Sarah El Deeb

apnews.comAfter brief return home, a family in Gaza is forced by war to flee againThe Associated Press has followed the Abu Jarad family as it traverses across the Gaza Strip and back, fleeing from Israel's campaign against Hamas.

26 May 2025

apnews.com/article/gaza... After brief return home, a family in Gaza is forced by war to flee again

apnews.comIsraeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the APSeveral 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.

24 May 2025

apnews.com/article/isra... Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

apnews.comGaza's main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutritionThe 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.

The sound of hunger apnews.com/article/maln... Gaza's main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition

Concerns over above plan apnews.com/article/gaza... UN agencies warn that Israel's plans for aid distribution will endanger lives in Gaza

apnews.comUN agencies warn that Israel's plans for aid distribution will endanger lives in GazaInternational 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.

apnews.comTwo of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza are encircled by Israeli forces, staff sayTwo of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals have been encircled by Israeli troops, preventing anyone from leaving or entering the facilities.

Hospitals, again, in line of fire apnews.com/article/gaza... Two of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza are encircled by Israeli forces, staff say

apnews.comAid workers feel helpless as Israel's blockade pushes Gaza towards famineHumanitarian workers in Gaza have overflowed with anger, frustration and horror as Israel’s blockade pushed the territory into famine.

The sound of hunger apnews.com/article/maln... Gaza's main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition

Fighting hunger apnews.com/article/gaza... Aid workers feel helpless as Israel's blockade pushes Gaza towards famine

apnews.comA US-backed group seeks to take over Gaza aid distribution in a plan similar to Israel'sA 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...

A plan to distribute supplies apnews.com/article/gaza... A US-backed group seeks to take over Gaza aid distribution in a plan similar to Israel's

The sound of hunger apnews.com/article/maln... Gaza's main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition

apnews.comHunger and malnutrition are rising across Gaza as Israel's blockade leaves mothers with few optionsMalnutrition and hunger are prevelant in the Gaza strip as Israel’s blockade enters its third month.

The face of hunger apnews.com/article/gaza... Hunger and malnutrition are rising across Gaza as Israel's blockade leaves mothers with few options

apnews.comA pregnant woman in Gaza’s ruins fears for her baby under Israel’s blockadeIsrael’s military campaign decimating the Gaza Strip has made pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous for Palestinian women and their babies.

The cycle of hunger apnews.com/article/isra... A pregnant woman in Gaza’s ruins fears for her baby under Israel’s blockade

It’s been a while

Witnesses say hundreds are still unable, afraid to go back home #Syria coast apnews.com/article/syri... - our report - with Bassem Mroue

apnews.comA Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did notThis 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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9 Mar 2025

AP roundup of the violence and massacres on the Syrian coast, by Bassem Mroue and Sarah el Deeb. @seldeeb.bsky.social @bmroue.bsky.social @apnews.com apnews.com/article/syri...

apnews.com2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 people deadThe 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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7 Mar 2025

ft.comThe secret history of Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-SharaaIs the man once known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani intent on moderating or a brutal strongman?

4 Mar 2025

Arab leaders in Cairo endorse #Gaza recovery and reconstruction plan put together by #Egypt, call for UN peacekeeping mission, support an essential #UNRWA role, prioritize Ceasefire implementation and a Palestinian-led technocratic committee to administer #Gaza.

al-monitor.com'Where's the gold?': How the Assads sucked Syria dryFrom 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...

4 Mar 2025

@roba-hus.bsky.social digs into Maher #Assad fourth division going thru documents tunnels and speaking to witnesses to reveal the state with a state and the what it left behind #Syria www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

23 Feb 2025

#Beirut

apnews.comMasses of mourners attend the funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, 5 months after his killingHundreds 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...

23 Feb 2025

What a day to return to #Beirut apnews.com/article/leba... Masses of mourners attend the funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, 5 months after his killing

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8 Jan 2025

Do you have #electriccars charging stations in #Syria? Yes, we also have many types of #electric cars and electric charging stations. These stations are located in #Idlib and #Hama. Soon it will be in #Damascus and all #Syrian provinces.

apnews.comInside Bashar Assad's detention centers, where 'death was the least bad thing'The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open.

