Lebanon prosecutor requests charges for ex-president Michel Aoun over port blast

Lebanon prosecutor requests charges for ex-president Michel Aoun over port blast

Arab News Sep 15, 2026 Lebanon prosecutor requests charges for ex-president Michel Aoun over port blast

BEIRUT: A Lebanese prosecutor on Tuesday requested that former president Michel Aoun be indicted over the 2020 Beirut port blast that killed more than 200 people, a judicial official told AFP. The prosecutor at Lebanon’s Court of Cassation asked the judge overseeing the case, Tarek Bitar, to “press charges against (former) president Aoun,” said the official, requesting anonymity. The official added that charges were being sought against Aoun because he “had prior knowledge of the presence of amm

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