BSALIM: George Bezdjian remembers searching for his daughter, Jessica, after a massive explosion at Beirut’s port five years ago. He found her at the St. Georges Hospital where she worked as a nurse. The hospital was in the path of the blast and was heavily damaged. He found his daughter lying on the floor as her colleagues tried to revive her. They weren’t able to save her. She was one of four medical staff killed there. “I started telling God that living for 60 years is more than enough.

BEIRUT: In a hospital room in the mountains of Mount Lebanon, 47-year-old Lara Hayek lies motionless. Five years after the catastrophic Beirut port explosion left her in a…

BSALIM: George Bezdjian remembers searching for his daughter, Jessica, after a massive explosion at Beirut’s port five years ago. He found her at the St. Georges Hospital where…

The investigation was derailed by political interference, but a new government is trying to get justice back on track.

BEIRUT: Hundreds of Lebanese gathered solemnly near Beirut’s coast on Monday to commemorate a half-decade since the cataclysmic port blast of 2020, when more than 200 people were…

Lebanon, plagued by impunity and lack of accountability, marked the fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion that devastated large parts of the capital.

Families of the victims of a port explosion in Beirut are still searching for justice after an investigation into who is to blame has been repeatedly delayed. On 4 August, 2020,…