Hamas weakened and divided but far from defeated six months into Gaza war

Few of Hamas’s senior leaders have been harmed but its ability to govern is reduced and thousands of fighters are dead, I argue here

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

The disappeared of Gaza: tens of thousands missing in territory since start of war
We spoke to the desperate families of those who have disappeared: children, mothers, mentally ill, a farmer, a printer, a grandma

our report here:
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

The disappeared of Gaza: tens of thousands missing in territory since start of war
We spoke to the desperate families of those who have disappeared: children, mothers, mentally ill, a farmer, a printer, a grandma

our report here:
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

‘My only wish is that he is OK’: relatives’ anguish over tens of thousands missing in Gaza

Limited communications and uncertainty over detention have left many families unsure if loved ones r alive or dead

my report with Malak A Tantesh in Gaza here:

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

‘My only wish is that he is OK’: relatives’ anguish over tens of thousands missing in Gaza

Limited communications and uncertainty over detention have left many families unsure if loved ones r alive or dead

my report with Malak A Tantesh in Gaza here:

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Could Gaza become ‘Mogadishu on the Mediterranean’ as the conflict drags on and
civil order breaks down further? Or are we already there?

my report with Malak Tantesh in Gaza

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr….

Could Gaza become ‘Mogadishu on the Mediterranean’ as the conflict drags on and
civil order breaks down further? Or are we already there?

my report with Malak Tantesh in Gaza

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr….

Advance of Islamic State affiliates ‘could lay ground for new wave of terrorism’
IS has stalled in Iraq and Syria but officials believe it has been planning new attacks on west for years

my report here:

theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Islamic State ‘recruiting from Tajikistan and other central Asian countries’
UN report reveals intelligence on how group pushed to enlist militants w experience and Russian language/nationality etc

my report:
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

'My eldest son was gone. The situation was catastrophic … We saw things that we never imagined we would ever see'

No one in Gaza goes to al Mawasi - the squalid, overcrowded, unsafe 'humanitarian area' - because they want to

my report here:

theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

'My eldest son was gone. The situation was catastrophic … We saw things that we never imagined we would ever see'

No one in Gaza goes to al Mawasi - the squalid, overcrowded, unsafe 'humanitarian area' - because they want to

my report here:

theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

‘War, like nature, abhors a vacuum.’

Excellent article by Jason Burke - who knows a thing or two about 21st Century warfare - on the residual threat from Hamas and the risk of a forever war facing Israel.

Predictable outcome sadly.

theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

There's still much talk about the 'day after' the war in Gaza. But what if there just isn't one?

My reporting/analysis from Jerusalem.

theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Who might be behind the Moscow attacks? ISIS, its Afghan branch, neither?
my analysis here:
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Who might be behind the Moscow attacks? ISIS, its Afghan branch, neither?
my analysis here:
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

important threat on why Moscow attack may be ISIS - but not necessarily ISKP 👇

1/ Important to note that contrary to some reports by media outlets saying that IS’s Afghanistan-focused 'Khorasan Province' branch (ISKP or ISIS-K) claimed responsibility for the Moscow attack, IS has NOT claimed the attack in the name of that particular branch, at least not yet