Around a dozen family members of the victims of the Beirut port explosion protested outside the port on Friday to decry the lack of progress over the blast investigation, 18 months after the deadly incident. On August 4, 2020, over 2,500 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded, killing over 218 people and wounding 7,000. Despite officials’ promises to charge those responsible “within days,” no official has been arrested in connection with the blast a year and a half later. Judge Tarek Bitar, the judge in charge of the investigation, has issued summons for relevant officials, including Lebanon’s se…