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Aug 2020
29m 52s

الحلقة ٥ – إنفجار بيروت: كيف يكون التحقي...

The Lebanese Center For Policy Studies
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في حلقتنا الخامسة، نديم القاق يحاور الدكتور عمر نشابة المختص بالعدالة الجنائية عن منهجية التحقيق في إنفجار مرفأ بيروت، الإخفاقات التي حصلت في جهود الإغاثة والخطوات التي يجب القيام بها للمضي قدماً.

On our fifth episode, Nadim El Kak is joined by criminal justice analyst Dr. Omar Nashabe to discuss the methodology of the investigation into the Beirut port explosion, failures that occurred with regards to relief efforts, and steps that need to be undertaken in order to move forward.

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