🇱🇧 💰 Lebanon appoints new central bank governor as it works to climb out of economic crisis Most ministers supported Karim Souaid’s appointment- but Prime Minister @nawafasalam is among a handful who abstained The Associated Press apnews.com/article/karim-…

#Lebanon: Israel strikes the Beirut southern suburbs today for the first time since a US-brokered ceasefire went into effect last November. Earlier, 2 projectiles were launched from southern Lebanon. One landed on Lebanese territory, the other was shot down.

“The killings, did not stop but now they are individual acts” #Syria’s Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive With Bassem Mroue باسم مروه for The Associated Press apnews.com/article/syria-…

“We hope that this wouldn’t have happened. But we don’t have a say in this" Syria and Lebanon’s moves to centralize power leads to crackdowns on Palestinian factions Bassem Mroue باسم مروه The Associated Press apnews.com/article/syria-…

Who would have believed this 6 months ago?

What would lifting US sanctions on #Syria mean to the war-torn country? It eventually will facilitate the country’s recovery, but will take time to happen. “I think people view sanctions as a switch that you turn on and off. Far from it." Karam Shaar كرم شعّار apnews.com/article/trump-…

Trump’s lifting of sanctions offers a huge shift in the war-torn country’s attempts to rebuild, but many challenges remain ahead. The process to lift them may be very long, and the costs for reconstruction remain high. W/Jihad Yazigi Karam Shaar كرم شعّار barrons.com/news/us-sancti…

Hezbollah issues its first statement after Israel's attacks on Iran. It condemned Israel for the attacks, and said it undermines efforts to bring about stability in the region. No mention of any military action they will take from southern Lebanon.

"I am living in the basement of a small hotel” - Aimail Hussein from Afghanistan trapped in Tehran Airports close across the Mideast as the Israel-Iran conflict shutters the region’s airspace The Associated Press apnews.com/article/israel…

#Syria’s #Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes The Associated Press apnews.com/article/syria-…

#GAZA: Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including a freelance journalist who worked for The Associated Press. At least 8 people were killed in a double-tap strike on the 4th floor, Gaza's Health Ministry said, the second attack came as rescue crews arrived.

#GAZA: Maryam Dagga for the The Associated Press reported on Nasser Hospital doctors struggling to save children with no prior health issues who were wasting away from starvation The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and Israeli military refused to comment on the incident. apnews.com/article/mideas…

Israel kills Middle East Eye journalists in double-tap strike on Gaza's Nasser Hospital pulse.ly/py5hhh48hu

A profile I wrote of my slain colleague Ahmed. As our Jerusalem bureau chief Lubna Masarwa puts it: "He had capacity to see things and to see details and to describe them in a very detailed way, especially women" middleeasteye.net/news/ahmed-abu…

Please read this profile of Ahmed Abu Aziz, my former Middle East Eye colleague killed by Israel today. Ahmed was the best of the best. Every chance I had to collaborate with him on a story was a privilege I could not appreciate enough. May he rest in peace.

Israeli drone strike kills 5, including 3 children, in southern Lebanon apnews.com/article/lebano…

After July violence, #Syria’s Druze seek Sweida autonomy and some turn toward Israel, adding new twist to tensions “a people who feel let down by their nationalism” - Mazen Ezzi مازن عزي w/ Malak Harb ملَك حرب for The Associated Press apnews.com/article/syria-…

Most of #Gaza’s schools are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of children cannot go back to class “The level of trauma among the people of Gaza, including children, is horrific,” Juliette Touma The Associated Press #GazaCeasefire apnews.com/article/gaza-i…