Ellie Sennett

Producer w/ Al Jazeera, @AJMinWash. Previously @TheNationalNews @NewsHour @AJEnglish @ACMidEast. Sometimes amateur music critic. Views mine.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told Al Jazeera that President Donald Trump “always prefers diplomacy”, but warned Iran of “real consequences” over the partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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[Ellie Sennett @EllieMSennett]

@igorbobic @NOTUSreports @alweaver22 Congratulations!!

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@nicholaswu12 @semafor Congratulations!!

[Ellie Sennett @EllieMSennett]

@CarriePrejean1 Hi there, Carrie! Happy President's Day. I'm a producer for @AJMinWash and we would love to connect for an interview. Would you kindly follow back and we can coordinate in messages? All the best

[Ellie Sennett @EllieMSennett]

Great working with Giorgio on his analysis on how the US should respond to the horrific developments in Sudan

[Giorgio Cafiero @GiorgioCafiero]

Many thanks to @EllieMSennett and her @AtlanticCouncil colleagues for publishing my latest article about #Sudan.

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[Elizabeth Hagedorn @ElizHagedorn]

.@amberinzaman scoops that Tom Barrack to meet with SDF chief Mazlum Kobane in Erbil tomorrow
https://t.co/2R9GoXx2qK

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

How would Nicolás Maduro’s capture reshape Venezuela-Iran ties and Tehran’s interests at home and abroad?

Our @ACMideast experts @jozemrpelayo, Kirsten Fontenrose, and @EllieMSennett share their insights:
https://t.co/J0E6D4uGL0

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

MBS is expected in the capitol today to meet with House leaders and top committee members. His senate meeting was canceled - @AndrewDesiderio scooped.

[Ellie Sennett @EllieMSennett]

@patrickdehahn You did amazing work covering this from NY, Patrick, can’t believe how much has evolved here over the last year… miss working together on stories like these!

[Ellie Sennett @EllieMSennett]

AC Mideast's @Yaseen_Rashed_ breaks down why Donald Trump and his transatlantic ally Giorgia Meloni may be uniquely postured, and incentivized, to break the stalemate in #Libya and boost its #energy output.

Read in MENASource💡👇

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

🇱🇾 Libya is set to hold its a public tender for exploring key gas and oil plots for the first time since 2007.

@Yaseen_Rashed_ explains why a US-Italian partnership in Libya could help the country realize its full energy potential ⬇️
https://t.co/5YrSgRfV1D

[Ellie Sennett @EllieMSennett]

Dispatch from #Bekaa: Inside sectarian skirmishes on #Syria #Lebanon border by Nick Blanford for @ACMideast https://t.co/opFEWs5gQu

[Qutaiba Idlbi قتيبة ادلبي @Qidlbi]

Join us this Thursday as we launch our report:

Reimagining Syria: A Roadmap for Peace and Prosperity Beyond Assad

As part of the Syria Strategy Project, a joint project of @AtlanticCouncil @MiddleEastInst @Eurpeace @MadaniyaNetwork

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[Ellie Sennett @EllieMSennett]

Excited to share that yesterday was my first day as the @ACMideast Editor at the @AtlanticCouncil!
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[Timour Azhari @timourazhari]

Interviewed Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa last night.

We focused on the killings on the coast, which Sharaa said were a blow to his efforts to bring Syria together.

He promised accountability, “even among those closest to us” for the massacres of Alawites — while pointing the finger at 4th Division remnants for the initial violence and implying Iran had a role.

Story: https://t.co/USD6LLkL7z

[Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu]

BREAKING — EU Commission invites Syrian President Al-Sharaa to a donor conference in Brussels on March 17, Anadolu reports

[Ellie Sennett @EllieMSennett]

As fears mount over escalating conflict and possible war crimes again being committed in #Syria, proud to have my final piece as a correspondent for @TheNationalNews be this profile of @Marcnelsonart https://t.co/AeBjwyJEc5

[Timour Azhari @timourazhari]

March 8 (Reuters) - Syrian security forces and affiliated gunmen killed more than 340 civilians, the vast majority of them from the Alawite minority, over the last two days, Rami Abdulrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Saturday.

Syrian state media on Thursday cited an interior ministry source as saying "individual violations" had occurred during a government operation to crack down on militants linked to the ousted Assad regime and said it was working to address the incidents.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports.

[Timour Azhari @timourazhari]

🚨 Gunmen killed at least two dozen male residents of an Alawite town in Syria's rural coastal region on Friday, two Alawite activists and a war monitor said, citing contacts in the region and video footage from the scene.

Video is very graphic, shows at least 20 men lying in close proximity - some bloodied - by the side of a road in the town centre.

Reuters was able to verify the location in the video as Al Mukhtareyah, near the main M4 highway, using a road, buildings, trees and a utility pole which matched satellite imagery of the village.

The precise date filmed, and who filmed it, could not immediately be verified but the direction of shadows showed it was filmed in the morning in the past two months.

Reuters was unable to confirm independently what had happened in the location.

Alawite activists say their community has been subjected to violence and attacks since Assad fell, particularly in rural Homs and Latakia.

Rami Abdulrahman, of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said local sources had told his organisation that 38 men from the country's Alawite minority had been killed execution-style in the town.

"Gunmen coming from the direction of the Idlib region arrived at dawn and rounded up the men while telling the women to remain at home. The men were then executed," Abdulrahman said.

The two Alawite activists, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said the killings were on Friday and blamed them on gunmen affiliated with Syria's new Islamist ruling authority.

A government spokesperson and two officials linked to the ruling authority did not immediately respond to texts seeking comment.

Interior ministry source said some “individual violations” had occurred after unorganized masses of people headed to the coast amid fighting in last 24 hours.

Security forces have sent reinforcements to the coastal region from their stronghold of Idlib and neighbouring areas to crush a nascent insurgency by fighters they say are linked to Assad.

Abdulrahman said the observatory had verified several other incidents in the past 24 hours where Alawite men had been killed or were humiliated, including being made to bark like dogs. Reuters could not independently confirm the reports.

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[Ellie Sennett @EllieMSennett]

🎙️ I debrief President Trump’s joint address to Congress on the latest Trending Middle East podcast episode,

Listen here + #Gaza plan latest from @HadyaAlalawi & new governments in #Syria-Lebanon move to increase Arab engagement w/ @GhanemVanessa

Listen in @TheNationalNews 🎧

[The National @TheNationalNews]

Reactions to the Arab League’s new plan on Gaza pour in. US President Donald Trump has promised a “peaceful and prosperous” future for the Middle East. Syria and Lebanon seek to enhance their relations with Arab states.

Listen on Trending Middle East: https://t.co/hV2VfNuIrw

[Ellie Sennett @EllieMSennett]

Trump promises a more 'peaceful and prosperous' future for the Middle East in sweeping & partisan Congressional address
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