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Lebanon
Lebanese spymasters hold key to Beirut port probe

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Beirut's port area.
Beirut's port area. © Mohamed Azakir/REUTERS

Lebanese judge Tarek Bitar would have had a busy schedule interviewing former senior intelligence officials this week but he was taken off the Beirut port probe on 27 September, halting the sensitive investigation until further notice.

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