Lebanon’s Aoun Calls Investigation of Beirut Blast ‘Complex’

A Lebanese man carries his belongings as he leaves his destroyed house near the scene where an explosion hit on Tuesday the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon on Aug. 6, 2020. AP Photo/Hussein Malla

BEIRUT—Lebanese President Michel Aoun said the probe into this month’s devastating blast in Beirut is “very complex” and won’t be finished quickly.

Responding to calls that he step down, Aoun told French TV station BFMTV that would be “impossible,” because it would create a power vacuum. The interview, his first with foreign media since the Aug. 4 blast, aired late on Aug. 15.