Beirut Blast Probe Judge Cleared to Continue Investigation

Date: 07 December 2021 - 21:08

News ID: ۹۷۴۶۵

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The probe into last year’s deadly Beirut port blast has been cleared to resume after being suspended for more than a month on legal claims against its lead investigator, judge Tarek Bitar, a judicial source said. A Beirut court rejected the last of the suits preventing Bitar from questioning top officials on Tuesday. “They have reversed the decision that had led to the suspension of the probe and he can now resume his work for sure,” Nizar Saghieh, head of the Legal Agenda, a research and advocacy organization, told Reuters. The resumption could be temporary should further legal complaints be filed, he said.