs. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Tripoli, Lebanon. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Lebanon #LebanonProtests #TripoliProtests
International aid agencies say a rising number of Lebanese families are losing their income and sinking into poverty. Save the Children says half a million children are hungry in Beirut only. It is urging the government to help the vulnerable. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, Lebanon. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Lebanon #SavetheChildren
