Lebanon’s judges battle over their probe of Beirut’s port blast
The feud adds to tensions in a country that already has no president and a ruined economy
“Judge not, lest ye be judged.” Lebanon’s top prosecutor seems to have taken the biblical commandment to heart. For years he has stalled probes into the country’s financial crisis, among the worst in modern history. Now he wants to sabotage the investigation of the catastrophic explosion in 2020 at Beirut’s port, setting off a judicial feud some fear could turn violent.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Courting disaster”
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