— Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 18 people, including 14 children, as the United States was on track to approve billions of dollars of additional military aid to its close ally. apnews.com/article/8c027f…

Definitely worth a listen to make sense of events of past 3 weeks

🧵EXCLUSIVE: #Israel 's targeting of #Iran on April 19 & #Iran 's unprecedented direct attack on the Jewish state on April 13-14 were all triggered by the Israeli strike in #Damascus on April 1 that killed the entire top leadership responsible for the operations of the Islamic

All solidarity with Emma Tsurkov — #Iraq ’s government has done nothing to truly seek my friend Elizabeth Tsurkov🌻’s release.

She’s being held by Kataib #Hezbollah , a terrorist organization that happens to be embedded in #Iraq ’s political & military establishment.

Shame indeed.

“Hours after launching strike against #Israel to retaliate for #Damascus attack, #Iran ’s gov deployed battalions of security forces to swarm streets of #Tehran & many other cities. It violently cracked down on women defying hijab rule” Farnaz Fassihi nytimes.com/2024/04/21/wor…

Impact journalism:
Months after State Dept officials found human-rights violations disqualifying some Israeli units from US mil aid, USG had yet to act.
Then, @BrettMMurphy ProPublica reported on it (link in next tweet).
Now, it seems, there are results—>

On my trips to AlUla in December & March I asked visitors from #China , #Portugal , #Russia , #Slovakia , #Spain & other countries why they came to #AlUla & #SaudiArabia

I met young Saudis excited to be working in tourism & interacting with foreigners to show them another face of

A huge explosion rocked a military base south of #Baghdad overnight where there’s a presence for the #Iran -backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) which are officially part of #Iraq ’s security and defense apparatus. There were reports it was an airstrike but no one has claimed

The recent escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran may have been sparked by the Israeli airstrike on Tehran's consulate in Damascus. However, the underlying causes of the chaos in the Middle East remain enigmatic. This includes Iran's ability to establish and control a

Just now a series of tit-for-tat attacks between #Israel and #Hezbollah as reported by the #Iran -backed group’s media arm Al-Manar ⬇️

“It’s a dangerous game,” said Levitt. “There are lots of different ways this can go sideways.” See my comments to Sam Dagher Bloomberg