8 Jan 2025

apnews.com/article/syri... Inside Bashar Assad's detention centers, where 'death was the least bad thing'

apnews.comIn Gaza's crowded tent camps, women wrestle with a life stripped of privacyFor Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy.

30 Dec 2024

apnews.com/article/gaza... In Gaza's crowded tent camps, women wrestle with a life stripped of privacy

apnews.comNow Syria's long-ruling Baath party is collapsing, tooThe 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...

30 Dec 2024

apnews.com/article/syri... Now Syria's long-ruling Baath party is collapsing, too

Azan of Damascus

Merry Xmas - Bab sharqi

20 Dec 2024

2nd Friday in the square- #syria post #Assad

11 Dec 2024

More city lights #Damascus

apnews.comAlone and broke against a renewed insurgency, is Assad's rule about to collapse?As insurgents pursue a shock offensive that quickly captured not just Aleppo, but the key city of Hama, the Syrian President appears to be largely on his own.

11 Dec 2024

City lights #Damascus

#Damascus

apnews.com/article/syri... Alone and broke against a renewed insurgency, is #Assad's rule in #Syria about to collapse?

apnews.comWho is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Syria's shock insurgency?Over the past dozen years, Syrian militant leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani has worked to remake his image and the insurgency he commands.

4 Dec 2024

Who is the man leading the shock offensive that has revived #Syria’s insurgency apnews.com/article/syri... #al-Golani @chehayebk.bsky.social

apnews.comKey players in Syria's long-running civil war, reignited by a shock rebel offensiveSyria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby towns and villages.

4 Dec 2024

And here is a look at key players in #Syria’s war apnews.com/article/syri... - Bassem Mroue

aljumhuriya.netFive Days That Shifted Syria’s Balance of PowerOperation “Deterring Aggression”: Initial Observations and Insights

4 Dec 2024

And how this stunning advance of #Syria’s insurgents matters - aljumhuriya.net/en/2024/12/0... @aljumhuriya.bsky.social

2 Dec 2024

Drone back in Beirut.

apnews.comDisplaced families in Lebanon who return home are faced with piles of rubbleTens of thousands of residents who have started streaming back into southern Lebanon to check on their homes are finding that they have lost everything.

apnews.com/article/leba... Displaced families in Lebanon who return home are faced with piles of rubble - Bassem Mroue and Lujain Jo

apnews.comSyrian insurgents launch large-scale attack on government forces in the country's northwestSyria's opposition groups say armed forces launched a large-scale attack on areas controlled by government forces and seized territory in northwestern Syria.

apnews.com/article/syri... Syrian insurgents launch large-scale attack on government forces in the country's northwest

How the city has emptied #Beirut

Meanwhile, syrian opposition fighters launched a wide scale offensive on government and allied troops in northwestern Syria. 🧐

So good to wake up to no drones in the skies and no threats of attacks #Beirut

Ceasefire went into effect. So many feelings but first and foremost: tired. People are tired. Thousands of cars heading south from displacement to check on their homes. #Lebanon

apnews.comIsrael and Lebanon's Hezbollah start a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fightingThe ceasefire calls for an initial two-month halt to fighting and requires Hezbollah to end its armed presence in southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops are to return to their side of the border.

Follow here for updates apnews.com/article/isra... Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah start a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fighting

Ceasefire went into effect. So many feelings but first and foremost: tired. People are tired. Thousands of cars heading south from displacement to check on their homes. #Lebanon

Some celebratory gunfire in #Beirut suburbs. Some organized media trips to report on return of displaced. Sadly, I fell ill and will not be able to report on all this today. Exhausted! Elated that the bombs have stopped.

26 Nov 2024

Another massive explosion heard all over #Beirut. Not in suburbs. Location to be determined. One single loud blast. No prior warning

26 Nov 2024

Almost at same time, #Israel military issues warnings of imminent strikes in Dahiyeh, southern suburbs. All this amid high hopes for a cessation of hostilities. Waiting.