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Podcast: Beyond the Headlines
Episode: Why is justice so delayed in Beirut port explosion?
Description: Five years have passed since the Beirut port explosion – and still the families of the more than 220 victims killed in the blast await justice.
Mariana Foudalian is one of them. She lost her sister Gaia in the disaster but says she still has not had the chance to grieve as nobody has been held accountable even after all these years.
The investigation into the blast has faced an uphill battle because of the institutional corruption that has long plagued Lebanon.
Political interference by officials implicated in the explosion has forced the lead investigator to...