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Lebanese president asks Russia for satellite imagery of port explosion

The request comes more than a year after the deadly explosion in Beirut’s port, and follows a US government report on the incident.

A general view of the port of Beirut and the memorial sculpture of a giant angular figure made from the wreckage of last summer's Beirut port blast on Aug. 3, 2021 in Beirut, Lebanon. — Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images

Lebanese President Michel Aoun asked Russia for help today with the investigation into the 2020 Beirut port explosion. 

Aoun told Russia’s ambassador in Beirut that Lebanon is seeking satellite imagery from the day of the blast, his office said in a statement. 

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