A view of the great hall at the Beirut Courthouse. (Credit: Claude Assaf/L'Orient-Le Jour)
During his fifth series of interrogations that began on Feb. 7, the investigative judge at the Court of Justice, Tarek Bitar, questioned two former army officers on Friday as part of his investigation into the double explosion that occurred at the Beirut port on Aug. 4, 2020. They were the former head of intelligence, Edmond Fadel, and the former head of port intelligence, Marwan Eid, who was responsible for anti-smuggling operations. Both were in office during the unloading and storage of ammonium nitrate, the cause of the disaster that killed more than 235 people, injured thousands and destroyed entire sections of the capital. Context Three years later, Tarek Bitar resumes hearings Far from the acts of obstruction carried out since the beginning of the investigation by the politico-judicial class, it now seems that the direction...
During his fifth series of interrogations that began on Feb. 7, the investigative judge at the Court of Justice, Tarek Bitar, questioned two former army officers on Friday as part of his investigation into the double explosion that occurred at the Beirut port on Aug. 4, 2020. They were the former head of intelligence, Edmond Fadel, and the former head of port intelligence, Marwan Eid, who was responsible for anti-smuggling operations. Both were in office during the unloading and storage of ammonium nitrate, the cause of the disaster that killed more than 235 people, injured thousands and destroyed entire sections of the capital. Context Three years later, Tarek Bitar resumes hearings Far from the acts of obstruction carried out since the beginning of the investigation by the politico-judicial class, it now seems that the direction...
