Israel's war on Hamas has expanded to the Gulf. Here's a breakdown of their strikes across the region since Oct. 7, w/ @nihamasih.bsky.social --> wapo.st/4m9I4Ac

Months ago, I saw a slide deck that promised to "fundamentally transform" #Gaza into a manufacturing and tourism hub "at the crossroads" of a new trade corridor linking #Israel to the Gulf. It showed AI-powered cities and electric vehicles, if someone cleared the debris.

McNally Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm, as well as its subsidiaries, positioned themselves to profit off contracts with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, now the main source of food in #Gaza. A look at the shadowy network behind the GHF: wapo.st/410qmqP

Marah Maher lost both her legs when an Israeli airstrike hit her home in Zeitoun, Gaza. Months later, she’s living in Long Island learning to walk. A gorgeous profile of one woman, and the resilience of Gaza’s pediatric amputees / www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

Scoop: The CEO of Boston Consulting Group apologized to staff and admitted “process failures” in the company’s decision to help design and run the controversial Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation that supplanted the work of the UN to deliver aid to Gaza. W/ @catebrown.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: 198-pg planning doc reveals that architects of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation had early concerns that people would compare its planned food hubs and residential compounds with “‘concentration camps’”. Full story —> wapo.st/43p3Vfy

EXCLUSIVE Israel is planning to take control of and sharply reduce aid distribution in Gaza as a condition for lifting two-month blockade. It would use private U.S. security contractors Claire Parker Karen DeYoung Gerry Shih @catebrown.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Me making the obvious law of war point. “African migrants locked up in a prison in northern Yemen are not a lawful military objective.” Pleased to speak with @catebrown.bsky.social and be quoted alongside Christopher LeMon and Trevor Ball. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Israel is planning to subcontract with two American security groups to manage a new aid distribution system in southern #Gaza. I've been told that Palestinians may have to undergo facial recognition scans in order to access life-saving aid. Our latest: wapo.st/3EN85Wk

A typical meal at Taganrog was about four and a half spoonfuls of food... New report from @manisha.bsky.social @shaunwalker7.bsky.social and team on the treatment of Ukrainian detainees at one of Russia’s most notorious prison compounds. #ViktoriiaProject www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Incredible and haunting reporting by @catebrown.bsky.social, @osviz-jarrett.bsky.social, Catherine Belton, Anastacia Galouchka & others: “She took risks not for the sake of bravery or being recognized, but because she believed it was her duty" www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna set out to report on claims that Russia was operating a network of ad hoc detention centers in occupied #Ukraine. But in Aug '23 she disappeared into one herself... Our investigation into Russia's notorious Taganrog prison #ViktoriiaProject wapo.st/3YNw5PF

Istanbul protest image destined for book covers 📸 Ümit Bektaş, @reuters.com

Cheers to @meghnadbose.bsky.social and co for this thoughtfully reported portrait of #MahmoudKhalil www.dropsitenews.com/p/mahmoud-kh...

🔍 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 (𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀): www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-i...

“My arrest was a direct consequence of exercising my right to free speech as I advocated for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza which resumed in full force Monday night,” #MahmoudKhalil said in a statement provided to @annabetts.bsky.social. Here/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Mahmoud Khalil’s wife told me that the public outcry over his detention matters. “He has access to a TV at the detention center,” said Abdalla, who has received calls from her husband since his Saturday arrest. “He can see all the support.” w/ @SusanSvrluga #MahmoudKhalil wapo.st/43NPdQZ

I have suspected that this arrest was directed out of the White House rather than being pursuant to the supposed “adverse foreign policy consequences” determination by Rubio. Will be interesting to see what further information emerges on this front.

The amended petition comes after Khalil's legal team was able to speak to him for the 1st time. It tells the story of Khalil's detention and transfer. In New York, after he had his biometrics taken, Khalil heard an agent say to another “the White House is requesting an update.”

Jewish protestors gathered in the main atrium of Trump Tower Thursday, holding banners that displayed calls to “Free Mahmoud”. Others stated that “Opposing Fascism is a Jewish Tradition”. Police have arrived. Chants continue to free #MahmoudKhalil

“The Trump administration has made their intent clear—student protesters defending Palestinian human rights will be targeted, detained, and deported," said @ccrjustice.org More on the case w/ @mariasacchetti.bsky.social @johnphudson.bsky.social Gift link w/ his “Notice to Appear” wapo.st/421dDFo

A determination by Sec Rubio is the sole justification for trying to deport @columbiauniversity.bsky.social student #MahmoudKhalil, docs show. Legal experts warn that this provision could be exploited to pursue the deportation of anyone deemed a threat to Trump's foreign policy agenda.

