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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 8d

✒️ Parliament has been accused of an “outrageous abuse” that is “worthy of the Trump White House”, after refusing to issue us a media pass.

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · 18d

Israel’s mass murder of 31 Yemeni journalists and media workers happened over a week ago. There has been zero coverage of this strike in the western press. Zero.

Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · 18d

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10th, marks the deadliest global attack in 16 years and the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded.
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Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years - Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., September 19, 2025—Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10, signal that it...

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · 18d

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10th, marks the deadliest global attack in 16 years and the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded.
cpj.org/2025/09/isra...

Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years - Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., September 19, 2025—Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10, signal that it...

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · 22d

Hundreds attend the mass funeral of 31 journalist and media workers killed in an Israeli strike in Sana’a.
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Hundreds attend funeral services for 31 Yemeni reporters killed in Israeli airstrikes

Hundreds have attended funeral services in Yemen for 31 local journalists who were reported killed in Israeli airstrikes last week that targeted Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the capital of Sanaa.

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · 23d

Israeli strikes were carried out when staff of the 26 September newspaper were printing the paper.

“Staff were gathered at the publishing house to prepare for distribution, significantly increasing the number of people present in the compound”

www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa Kills Journalists

An Israeli attack on a media center in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on September 10, which killed 35 people, including journalists, is one more example of the danger for media workers in Yemen.

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · 25d

Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate identifies 10 journalists and media workers killed by Israel in strike on Wednesday:

‎▪️Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh
‎▪️Abbas Al-Dailami
‎▪️Youssef Al-Din
‎▪️Abdullah Al-Bahri
‎▪️Mohammed Al-Amaysi
‎▪️Abdullah Al-Harazi
‎▪️Murad Al-Faqih
‎▪️Ali Al-Sharai
‎▪️Ali Al-Aqil
‎▪️Jamal Al-Aadi

Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Sep 6

116 civilian casualties in five Israeli strikes in Yemen in August including the assassination of the Sana’a-based Prime Minister, nine ministers and two cabinet officials where up to 10 munitions were deployed on a political gathering.

Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Sep 6

Average rate of civilian harm in Israeli strikes remains unprecedented in 10+yrs of data collection. August average was over 23 civilian casualties per strike.
Full update mailchi.mp/e32d1ff78018...

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Sep 5

The irony of the photo above this headline. The look on my face was of anger + sadness.
Placards of every journalist killed by Israel were handed out. But the number of dead journalists outnumbered those willing to show up in support our Palestinian colleagues. Shame
novaramedia.com/2025/09/04/b...

BBC Union Reps Warned Staff Against Attending the Union’s Own Vigil for Palestinian Journalists | Novara Media

In emails seen by Novara Media, BBC staffers and National Union of Journalists representatives warned colleagues against attending a vigil organised by…the National Union of Journalists. Rivkah Brown ...

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Sep 4

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sangitamyska.bsky.social @sangitamyska.bsky.social · Aug 27

I was honoured to speak at the vigil for Palestinian journalists killed during Israel’s assault on Gaza, organised by the London Freelance chapel of @NUJofficial. It was a shame a far right activist tried to disrupted the event. It matters not; hundreds of us turned out in solidarity.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · Aug 13

Jeremy Scahill on Western media's complicity in Israel's murdering of journalists in Gaza.

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Aug 14

Very well said

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · Aug 14

Hypocrisy of Western Media

Al Jazeera journalist, Laila Al-Arian, joined the Drop Site livestream yesterday.

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · Aug 11

Israel has normalised killing journalists, like it normalised killing medical workers, like it normalised destroying hospitals and schools, like it normalised killing the equivalent of a classroom of children per day.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

www.theguardian.com

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Aug 6

Such a relief.

Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · Aug 6

Alec Luhn has been found alive after going missing in the Norwegian mountains.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Journalist missing in Norwegian wilderness found in good health

Alec Luhn set out on trek in Folgefonna national park last week and was reported missing on Monday

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Delger Erdenesanaa @edelger.bsky.social · Aug 5

In case I have any followers in Norway -- my colleague Alec Luhn is missing after a solo hiking trip in the Folgefonna / Nedre Buarbreen area. The Red Cross is searching, but if anyone has seen Alec by chance, they can call the local police at 02800 or email [email protected] with info.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 5

I’m sharing this hoping that someone hiking the same route in Norway might see this. Let’s find @alecluhn.bsky.social!

