Israel is permitting the systematic looting of aid entering Gaza, Palestinian transport insiders and UN officials told @ft. Thieves stockpile stolen goods in open-air bases—seemingly overlooked by Israeli drones—and resell them at prohibitive prices.

RT @HossamShabat: This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message :. “If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most….

RT @ETANA_Syria: Former pro-regime fighters “are ready to jump on any ship” after the disbanding of Syria’s army, says @ETANA_Syria’s milit….

“I can make you anything that enters your mind,” Jaafar Atallah swore when I first asked about his pottery. He was sure, as sure as he'd been that he would find clay wherever he was displaced. A column about how Palestinians know their land for @ft .

Offers a glimpse into how the party's vast and meticulous welfare network in Lebanon is trying to compensate its constituents for what they lost in the war. His defensiveness reflects growing doubts that have at times bubbled to the surface. With @rjsalame for @FT.

“Hi everyone. you can come and collect [your checks] tomorrow morning—so no one complains, these are just the checks that have arrived.". A voice note from a weary-sounding local Hizbollah official to a village group chat.

The curtains are gone now, along with the balconies, and the rest of the house, all part of a pile of rubble upon with Ahmed is determined to somehow live. For @FT

The apartment building where Ahmed Alyan, 22, was raised with his grandmother, uncles and cousins in Rafah had balconies with pale pink curtains, usually drawn back to let in the sun. On Sunday, Ahmed returned to Rafah for the first time in 8 months.

RT @FT: Palestinians re-entering their abandoned neighbourhoods have found the bodies of loved ones crushed beneath the ruins of their home….

RT @SarahDadouch: On the eve of Dec. 7, Bashar al-Assad & his son got in a Russian vehicle that drove them away from Damascus, leaving his….

RT @rayajalabi: Assad left without so much as a whisper to the people who had pledged fealty to him for decades. He didn’t even bother warn….

RT @rayajalabi: The mood was charged but the tone polite, as a millennial HTS technocrat asked civil servants exactly what their jobs entai….

RT @samdagher: Important story by ⁦@malaika_tapper⁩:.The Assads’ Syrian heartland casts them aside via @FT.#Syria #Assad .

RT @ETANA_Syria: “Events sped up dramatically…The revolution lasted for 13 years and the regime ended in less than 13 days.”. ‘We’ve been w….

Euphoria overtakes Syria's capital as the Assad regime falls. People are taking home Bashar and Asma's plates and perfume as they run freely through halls that once symbolized the government's merciless rule .

Those in exile returned at last. Cautious daily life goes on, people line up for bread, yet the future is uncertain. Russian and regime warplanes have already begun to pound the city in a counteroffensive, with many fearing this is just the start of Assad’s wrath.

A glimpse into Aleppo, an ancient city that was once Syria's industrial heart, in the days after it fell suddenly into rebel hands. @FT w/ @rjsalame .

RT @NatashaHallDC: Me, @Charles_Lister, @dkhalifa @HaidHaid22, Malik al Abdeh talking to @FT @malaika_tapper @cornishft on the rebel group….

Rebel forces have swept into Syria’s second city Aleppo after mounting a lightning offensive this week. It's the biggest threat in years to Assad’s regime and underscores its weakness after years of domestic and external pressures. @FT w/ @cornishft .

Lebanon's parliament will vote on a new president Jan 9 . Hizbollah's arms will be the most divisive issue in backroom talks over a candidate, analysts told @FT . Jolt to political deadlock came as Israel shelled border towns, testing a fragile truce .

RT @rayajalabi: What the prelude to ceasefire looks like in Beirut (tldr; an escalation by any other name):. • Evac warnings issued in past….