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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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...

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

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

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

A pregnant woman in Gaza’s ruins fears for her baby under Israel’s blockade Israel’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

Hunger and malnutrition are rising across Gaza as Israel's blockade leaves mothers with few options Malnutrition 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

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.

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

It’s been a while

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.

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

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 ...

AP roundup of the violence and massacres on the Syrian coast, by Bassem Mroue and Sarah el Deeb.

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

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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.

'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...

@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...

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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...

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

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.

Inside 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.

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

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

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

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...

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

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More city lights #Damascus

City lights #Damascus

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Alone 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.

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

Five Days That Shifted Syria’s Balance of Power Operation “Deterring Aggression”: Initial Observations and Insights

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

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

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