Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee have been killed in an Israeli air attack on Gaza City. Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary reports from Gaza ⤵️

“Fears of a wider war echoed in the neighborhood. Mariam Hasan, 48, an emergency room doctor at the local Sahel Hospital, said the staff was continually preparing for mass-casualty events.” Our report from Beirut’s southern suburbs 👇 washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/…

Evan Gershkovich, others to be freed in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, Turkish presidency says washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/…

Breaking For the fourth time in a row Israeli jets broke the sound barrier over Beirut right above us

In a pair of announcements this Friday afternoon, the State Department says that besides continuing to fund an Israeli unit accused of committing gross violations of human rights it is also lifting its ban on offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia. From State:

An Israeli strike on a school in Gaza sheltering displaced Palestinians killed at least 93 people on Saturday, civil defense authorities said, one of the single deadliest bombings of the war washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/…

.Kareem Fahim and I report from South Lebanon with photos by Lorenzo Tugnoli washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/…

Scuffles break out in #parliament after former footballer Alpay Ozalan, a lawmaker from Erdogan's ruling AKP party, walks to the rostrum and shoves leftist party MP to the ground. our AFP News Agency story: yahoo.com/news/brawl-tur… pics by Adem Altan

We spoke to relatives of 10 Syrians killed in an Israeli air strike, including two children, who had escaped war at home only to die in south Lebanon. The civilian toll from the strike was one of the highest since clashes began. 👇 rfi.fr/en/middle-east…

American rapper Macklemore says he canceled Dubai show over UAE arming Sudan paramilitary forces apnews.com/article/uae-du…

“The New Yorker has decided to publish a selection of these photos, with the permission of the surviving family members of those depicted, to reveal the horror of a killing that the military chose not to punish.”

Biden approved the failed Gaza pier plan despite warnings from officials that rough waves could pose significant challenges and the operation would detract from a diplomatic push to compel Israel to open additional land routes into the war zone, per an inspector general report.

‘My siblings have become my children’: the plight of Gaza’s orphans via Financial Times on.ft.com/3Mp5z8U

Walid Abdulrahman, 45, a traffic cop from Nur Shams, told me Israeli forces raided his home on Thursday morning, and packed him and 25 of his neighbors into an armored personnel carrier

It’s been 11 ‘Sometimes, in spite of myself, hope bubbles up … Will I see Baba again? Every day, I tell other people’s stories, this time I feel I have to tell my own.’ aljazeera.com/features/2023/…

👉Read MCJN's Maha Hussaini's latest for Al Jazeera English. ''An insight I gained over the past two decades is that trauma is not only experienced, it is encoded in our genes, passed down through generations, shaping our collective memory, identity and attitude.'' aljazeera.com/features/2024/…

Turkey picks up operative moving money for Israeli intelligence • Kosovar citizen admits making money transfers to operatives working for Israel in Turkey, sources say middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-na…

Turkey’s Winemakers Are Resurrecting the Wines of Millennia Past, by Murat Oztaskin newlinesmag.com/spotlight/turk…

“There is no way to stop these massacres unless they withdraw the law." Turkey’s stray dogs, once ‘masters of the road,’ face new peril, by berileski Salwan Georges wapo.st/3AK4CoW

Excited to share some professional news: after five years at the Washington Post, I am leaving to join Semafor Gulf where I will be focusing on Saudi financial, business and geopolitical news (as well as whatever fires the region throws at us) Get in touch with all and any tips!