Tunisian Ennahda party on December 31, 2021 announced that the government security forces, acting on orders from the Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine have
detained the Deputy Head Noureddine Bhiri and former Interior Ministry official Fathi
Al-Baladi, and put them under house arrest.
The investigations into the Beirut port blast, which took place in August 2020, witnessed significant developments recently. The judicial investigator, Judge Tariq Bitar, issued a series of rulings starting on July 2, stipulating the investigation of former ministers, current representatives as well as security and military leaders, with a demand to lift the immunity of some for the purpose of conducting investigations with them.
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Corruption, Politics, Leadership, Polarization, and Disaster Management