Five journalists killed among 20 dead in an Israeli attack on a #Gaza hospital. This time in a double tap strike, which violates the Geneva Conventions. Hussam al-Masri Mariam Abu Daqqa Mohammed Salama Ahmad Abu Aziz Moas Abu Taha Journalism is not a crime. RIP www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in #Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Norway’s $1.9 trillion sovereign wealth fund has divested from 11 Israeli companies and is terminating all contracts with external managers in Israel following public outcry over its investments linked to the war in #Gaza www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"The CPJ is gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military smear campaign, which he believes is a precursor to his assassination." An Israeli strike killed Anas last night. cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-...

My latest for @afp.com: a hike into the rainforests of eastern Indonesia to meet some of the country's last nomadic hunter-gatherers, under threat from the world's largest nickel mine as it destroys their homeland to provide materials for EVs and stainless steel. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

My latest for @afp.com: a hike into the rainforests of eastern Indonesia to meet some of the country's last nomadic hunter-gatherers, under threat from the world's largest nickel mine as it destroys their homeland to provide materials for EVs and stainless steel. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

"Escalating atrocities in #Gaza present an urgent moral crossroads and States must act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza – an outcome with irreversible consequences for our shared humanity." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

"The paramedic who filmed the video was later found with a bullet in his head in the mass grave."

.@AFP Jakarta latest: Indonesians embrace return of plundered treasure from the Dutch www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...

.@AFP Jakarta made the BBC's top 12 photos of the year, after being quick to put out this spectacular handout image of Mount Ruang erupting to the world. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

More from @AFP's tsunami anniversary package. Former rebel commander Muharram once led 3,000 men who spent decades fighting Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh. But he is now a politician after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two decades ago brought peace. www.barrons.com/news/peace-w...

Our @AFP latest from Indonesia's Aceh before the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, a powerful profile of a hero from that awful day. 'End of the world': tsunami body collector's torment 20 years on www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

The rainy season has well and truly arrived in Indonesia. Some cool pics from the @AFP Jakarta team. #photography

.@AFP exclusive: Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina inmate on death row in Indonesia since 2010, tells AFP from prison her planned transfer is a "miracle", in her first interview since Jakarta and Manila signed an agreement last week to repatriate her. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

A new study of #Gaza children has found that 96% of them feel their death is imminent & almost half want to die as a result of the trauma they have been through. A needs assessment also found 79% suffer from nightmares & 73% exhibit symptoms of aggression. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Our @AFP latest: Thousands of Indonesians have been enticed to other Southeast Asian nations in recent years for better-paying jobs, only to end up in the hands of scam operators. Many have been rescued and repatriated, but dozens still languish in scam compounds. www.barrons.com/news/modern-...

"The Qataris have established the first channel of communication with HTS. Communication with HTS and Qatari diplomats are expected to continue in the next 24 hours with Al Bashir," an official said on condition of anonymity, referring to senior rebel Mohammed Bashir www.barrons.com/amp/news/qat...

"Mazen had endured torture so cruel, so unimaginable, that his retellings carried an almost otherworldly weight. When he spoke, it was as if he stared into the face of death itself, pleading with the angel of mortality for just a little more time." #Syria www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Just horrific. More details coming out of Assad's Sednaya torture prison and I suspect they will keep coming. It will be imperative to protect and preserve the evidence so justice can be done one day.

The 65 million people living in the world’s small island nations face "catastrophe" from the health impacts of climate breakdown, say experts behind a new report. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Heartbroken that the body of Mazen al-Hamada has been discovered following his disappearance in Syria. Mazen had told his harrowing story of torture in cities around the world in the hopes of changing policy. I'll never forget meeting him. I pray we'll continue his journey.

The White Helmets say their search of the Sednaya torture prison has concluded, adding its teams found no hidden underground basements or cells that could have held prisoners. whitehelmets.org/node/1691

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Reports of a mass grave found at Assad's Sednaya torture prison. x.com/HussamHamoud...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a one-time al-Qaeda affiliate, has issued a general amnesty for conscripted members of the Assad military, as it seeks to consolidate its control of #Syria. www.ft.com/content/1273...

