After France refused, Lebanon requested satellite images from Russia related to the Beirut bombing

According to Fars News Agency’s International Group, the Lebanese presidency announced this afternoon (Friday) that it had officially asked Moscow to provide satellite images of the day of the explosion in the port of Beirut to the Lebanese judiciary.

According to the network news site «المیادین‌ ‌ This request was made by the Lebanese President during a meeting with the Russian Ambassador to Beirut, Alexander Rodakov.

Al-Mayadin noted that the two sides discussed Russia-Lebanon bilateral relations and ways to develop them during today’s meeting, noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin also said a few days ago that Moscow could assist in the investigation process. It will investigate the explosion in the port of Beirut and provide satellite images to the Lebanese side, if available.

“We can not comment on the political process in the Lebanese judiciary,” Putin said. “We cannot support one side against the other because this will have negative consequences for our efforts to reconcile Lebanese groups.”

The report comes as the Lebanese president asked his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, to provide the country with satellite images of the explosion in the port of Beirut after the bombing of the port of Beirut in order to discover the angles. Hide file help.

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab also announced that he had asked the French president for pictures before, during and after the blast.

A similar request was sent to Italy, according to Al-Mayadin; But Hassan Diab said in this regard: “Normally they should have given us the pictures; “But that did not happen and I do not know why.”

Investigations into the Beirut port bombing are ongoing, and officials have not yet commented on the cause of the blast.

However, the online newspaper Rai Al-Youm reported last night, citing special sources, that the investigation had answered questions such as who brought the ship carrying ammonium nitrate to Lebanon and for whom.

In an interview with the newspaper, the sources revealed that the money for the ship was paid from a bank located in one of the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, whose main branch is in Switzerland, and people affiliated with Al-Mustaqbal’s Saad al-Hariri party entered the port. Beirut. However, these sources said that this action was taken without informing Saad Al-Hariri.

The sources also said that the cargo was most likely stored in the port of Beirut and then sent from there to armed opposition groups stationed on the Syrian-Lebanese border. It stays and explodes near the warehouse due to welding and fire.

According to these sources, the welding hypothesis has been cited in the investigation as the most logical cause for the explosion in the port of Beirut.

Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, has called for the release of the results of the investigation to the public in three speeches since the bombing of the port of Beirut until today. “Gather the victims and tell them how their children were martyred.”

Lebanon witnessed a massive explosion on the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020; The blast killed at least 200 people and injured 6,500.

End of message /

You can edit this post