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Hezbollah "not concerned" with STL verdict

Hezbollah's leader said Friday the group was not concerned with the verdict of a U.N.-backed tribunal over the 2005 assassination of ex-PM Rafik Hariri due on August 18. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said if any members of the four members of the group are indicted, Hezbollah would stand by their...

Prosecutor general charges 25 over Beirut port blast

 Lebanon's Prosecutor General Ghassan Oueidat has pressed charges against 25 people, including senior port and customs officials and security officers, over the massive Beirut port blast that killed 172 people, a judicial source told Reuters on Friday. It was not immediately clear what...

Beirut identifies its dead as judge named to lead probe

Ten days after the deadly Beirut explosion, rescue workers recovered the remains of firefighters killed while battling the initial blaze, as authorities appointed a well-respected judge to lead the investigation. Beirut, brought to its knees by the cataclysmic explosion, has seen the...