Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
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Investigative journalist, Associated Press; Beirut-Cairo. Two cats: Drake & Smudge.
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Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· May 24
Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP
Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.
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Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· May 22
Two of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza are encircled by Israeli forces, staff say
Two of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals have been encircled by Israeli troops, preventing anyone from leaving or entering the facilities.
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Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· May 22
UN agencies warn that Israel's plans for aid distribution will endanger lives in Gaza
International aid agencies warn that plans presented by Israel to control aid distribution in Gaza will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory.
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Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· May 22
A US-backed group seeks to take over Gaza aid distribution in a plan similar to Israel's
A group of American security contractors, ex-military officers and humanitarian aid officials is proposing to take over the distribution of food and other supplies in Gaza based on plans similar to on...
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Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· May 22
Gaza's main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition
The U.N. children’s agency says more than 9,000 children have been treated for malnutrition in Gaza this year, and food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year.
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Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· May 22
Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· Mar 12
A Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did not
This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 years of civil war — and it threatens to open an endless cycle of vengeance.
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Aron Lund
@aronlund.bsky.social
· Mar 9
2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 people dead
The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring ...
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Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· Mar 4
Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· Mar 4
'Where's the gold?': How the Assads sucked Syria dry
From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit gazed down on a city it bled dry. Many of the bases of the elite Fourth Divi...
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Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· Feb 23
Masses of mourners attend the funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, 5 months after his killing
Hundreds of thousands of people have packed into a stadium in Beirut and nearby streets for the funeral of Hezbollah’s leader, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a south...
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Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Now Syria's long-ruling Baath party is collapsing, too
The party that for decades ruled as part of the Assad dynasty is now being blamed for damaging relations with other Arab countries and aiding in the spread of corruption that brought the war-torn nati...
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