Taylor Heyman

Assistant Foreign Editor @thenationalnews, formerly @PA Views (and constant gif usage) my own. She/ her.

[Taylor Heyman @Taylorheyman]

Today I learned what a geoduck is, thanks to this fascinating story about the impact of tariffs on trade of the mollusks, harvested in the US and eaten as a delicacy in China. Amazing photos and video too https://t.co/9JT2rSitym

[Lizzie Porterلِيزي بورتر @lcmporter]

#breaking - jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan calls for movement to lay down its arms.
This is a huge development.

“I am making a call for the laying down of arms, and I take on the historical responsibility of this call.”

“As in the case with any modern community and party whose existence has not been abolished by force, would voluntarily do, convene your congress and make a decision; all groups must lay their arms and the PKK must dissolve itself.”

[Sinan S. Mahmoud @sinansm]

#Mosul’s historic landmarks rise from the ruins of ISIS’s destruction. “It is a restoration to our souls,” Shakir Mahmoud, 55, told ⁦@TheNationalNews⁩ from outside his house, only metres from the mosque. #Iraq

Find out more in our special report… https://t.co/qkbACQcjRD

[The National @TheNationalNews]

The opposition flag that has become prominent since rebels seized power in Syria may not be available on phones as an emoji anytime soon https://t.co/eIkZMdIny6

[Nada Homsi @NadaOHomsi]

Israeli attacks have routinely targeted houses sheltering displaced Shia families in non-Shia areas of Lebanon, far away from combat zones.

Our first installment on Israel's pattern of massacres & how it aims to provoke the country's sectarian tensions:

https://t.co/H9Cmey9lxD

[The Marie Colvin Journalists' Network @MarieColvinNet]

''The Israeli strategy is to turn Lebanese areas into communities that police who lives among them, [in order to] to spare themselves from Israeli massacre — which of course leads to further sectarian tension.”

✍️MCJN's @NadaOHomsi for @TheNationalNews.

https://t.co/jkOeB82srh

[Nada Homsi @NadaOHomsi]

My husband went to the notary public this morning to do a legal errand for me — fortunately he was late (as usual).

Calls me shortly after, “Sorry, that office has been obliterated.”

That was today’s Israeli strike on the Tayouneh bldg

[Sinan S. Mahmoud @sinansm]

Great news from #Iraq. After years of careful restoration work, #Mosul’s skyline has reclaimed one of its most beloved symbols, with @UNESCOIraq placing the final brick in the city’s landmark Al Nouri Mosque minaret, part of a bigger project funded by #UAE https://t.co/CgPXm40WFA

[The Marie Colvin Journalists' Network @MarieColvinNet]

The US has proposed a #ceasefire deal between #Hezbollah and #Israel that includes an initial 60-day truce when Israeli troops would be withdrawn and the Lebanese army moved south, according to a draft seen by @TheNationalNews.

🔗Read MCJN's @NadaOHomsi's latest article ⤵️

[Matt Kynaston @MattKynaston]

We were visiting a strike site in Baalbek, where we met Fatmeh - one of the latest victims of this war.

[Nesrine Malik @NesrineMalik]

My longread on ‘The Mountain’ - Palestinian journalist Wael Al Dahdouh, and the killings of Palestinian journalists and their families in Gaza.

https://t.co/zUyeVK5KFE

[Nada Homsi @NadaOHomsi]

The toll is now 274 people killed — including 21 children and 31 women — and 1,024 wounded.

Fleeing residents tell me whole villages in south Lebanon have been destroyed in today’s strikes.

[Mohamad Ali Harisi @aleeharissi]

EXCLUSIVE: The inside story of Optimum!

After Lebanon charged salameh, @TheNational is revealing how he is accused of syphoning off huge amounts of money. @MaucourantNada explains how insiders have been aware of blatant irregularities since 2015.

https://t.co/MKjFFdRmOS

[Taylor Heyman @Taylorheyman]

“Even the dead seem to have more rights in Afghanistan than women"

As usual, insightful and sensitive piece from @RuchiKumar on the tireless efforts of Afghan women to fight back against Taliban oppression in whatever ways they can
https://t.co/hcA0ULMRpI

[Ze 🇸🇩 @KushiticGyal]

This made me burst crying.
Citizens of albaoga village rode little boats and went to alibidiea village to help save the people there who were effected by the floods, even if the whole world abandons us we still got each others backs🥹🫂
#KeepEyesOnSudan

[Nic Leech @NicMLeech]

Wow! Our Beshara newsletter was named an honoree at @TheWebbyAwards

It’s an utter delight to write and the result of the hard work and genius of @Taylorheyman @Louiseontwitr among others (hence the fix below!) #dreamteam

🔗 https://t.co/bGwNmR8Ljz

#Webbys

[Airwars @airwars]

Since October 7th, Airwars has been geolocating every allegation of civilian harm from airstrikes in Gaza.

So far, we’ve published 250 geolocated incidents in our archive - with new cases published each week.

🧵Here are a handful of exact locations showcasing our work so far:

[Laila Haidari @Laila_Haidari]

After three exhausting years of work with the infinitely courageous women and girls of my country, I arrived in the Netherlands three days ago. Three years of silence and experiencing a kind of painful confinement have been the most difficult part of my life. 1/n

[Dima Khatib @Dima_Khatib]

His nickname in Arabic: the mountain (Al Jabal). Calm and strong, Wael Dahdouh, live from Gaza, after burying his eldest son, Hamza, killed in an Israeli strike. Wael had lost members of his family, including wife, 2 kids and grandchild earlier. He himself got injured too. Jabal

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

Meanwhile every single Gazan journalist is being hounded and hunted and struggling to stay alive, eat, clean themselves whilst seeing family, friends and colleagues killed, lose their homes or suffer terrible deprivation. Embeds with IDF simply do not count imo 🧵