Justin Salhani
@justinsalhani.bsky.social
Ras Beiruti journalist & writer
Lebanon Correspondent, Al Jazeera Digital
Non resident fellow, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Journalist-in-residence, Orient-Institut Beirut
Lebanon Correspondent, Al Jazeera Digital
Non resident fellow, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Journalist-in-residence, Orient-Institut Beirut
New pickup. I never studied Arabic in school so it will be a slow painful process. We will suffer but we will succeed.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New pickup. I never studied Arabic in school so it will be a slow painful process. We will suffer but we will succeed.
The ceasefire was announced one year ago tomorrow (Nov 27). One year ago today was one of the most intense and brutal days of the war, including attacks on areas Israel hadn’t yet hit in Lebanon.
Since then, UN experts say Israel has committed near daily violations of the ceasefire.
Since then, UN experts say Israel has committed near daily violations of the ceasefire.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The ceasefire was announced one year ago tomorrow (Nov 27). One year ago today was one of the most intense and brutal days of the war, including attacks on areas Israel hadn’t yet hit in Lebanon.
Since then, UN experts say Israel has committed near daily violations of the ceasefire.
Since then, UN experts say Israel has committed near daily violations of the ceasefire.
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I wrote about my first experience practicing tai chi, which came after I got in trouble so much that the school made me do it alongside playing volleyball
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November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I wrote about my first experience practicing tai chi, which came after I got in trouble so much that the school made me do it alongside playing volleyball
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I'll be speaking on a panel with some brilliant people on Dec 9 about Syria one year into the post-Assad transition.
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Syria One Year into Transition
One year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria stands at a critical crossroads. The country’s new leadership faces the monumental challenge of rebuilding a nation devastated by years of conflict, w...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'll be speaking on a panel with some brilliant people on Dec 9 about Syria one year into the post-Assad transition.
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🔔 As Syria comes up on one year since the fall of the Assad regime, join us on Dec 9 for an event exploring politics, economy, and foreign affairs in the transition, with Sana Mustafa, Joseph Daher, @justinsalhani.bsky.social, and Sarah Hunaidi, moderated by Obai Kurd Ali.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🔔 As Syria comes up on one year since the fall of the Assad regime, join us on Dec 9 for an event exploring politics, economy, and foreign affairs in the transition, with Sana Mustafa, Joseph Daher, @justinsalhani.bsky.social, and Sarah Hunaidi, moderated by Obai Kurd Ali.
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‘’Lebanon is doing what they can under the circumstances, but I don’t think they have a willing interlocutor in the Israelis at this stage,” Nicholas Blanford of the Atlantic Council said.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
‘’Lebanon is doing what they can under the circumstances, but I don’t think they have a willing interlocutor in the Israelis at this stage,” Nicholas Blanford of the Atlantic Council said.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
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November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
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Congratulations to my NYU colleague and friend @keshavarziana.bsky.social for winning the Middle East Studies Association's Roger Owen Book Award for his exceptional book, “Making Space For the Gulf: Histories of Regionalism and the Middle East”
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Congratulations to my NYU colleague and friend @keshavarziana.bsky.social for winning the Middle East Studies Association's Roger Owen Book Award for his exceptional book, “Making Space For the Gulf: Histories of Regionalism and the Middle East”
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Israel has violated Gaza truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killed hundreds flip.it/SOS7tf
Israel has violated Gaza truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killed hundreds
Gaza Government Media Office says Israel fully responsible for humanitarian, security repercussions from its violations.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Israel has violated Gaza truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killed hundreds flip.it/SOS7tf
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Israeli airstrike on a building, geolocated on Al-Arid Street, Haret Hreik, in Beirut's southern suburbs, 33.852033, 35.510159.
Earlier I posted the one opposite from here as that was where most footage was first seen. Excuse moi.
Earlier I posted the one opposite from here as that was where most footage was first seen. Excuse moi.
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Israeli airstrike on a building, geolocated on Al-Arid Street, Haret Hreik, in Beirut's southern suburbs, 33.852033, 35.510159.
Earlier I posted the one opposite from here as that was where most footage was first seen. Excuse moi.
Earlier I posted the one opposite from here as that was where most footage was first seen. Excuse moi.
Reposted last post because i mistakenly wrote ‘Lebanon’ and not ‘Beirut’ southern suburbs
Thx @ayoub.bsky.social
Thx @ayoub.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Reposted last post because i mistakenly wrote ‘Lebanon’ and not ‘Beirut’ southern suburbs
Thx @ayoub.bsky.social
Thx @ayoub.bsky.social
Israel just struck Beirut’s southern suburbs for the first time in months and first time since last year’s war without a warning.
Reports saying it was an airstrike in Haret Hreik. Though such attacks usually are struck by drone
Reports saying it was an airstrike in Haret Hreik. Though such attacks usually are struck by drone
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Israel just struck Beirut’s southern suburbs for the first time in months and first time since last year’s war without a warning.
