On August 4, 2020, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrates stored carelessly in Hangar #12 at the Port of Beirut exploded. The catastrophe resulted in 236 dead, 6,000 wounded, and $15 billion in property damage. In addition, 300,000 people were left homeless. Yet nothing has been done to bring those responsible to justice, even though everyone […]
How a Catholic News Agency Misled Its Readers About a Shootout in Beirut
On October 14, Hezbollah fighters, armed with automatic weapons and rocket launchers, entered the Christian neighborhood of Tayyouneh-Ain al-Remmaneh in Beirut. They had gone there, in a show of armed force, to intimidate the Christians and to noisily demand that Tarek Bitar, the intrepid judge investigating the Beirut blast of Aug. 4, 2020, be discharged […]