Cian Ward

[Aron Lund @aronlund]

These @akmckeever reports from Syria’s ex-SDF areas are great. Full of historical and local detail. Recommended if you follow Syria.

• Raqqa: https://t.co/haEXCv2RnH
• Efrin: https://t.co/IQpRLWZZV3
• Sheikh Maqsoud: https://t.co/TO85cVdk21

[Razan Saffour @razanspeaks]

Today, Syria commences the first transitional justice trials of the Assad regime, including Bashar al-Assad, Maher al-Assad (in absentia), and Atef Najib. Najib notoriously oversaw the torture of 13-year-old Hamza al-Khatib in 2011.

[Cian Ward @CP__Ward]

@shellykittleson So happy that you are safe Shelly 🫶!

[Shelly Kittleson @shellykittleson]

Mine for @TheAtlantic on being snatched off a Baghdad street on March 31, beaten, blindfolded and ziptied, and spending over a week as a hostage in handcuffs and in pain from multiple rib fractures sustained the first day.

Alhamdullilah I am out now and healing. And I still love Iraq, dearly.

https://t.co/h23cAYngwg

[Razan Saffour @razanspeaks]

Amjad Youssef, one of the main perpetrators of the Tadamon Massacre, which was discovered almost a decade after it was committed by the Assad regime, has been arrested.

An estimated 300 civilians were killed during the massacre.

[Shelly Kittleson @shellykittleson]

I am and will always be incredibly grateful to those who worked for my release when I was held hostage by an armed faction in Iraq earlier this month.

So many people – including but not limited to government officials, press freedom organisations, and my wonderful community of fellow journalists and friends - put an immense amount of effort into ensuring that the level of attention to my case remained high.

Thank you all so very, very much.

[Alex Martin Astley @AlexMAstley]

The #IDF claimed that a hospital in southern #Lebanon was being used by #Hezbollah.

Then, the IDF admitted to me that a photo they shared, ostensibly as evidence, was not taken at the hospital.

There is, as yet, no hard evidence to back these claims.

[Edward Wong @ewong]

NEW from @nytimes: The definitive story of how Trump took an almost inevitable path to a new US war in the Middle East: Netanyahu repeatedly urged him to attack Iran with Israel, and no aides voiced opposition. Netanyahu also undermined diplomacy. Regime change became the goal.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Don't let Obama play the Iran card in order to start a war in order to get elected--be careful Republicans!

[Hassan I. Hassan @hxhassan]

Lebanon's dating scene 1) niche dating apps filter matches by specific political parties 2) offline "blind art dates" separated by wooden boards 3) interfaith couples announce romance only after the wedding 4) packed speed-dating parties.

By @MEdwardsJO https://t.co/HAXPUu8Sld

[Cormac Kehoe @Coramazov]

Had my first piece in the @guardian yesterday about the campaign of illegal interference waged by PSNI & Mi5 against journalist @vincekearney . Reading this paper everyday, cover to cover since I was about ten - so delighted to have written for them
https://t.co/W9hiVLjweT

[Cormac Kehoe @Coramazov]

Our piece this morning about a billionaire halting one of the largest mass evictions in London’s recent history after @London_Centric weekend report — https://t.co/2GoN6NhfGl

[Kevin Rothrock @MrKevinRothrock]

The latest investigation from Meduza's Razbor team suggests that changes in Russia's record-keeping have fueled some very inaccurate analysis in the West. Given the hope placed in Russia's supposedly accelerating battlefield deaths, these findings are big. https://t.co/GlfYVpebL9

[Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7]

I've been working on this for ages in various countries: the story of the intelligence buildup to Putin's 2022 invasion. How did the US and Britain find out so much, and why were Europe and Ukraine sceptical.

It's a long one:

https://t.co/VFqxQUPsKG

[Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin]

“The Political Secretariat,” Engineering Syria’s Post-Baath Political Order https://t.co/5uL0TMPYpl

[Michael Young @BeirutCalling]

At my Substack, I examine those Lebanese in Washington lobbying in favor of a Lebanon-Israel peace agreement. I argue that most of these individuals are out of touch with Lebanon's realities, instead creating an information loop to advance a risky agenda: https://t.co/4SqQcraK2R

[Jake Hanrahan @Jake_Hanrahan]

No hyperbole, the JMail team are doing some of the most important work in the world right now.

[Charlie Hoyle @CharlieCHoyle]

Syria's northeastern oil fields have returned to state control from the SDF. Is the energy sector now poised for a historic revival?

@CP__Ward reports from Syria for @The_NewArab's Analysis Desk, with insights from @BenjaminFeve & Dr Ziad Ayoub Arbache

https://t.co/elLhgTz4R3

[Heidi Pett @heidipett]

This also doubles as a personal news announcement! I’ve just started as Syria Correspondent for @AJEnglish

I feel so lucky to have a bit stability at such a dark time for our industry, and grateful it means I get to stay in Syria, a country I have come to love covering

[IFJ @IFJGlobal]

#Syria 🇸🇾: Journalist Nujan Mala Hassan was shot with live ammunition by Turkish border forces while covering protests on the Syrian–Turkish border. We condemn this attack, demand accountability and stand in full solidarity with Nujan Hassan.

@IFJ_AR
https://t.co/dxd0lBE09B