Syria link to Beirut blast chemicals?

The company that bought the ammonium nitrate which exploded in Beirut last August had possible links to two Syrian businessmen under US sanctions for ties to President Bashar al-assad, according to a report by a Lebanese journalist and London company filings. Savaro Ltd, the trading firm which procured the chemicals in 2013, shared a London address with companies linked to George Haswani and Imad Khoury, according to the report by documentary filmmaker Firas Hatoum, which aired on Lebanon’s al-jadeed TV station this week. Haswani, Khoury and his brother Mudalal Khoury have been sanctioned by Washington for supporting Assad’s war effort. All three are Syrian-russian nationals, according to the US sanctions list and a database that gathers data from Russia.