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OPINION

Either submission or war

There are only two factors that can “save” the investigation into the Beirut port explosion: strong international pressure and/or a large popular mobilization. But they both come with a price.

Either submission or war

Protesters in front of Beirut's Justice Palace on Jan. 26, 2023. (Credit: João Sousa/L'Orient Today)

We lost. We have lost since Aug. 7, 2020, three days after the explosion at the port of Beirut, when Michel Aoun put the first nail in the coffin of the investigation by shutting the door on an international probe.We lost on Feb. 18, 2021, when Fady...
We lost. We have lost since Aug. 7, 2020, three days after the explosion at the port of Beirut, when Michel Aoun put the first nail in the coffin of the investigation by shutting the door on an international probe.We lost on Feb. 18, 2021, when Fady...