Netanyahu again orders a complete ban on food, medicine, and other emergency humanitarian aid for people in the Gaza Strip. This is not only an openly acknowledged war crime, it is the exact same one that made the ICC issue an arrest warrant for him and Gallant last year. jpost.com/breaking-new...

The aid cut doesn’t just put millions of lives at risk, analysts say: It endangers national security, the economy and the global humanitarian system, and pushes partners toward China and Russia @catebrown.bsky.social @dtkeating.bsky.social Dylan Moriarty report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

The Trump Administration has frozen 60 billion dollars of U.S. foreign aid, and systematically taken steps to disassemble USAID, the leading agency that overseas it. Here’s how the abrupt change to decades of U.S. policy impacts the world: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

“The U.S. will own Gaza… The riviera could be so bright, could be so magnificent.” - Trump, the ex-real estate developer in a joint White House press conference

Internal documents show #Google directly assisting Israel’s Defense Ministry and the #IDF in the weeks and months after Oct 7. The ministry wanted to expand its use of Google’s cadre of AI tools, including Vertex and Gemini, @gerritd.bsky.social reports. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Tulsi Gabbard and her staff tried their best to obfuscate the identities of regime figures she met in Syria, but then accidentally left all the details in a publicly accessible Google Doc. @jonswaine.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Documents obtained by the @washingtonpost.com reveal a staff-wide scramble to sanitize the details of Tulsi Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, downplaying the rank and timing of her meetings with senior members of the Assad regime. From @jonswaine.bsky.social and Ellen Nakashima: wapo.st/4gTJ3Tb

“The Israeli military has fired on Kamal Adwan Hospital on a daily basis, & raided the facility at least 6 times since October 5.” More than a year of impunity as Israel has devastated the health system, yet medical staff in Gaza still work to save patients despite daily threats to their own lives.

Reporters Sarah Dadouch and Raya Jalabi return to Tadamon, the Damascus suburb where Assad’s dissidents were blindfolded, shot and left to die. A chilling excavation of the wasteland — and atrocities — this regime left behind: www.ft.com/content/da42...

I’m receiving a lot of messages asking why we only wrote about Assad’s jails after the regime fell - so for the avoidance of doubt, we didn’t. For context on what happened in Sednaya, here is our investigation into executions there as the pace accelerated: www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/201...

Turkey’s intelligence service, MIT, has orchestrated more than 118 abductions in other countries over the past decade, making it one of the most aggressive practitioners of such extralegal operations. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Exiled dissidents and journalists have been targeted by an expanding set of state-sponsored operations — including assassinations and abductions — as a continuation of the post-9/11 struggle. The abduction of 7 Turkish nationals in Nairobi is Erdogan’s latest hit: wapo.st/49G3Ial

The percentage of known fatalities that are children (36%) in Gaza compared to other recent air campaigns and the number of incidents were more than 32 children were killed (5) are among the of the eye-popping stats from @airwars.bsky.social latest report gaza-patterns-harm.airwars.org

Amid reports of an evacuation at Assad’s presidential guest palace in #Damascus on Saturday night, a look at the rebels stunning advances from Aleppo, on — wapo.st/3DehPaK

With Assad patrons Russia and Iran distracted by conflicts elsewhere, Syrian rebels in the past week have closed in on Damascus with astonishing speed. @catebrown.bsky.social and @megkelly.bsky.social trace the dizzying offensive with videos, photos and maps www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

On a related note, during Trump 1.0 there were senior administration officials who feared being the target of a Trump tweet and thus refrained from delivering unwelcome news or inconvenient legal advice. Expecting a greater chill this time around. www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...

BEIRUT (AP) — Insurgents breached Syria’s second-largest city Aleppo after blowing up two car bombs on Friday and were clashing with government forces on the city’s western edge, according to a Syria war monitor and fighters. apnews.com/article/syri...

The International Criminal Court has issued warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

On Gaza: “The court is essentially finding on a preliminary basis that these were not just military operations gone awry, or the unfortunate consequences of urban warfare, but these were attacks against a civilian population,” said @adhaque.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...