American climate journalist Alec Luhn missing on Norwegian glacier

A search is underway for award-winning climate journalist Alec Luhn, a Wisconsin native, who is missing on a Norwegian glacier.

www.cbsnews.com

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Aug 5

Such terrible news. Holding out hope they find ‪@alecluhn.bsky.social‬

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 5

Alec Luhn, an American journalist, has been missing for days in Folgefonna National Park in Norway. He was last heard from on Thursday at the start of a solo hike.

Search Underway for Alec Luhn, American Journalist Missing in Norway

A search was underway Tuesday for Alec Luhn, 38, who was last heard from five days ago at the start of a solo hike.

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Jul 22

This must stop.
Israel must stop this mass starvation.
Our lawmakers must do more.

“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, some of our journalists were killed in conflict, others were wounded or made prisoner, but there is no record of us ever having had to watch our colleagues starving to death.”

A statement from AFP news agency warning that Gaza journalists are dying from hunger.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · May 29

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Inside Trump’s New Gaza Ceasefire Proposal

Drop Site obtained the “term sheet,” circulated by Steve Witkoff. It would allow Israel to resume war after 60 days.

Report by @jeremyscahill.com, Sharif Kouddous and Jawa Ahmad.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-gaza...

EXCLUSIVE: Inside Trump’s New Gaza Ceasefire Proposal

Drop Site obtained the “term sheet,” circulated by Steve Witkoff. It would allow Israel to resume war after 60 days.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · May 16

The Trump administration has called off a bombing campaign that failed to achieve its stated goal of destroying the Ansar Allah movement.

But steps taken by Trump to restrict aid are continuing to aggravate the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen.

Donald Trump Is Still Punishing the People of Yemen

The Trump administration has called off a bombing campaign that failed to achieve its stated goal of destroying the Ansar Allah movement. But steps taken by Trump to restrict aid are continuing to aggravate the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · May 14

BREAKING: 82% of Those Killed in Gaza Since March Are Civilians, Israeli Military Admits

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · May 12

Very good discussion here.

Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · May 12

In the middle of lots of Yemen-related events last week, I sat down with @snellarthur.bsky.social to try and disentangle what's been happening and to try and anticipate what's next.

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · May 10

Huge pleasure to speak to @ionacraig.com - one of the very few journalists who has consistently covered #Yemen and the #Houthis for more than a decade about recent events, including the US-UK airstrikes against the Houthis as well as the wider regional politics. shows.acast.com/65196b0b1488...

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Andy King @2primates.bsky.social · May 11

But the bad news on the good trade news is contained in Arthur Snell’s Behind The Lines podcast, in which Iona Craig argues that the price 🇬🇧 likely paid for being treated well on trade is complicity in Trump’s escalating & irresponsibility targeted bombing campaign in Yemen.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · May 10

Huge pleasure to speak to @ionacraig.com - one of the very few journalists who has consistently covered #Yemen and the #Houthis for more than a decade about recent events, including the US-UK airstrikes against the Houthis as well as the wider regional politics. shows.acast.com/65196b0b1488...

Yemen, the UK, the US and the transatlantic alliance | Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell

How the Houthis might have helped Starmer get his trade agreement

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · May 12

In the middle of lots of Yemen-related events last week, I sat down with @snellarthur.bsky.social to try and disentangle what's been happening and to try and anticipate what's next.

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · May 10

Huge pleasure to speak to @ionacraig.com - one of the very few journalists who has consistently covered #Yemen and the #Houthis for more than a decade about recent events, including the US-UK airstrikes against the Houthis as well as the wider regional politics. shows.acast.com/65196b0b1488...

Yemen, the UK, the US and the transatlantic alliance | Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell

How the Houthis might have helped Starmer get his trade agreement

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · May 10

Huge pleasure to speak to @ionacraig.com - one of the very few journalists who has consistently covered #Yemen and the #Houthis for more than a decade about recent events, including the US-UK airstrikes against the Houthis as well as the wider regional politics. shows.acast.com/65196b0b1488...

Yemen, the UK, the US and the transatlantic alliance | Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell

How the Houthis might have helped Starmer get his trade agreement

shows.acast.com

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · May 6

And let's not forget.
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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Apr 30

NB: Last successful Houthi attack on commercial vessel (recorded by JMIC) was Oct. 2024. Last attempted attack was an Israeli ship, 18 Nov. 2024.
Single incident in Dec. was attempted on supply vessel for US navy.
Arguing strikes are to stop Houthi attacks in Red Sea doesn't hold water (excuse pun).

Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Apr 30

Kier Starmer follows in Rishi Sunak’s footsteps. The UK rejoins the US in strikes in Yemen.

After more than 20 flights by RAF Voyagers since 15 March, supporting the US with air-to-air refuelling, Britain joins Trumps bombing of Yemen.

uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-joins-us-...

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