@washingtonpost.com's @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social on Syria's Jewish émigré community and new efforts to return to the country and reconnect: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Spoke with members of Syria's Jewish community at home and abroad about life after the fall of the Assad regime, the efforts to rebuild the ancient Jobar Synagogue, and the community's rich history in the country. Photos by Salwan Georges www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

@washingtonpost.com's @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social and Suzan Haidamous on functioning of Lebanon's ceasefire mechanism and Lebanese army deployment in the country's south: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam tells me and Suzan Haidamous that his country is working to ensure the state’s right to monopolize the bearing of arms “north and south of the Litani.” With comments from Filippo Dionigi Read our story here 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

“The skies over Gaza fell silent for the first time in 14 months, bringing both relief and a sharper understanding of all that has been lost.” Our report 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

A hostage & ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel was reached Wednesday, following more than 15 months of bloodshed & violence in Gaza, President Biden said Wednesday. Implementation of the agreement is set to start Sunday, according to Qatar’s Prime Minister www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

“We don’t just want to put up Christmas trees and not to be called minorities, we want all our rights.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1... @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social @salwangeorges.bsky.social

“parsley”: U.S. dollars “has nice handwriting”: is an informant “at his aunt’s house”: in prison The code Syrians used to evade detection by Assad’s secret police, courtesy of Ruby Mellen, @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social and @reemakkad.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Some holiday cheer, hope and uncertainty this Christmas for Syria’s Christians. @salwangeorges and I report from Damascus 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad. Our report 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Timmerman said he was detained for seven months after crossing into Syria, initially intending to go on a “pilgrimage” to Damascus. Arrangements are being made to take him out of Syria through Lebanon. Our report 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

. @washingtonpost.com’s A1 this morning

Syrian rebels said they had entered Damascus early Sunday local time, in the crucial stage of a lightning advance of less than two weeks after 13 years of civil war in the Middle Eastern nation. The whereabouts of President Bashar al-Assad were unknown. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Syrian rebel groups reported gains in the country’s south on Saturday, capturing swaths of territory including Daraa, the city known as the birthplace of the country’s 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, and closing in on the capital, Damascus. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Over nearly 14 years of civil war, Aleppo’s Christian population has fallen from 300,000 to just 25,000. In 2013, two of the city’s archbishops were kidnapped; their whereabouts remain unknown. w/ @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social

@washingtonpost.com's @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social and @joesnellreports.bsky.social talk to Aleppo Christians who are trying to get a sense of what's next: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Aleppo has long been home to one of Syria’s largest and most vibrant Christian communities. @joesnellreports.bsky.social and I spoke to a number of Christians there about their current situation and how they see their future after the HTS capture of the city www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

The capture of Hama could serve to protect their previous gains in Aleppo & placed the rebels 25 miles north of Homs, a junction leading to the Syrian coast and to Lebanon — areas critical to the gov’t, as well as Iran & Russia @kareemf.bsky.social & I report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said it has entered neighborhoods of the city of Hama. The Syrian army appeared to concede its loss of Hama saying that “military units stationed there have redeployed and repositioned outside the city” @kareemf.bsky.social & I report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

BREAKING: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says he has ordered the withdrawal of troops and will formally lift the martial law.

“The decree prohibits all political activities, rallies and demonstrations and subjects all media to martial law control. Parliament convened a plenary session to respond to the move and promptly voted down the martial law decree, amid lawmakers’ applause” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Syrian rebels held Aleppo and pushed south toward Hama, seizing control of government-held areas along the way & causing civilians to flee. The surprise offensive has abruptly shifted the long-fixed front lines in Syria’s civil war @kareemf.bsky.social @megkelly.bsky.social & I report bit.ly/4fQfdOY

Syrian rebels held Aleppo and pushed south toward Hama, seizing control of government-held areas along the way and causing civilians to flee. It’s the greatest challenge to Bashar al-Asaad in years @kareemf.bsky.social @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social and @megkelly.bsky.social report bit.ly/4fQfdOY

THE LIGHTNING ASSAULT ON ALEPPO, led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, abruptly redrew the front lines of Syria's 13-year civil war @kareemf.bsky.social and @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's advance abruptly redrew the front lines of Syria’s civil war. Videos posted by HTS & confirmed by The Post appeared to show rebel fighters at an entrance & other locations on the western side of the city. @kareemf.bsky.social & I report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

4:00 am in Beirut. The ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel has now begun.

