I knew of chemicals weeks before Beirut blast, says Lebanon’s president

Lebanon’s president knew about the huge stockpile of explosive material stored at Beirut’s port nearly three weeks before it blew up, he has said.

Michel Aoun said on Friday that he ordered action be taken about it at the time.

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