Roba El Husseini ربى
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Deputy Bureau Chief, Baghdad @AFP former Syria and Lebanon correspondent. Yale @WorldFellows. In love with Syria. Retweets are not always endorsements
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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. After over two months of work, I hope my latest @AFP piece provides a comprehensive insight into
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Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters outside Sweida Friday a day after government troops withdrew from the Druze-majority city, the warring parties said. Follow @AFP coverage 👇.
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The Middle East wire is full of stories of people killed in sectarian clashes, bombings, malnutrition, fires, summary executions. No area is spared .Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan. Latest from Iraq: Shopping mall fire kills more than 60.
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In a video that went viral, a Syrian Druze elder was humiliated by having his moustache shaved off. Hours after his family lost contact with him, an anonymous caller taunted them that he was dead. His granddaughter Christine said "my grandfather was a peaceful man. When
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On #Syria/Israel. Israel bombed Wednesday Syrian army headquarters in Damascus . Strikes came after it warned the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority after sectarian clashes killed nearly 250 people. Syria's new authorities have been in talks with Israel.
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Israel bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus Wednesday.
توثيق كاميرا #الجزيرة للحظة القصف الإسرائيلي على مقر هيئة الأركان السورية في #دمشق قبل قليل.#الجزيرة_سوريا #الأخبار
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US vs Iran seems over for now. But what about Israel ?.
Trump on the Iranian strike on Qatar: "I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost". Certainly sounds like that's the end of it for now
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BREAKING.Israel attacks Iran's Fordo nuclear site: Iranian media. Israel striking Iran capital with 'unprecedented force': Israel defense minister.
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RT @vali_nasr: The Perils of Middle East Triumphalism via @ForeignAffairs.
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Iran, Israel, and the ghosts of history.
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At least 15 dead in Damascus church attack: first responders in preliminary toll. Syria interior ministry says Damascus church attacker belonged to the Islamic State group. @AFPphoto Bakr Alkasem
BREAKING: A suicide attack on a Damascus church: . @AFP correspondents at the scene saw first responders transporting people from the site. They reported destruction at the church, with shattered wood from fittings and pews, icons on the ground and pools of blood. "A suicide.
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BREAKING: A suicide attack on a Damascus church: . @AFP correspondents at the scene saw first responders transporting people from the site. They reported destruction at the church, with shattered wood from fittings and pews, icons on the ground and pools of blood. "A suicide.
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RT @ksadjadpour: 1/10 The US bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities is an unprecedented event that may prove to be transformational for Iran,….
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RT @washingtonpost: Parnia Abbasi, 23, was described by friends as funny and full of life. She and her family were some of the first peop….
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Parnia Abbasi, 23, was described by friends as funny and full of life. She and her family were among the first people killed in Israel’s attack on Iran.
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"I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do," Trump told reporters.
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Trump on Iran strikes: 'I may do it, I may not do it'. I mean dude!!!.
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Do not forget !.
Desperate for food. AFP’s Bashar Taleb photographs Palestinians carrying sacks of flour along al-Rashid street in Jabalia on June 17, 2025, after humanitarian aid trucks reportedly entered the northern Gaza Strip through the Israeli-controlled Zikim border crossing, amid the
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Tehran, a city of 10 million people!!.
BREAKING: US President Donald Trump says, “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
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