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Hey, I'm Seril Khalili.

I'm a senior producer with a take, back with another take, where we bring you episodes from the past.

It's been five years since the Beirut port explosion and Lebanon

still has not recovered. Life has returned to the city, but the neighborhoods around the

port still bear the scars, and justice has yet to be delivered. Lebanon's long-stall

judicial investigation into the blast was revived last January,

but it's been plagued by resistance for five years, and that hasn't changed.

Judge Tarak Bitar, who's leading the probe, is still facing pushback from top officials.

But despite the delays, Lebanese media report that Bitar is planning to issue indictments soon.

Now, back in 2023, we spoke with a family member of one of the victims still waiting for justice.

The episode originally aired on February 8, 2023.

All dates and references are from that time.

Okay. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. A massive explosion has torn through the Lebanese capital, Beirut, city broken,

a city where the dead are being buried buried and anger is rising to the surface.

Families of more than 200 victims of the 2020-Berut port blasts have been searching for justice for two and a half years.

Late last month, they thought they might be closer to that goal when a judge reopened a dormant investigation into the blast,

and into the leaders accused of letting it happen.

The surprise decision by the lead judicial investigator, Tarek Vitar, has given back hope to the victim's families.

But a move from a top official, accused in the case himself, may have just put all of that to a halt.

So will the families of the victims ever get justice?

I'm Alika Bilal, very friendly, very loyal.

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