Counter Extremism Project: Beirut Explosion Increases Scrutiny of Lebanese Political Class, Role of Hezbollah
August 13, 2020
August 13, 2020
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release:
Last week's deadly explosion in Beirut intensified scrutiny of Hezbollah's role in Lebanon's state security, the armed forces, financial resources, and political landscape. Since the explosion, several port officials have been placed under house arrest after investigators suggested negligence was involved in the storage of explosive fertilizer chemical ammonium nitrate.
While the inves . . .
Last week's deadly explosion in Beirut intensified scrutiny of Hezbollah's role in Lebanon's state security, the armed forces, financial resources, and political landscape. Since the explosion, several port officials have been placed under house arrest after investigators suggested negligence was involved in the storage of explosive fertilizer chemical ammonium nitrate.
While the inves . . .