Reopened Beirut Port explosion investigation sparks Lebanese judicial crisis
Judge Tarek Bitar resumed a long-frozen investigation into the 2020 disaster, which killed over 200 but was immediately blocked by Lebanese judicial authorities and detained for “usurping power."
Debris are seen in the port area after a blast in Beirut, Lebanon, August 10, 2020(photo credit: HANNAH MCKAY/ REUTERS)ByANDREA LÓPEZ-TOMÀS/THE MEDIA LINE