Reports saying it was an airstrike in Haret Hreik. Though such attacks usually are struck by drone
Reports saying it was an airstrike in Haret Hreik. Though such attacks usually are struck by drone
"The other night, I was at a talk where a farmer introduced herself to the audience with a unique way of distinguishing where in the South she operated. “It’s the beginning of the South, not the phosphorus South, thank god,” she said and I felt my jaw tighten."
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November 2025: is this Noah's July?
But it only flooded for one day
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November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"The other night, I was at a talk where a farmer introduced herself to the audience with a unique way of distinguishing where in the South she operated. “It’s the beginning of the South, not the phosphorus South, thank god,” she said and I felt my jaw tighten."
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“We will deal with it if it happens. All the [Lebanese Shia] villages around us, they are destroyed and basically uninhabitable. If you ask what is our victory, it is that we have been rebuilding for a year and they haven’t put a single pipe back in the ground.”
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Tense calm in far north as Israel prepares to ‘finish the job’ against Hezbollah
On the border with Lebanon, communities have started to return and rebuild – even though some are in no hurry to return
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November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“We will deal with it if it happens. All the [Lebanese Shia] villages around us, they are destroyed and basically uninhabitable. If you ask what is our victory, it is that we have been rebuilding for a year and they haven’t put a single pipe back in the ground.”
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Chances are if you're following Lebanon, you've heard the name Riad Salameh, the country's infamous former Central Bank Governor who is complicit in numerous financial crimes.
Don't miss this new @timep.bsky.social resource tracking the top cases being brought against Salameh abroad.
Don't miss this new @timep.bsky.social resource tracking the top cases being brought against Salameh abroad.
Since the collapse of Lebanon's economy in 2019, numerous legal proceedings are ongoing against Lebanon’s former central bank governor Riad Salameh over suspected financial crimes. TIMEP breaks down the international cases against him and his inner circle: timep.org/2025/11/20/b...
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Chances are if you're following Lebanon, you've heard the name Riad Salameh, the country's infamous former Central Bank Governor who is complicit in numerous financial crimes.
Don't miss this new @timep.bsky.social resource tracking the top cases being brought against Salameh abroad.
Don't miss this new @timep.bsky.social resource tracking the top cases being brought against Salameh abroad.
My partner went to Cairo and brought me back four books 😍
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My partner went to Cairo and brought me back four books 😍
I’ve come to see the word sovereignty as a tool thrown around. In Lebanon, ours is violated daily (even before the war). In Syria, too.
But even domestically in Lebanon the word is jogged out by any party at any time to justify their actions and then conveniently dropped when it suits
But even domestically in Lebanon the word is jogged out by any party at any time to justify their actions and then conveniently dropped when it suits
5 - the Syrian people overthrew a tyrant and Israel saw it as such a threat they bombed around the country & invaded it. They have disappeared people from s. Syria
International reaction is basically to shrug.
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International reaction is basically to shrug.
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#Netanyahu visited army-held positions inside the #Syria buffer zone with senior ministers and commanders. Damascus condemned the visit as “illegal” and a “grave violation” of sovereignty, urging full #Israel withdrawal and a return to the 1974 agreement. #UN
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I’ve come to see the word sovereignty as a tool thrown around. In Lebanon, ours is violated daily (even before the war). In Syria, too.
But even domestically in Lebanon the word is jogged out by any party at any time to justify their actions and then conveniently dropped when it suits
But even domestically in Lebanon the word is jogged out by any party at any time to justify their actions and then conveniently dropped when it suits
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A planned protest by Israel’s Sudanese population at the United Arab Emirates embassy was canceled on Thursday, with police reportedly citing fears of disturbing the Israel-UAE relationship.
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Sudan protest halted over fears of harming UAE ties | The Jerusalem Post
Protesters told The Jerusalem Post that the right to demonstrate in a democracy like Israel was important and that this demonstration was calling for accountability.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A planned protest by Israel’s Sudanese population at the United Arab Emirates embassy was canceled on Thursday, with police reportedly citing fears of disturbing the Israel-UAE relationship.
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A few thoughts on the arrest of Nouh Zaiter, a major event in Lebanon today, amid all the other news.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A few thoughts on the arrest of Nouh Zaiter, a major event in Lebanon today, amid all the other news.
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What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder. President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligence.
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What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder
President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligence
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November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder. President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligence.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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A correspondent from L'Orient Today spoke to relatives and family members of the victims that were killed recently in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Saida.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A correspondent from L'Orient Today spoke to relatives and family members of the victims that were killed recently in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Saida.
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1485...
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1485...
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As horrific as the death and devastation in Gaza have been, the Israeli state's drive to annex and depopulate the West Bank, spearheaded by Jewish supremacist settlers and the army, promises its own particular kind of horror:
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“All My Dreams Have Been Erased”
The 105-page report, “‘All My Dreams Have Been Erased’: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank,” details “Operation Iron Wall,” an Israeli military operation across Jenin, Tulka...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
As horrific as the death and devastation in Gaza have been, the Israeli state's drive to annex and depopulate the West Bank, spearheaded by Jewish supremacist settlers and the army, promises its own particular kind of horror:
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...