The deal calls for Hezbollah to retreat north of the Litani River in south Lebanon in exchange for a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops over an initial 60-day period, the Lebanese army & UN peacekeepers will redeploy and secure the region Our report 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Traffic in Beirut tonight as people clamor to leave before imminent Israeli strikes. Have all my windows open.

Local officials and foreign diplomats said Monday that Israel and Lebanon are close to reaching a cease-fire agreement, but they cautioned that the deal could still fall apart at the last minute. Our report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

“The readiness of Lebanon’s army is a matter of growing urgency as the Biden administration makes a new push for an end to the war between Israel and Hezbollah." @kareemf.bsky.social Suzan Haidamous and I report for @washingtonpost.com with photos by Ed Ram www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem says the group read the US-ceasefire proposal “carefully and made comments on it” adds that success of the negotiations depends on Israel’s response.

Amateur footage of US envoy Amos Hochstein stopping by a local Starbucks in Beirut today. Onlookers take photos with him and one offers to pay for his order. He politely declined.

Berri after meeting with Hochstein tells Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat that “the situation is good in principle” and adds that some technical details need to be hammered out before the US Envoy leaves for Israel. aawsat.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D…

Window styles of Beirut’s houses: 1st row: Triple arch 2d row: Horseshoe arch 3rd row: Ogee arch 4th row: Palladian window 5th row: Segmental & 3-pointed arch Categorized by Robert Saliba.

US Envoy Amos Hochstein after meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri: “This is a moment of decision making. I’m here in Beirut to facilitate that decision, but it is ultimately the decision of the parties to reach a conclusion to this conflict, it is now within our grasp”

👋 hi ! i'm new here. i'm a reporter with @washingtonpost.com my team uses open source evidence and new technologies mixed with traditional reporting to unwind some of the most complicated stories of the day. for the last couple of years, i've mainly covered Israel, the Middle East and airwars.

Israeli air strike in the Zokak Blatt neighborhood in Beirut not far off from the Lebanese government’s headquarters. Sirens can be heard near AUBMC hospital.

An Israeli strike on the central Beirut neighborhood of Ras al-Nabaa killed Mohammad Afif, Hezbollah’s head of media relations. Israeli strikes on Sunday also targeted the Mar Elias area in Beirut killing 2. A loud boom was heard near the neighborhood. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Hamra street, Beirut (1981)

Governor of Baalbek says at least 12 civil defense workers were killed in an Israeli strike tonight on their base. The head of Baalback’s civil defense Bilal Raad is among the dead.

@washingtonpost.com's Louisa Loveluck, @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social and Suzan Haidamous on Israel's attacks on first responders and health facilities in Lebanon: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

@washingtonpost.com's @kareemf.bsky.social, Louisa Loveluck, Loveday Morris and @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social on the disastrous humanitarian impacts of Israel's Rafah offensive: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/0...

@washingtonpost.com's Hannah Allam and @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social on how people across the Middle East are blaming the United States for Israel's war in Gaza, and some of the ways they're finding to voice rejection of U.S. policy: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1... menasky

As Israel’s war in Gaza spreads anger and anxiety across the Middle East, one of America’s most famous brands has found itself in the thick of it: McDonald’s. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...

“Protesters took to the streets from Morocco to Iran, in angry marches held in front of Israeli or U.S. diplomatic missions or those of other Western allies of Israel, like Britain and France.” @kareemf.bsky.social Sarah Dadouch, Claire Parker and I report. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...

Across Yemen, more than 6.5 million people could be exposed to at least a month of dangerous heat by decade’s end. Our story from Hodeida, where the heat compounds the peril for malnourished children, and all the daily trials. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist and the fifth person to receive the prize while still incarcerated. Read more: wapo.st/3F4edpJ

Based on more than two dozen interviews with residents, officials & experts, as well as videos, social media posts & documents, Lousia Loveluck, Jan Ludwig, Sarah Dadouch & I recount the final days & hours leading up to disaster in Derna Libya www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...

Wonder if i should start recycling old tweets here 🤔

Welcome @matnashed.bsky.social @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social & @ericreidy.bsky.social to bluesky. Three great journalists