Britain, Germany, France, Italy and several other European countries say they will freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians. Austria signalled it would soon deport refugees back to #Syria. Far-right politicians elsewhere made similar demands. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

Hezbollah condemns Israeli strikes on #Syria, says stands by its people (@AFP)

Sednaya prison is a horror. Thousands of people in a stream of bodies walked toward the most infamous prison under the Assad regime. Every single person I interviewed, bar one, had at least one family member inside. Many had no news of family they’d last seen over a decade ago.

Scholz, Macron on Monday said they are open to working with #Syria's new leaders after Assad's ouster. "Both agreed they were ready to cooperate with the new leadership on the basis of fundamental human rights and the protection of ethnic and religious minorities," Berlin said.

Breaking: Monitor says more than 100 Israeli air strikes on military sites in #Syria Monday, including a research centre Western countries suspected of having links to chemical weapons production in Damascus. (@AFP)

Former Syrian President Bashar Al Assad ruled ruthlessly for over two decades. With the help of Russian and Iranian forces, he also carried out some of the most vicious acts of the country’s 13-year civil war. We have documented many of these, from chemical attacks to the bombing of hospitals 🧵

Syrians in Berlin celebrate Assad's downfall and pledge, using Merkel's rallying cry, to rebuild their country www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...

The UK government will consider if Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham should still be designated a terrorist organisation after the rebels led the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in #Syria, said a minister. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Breaking: Israeli foreign minister Sarr says struck 'chemical weapons' in #Syria. "We attacked strategic weapon systems like, for example, remaining chemical weapons or long-range missiles and rockets in order that they will not fall in the hands of extremists," he said. (@AFP)

Mindboggling tidbit from #Syria here as prisoners are released from Assad's prisons. "Raghad al-Tatary, a pilot who refused to bomb the city of Hama during the uprising against Hafez al-Assad in the 1980s, was freed after 43 years." www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Kremlin spokesman Peskov says the decision to grant asylum to Assad after he fled #Syria was made by Putin himself. tass.ru/politika/226...

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One of the best things about @afpnews.bsky.social is its ability to cover key moments in history, specifically days like yesterday. Here are some pictures from the wire of a historic day in Damascus. #Syria

I’m not really worthy to write anything about beautiful Syria today but they asked me to and so I tried through tears to write some words that are inadequate but here they are anyway: Dawn in Damascus @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/da...

Israeli officials are reportedly considering taking territory inside #Syria, capitalising on the power vacuum after Assad fled.

I wonder if we'll ever hear from Caesar, a Syrian photog who became one of the most important people in documenting Assad's crimes. He smuggled out images of emaciated bodies at a Damascus hospital, proof of what was happening in #Syria, at great risk. time.com/collection/1...

While Syria has been freed from Assad, many reportedly still remain trapped in Sednaya torture prison's underground cells which the regime left locked and inaccessible as it ran for the hills. Syrians are calling for organisations and governments to help them gain access.

UN Security Council is to hold an emergency closed-door meeting Monday on #Syria and the aftermath of Assad fleeing the country, multiple diplomatic sources tell @afpnews.bsky.social. The meeting, set for 3:00 pm (2000 GMT), was requested by Russia earlier on Sunday.

“I feel like I’ve been born again. We, the Syrians, have all been born again today. I prayed to live long enough to see this day,” said a Syrian refugee in Belgium already preparing to head back home. Good piece on the #Syria shockwave by @raniaab.bsky.social. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Biden says the US thinks missing American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in 2012, is alive in #Syria and that Washington is committed to bringing him home after Assad fled. "We believe he's alive," Biden said, but the US has yet "to identify where he is."

Syrian opposition leaders have agreed to guarantee the safety of Russian military bases and diplomatic institutions in #Syria, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies. Moscow is scrambling to salvage its Hmeimim air base in Latakia province and a naval base in Tartous.

BREAKING: US planes strike more than 75 Islamic State targets in #Syria: Pentagon (@AFP)

Developing: Assad and his family are in Moscow, Russian news agencies said Sunday evening citing a Kremlin source, hours after he fled #Syria. "Assad and members of his family have arrived in Moscow," a source said. "Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds." (@AFP)

Russia says its army bases in #Syria on alert but no 'serious threat' (@AFP)