Bassem Mroue باسم مروه

Mideast correspondent for The Associated Press since 1992. Covering Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

[Bassem Mroue باسم مروه @bmroue]

PHOTO ESSAY: Where tango never sleeps: Inside #Istanbul’s vibrant dance community
https://t.co/ORJoDDoSdB

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#Israeli army captures strategic castle in #Lebanon in deepest incursion into country in 26 years https://t.co/QDOrI02DAV

[Bassem Mroue باسم مروه @bmroue]

#BREAKING from @AP #Israeli army says it has captured strategic castle in south Lebanon in deepest incursion into the country in 26 years

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#Trump administration grants rare #TPS reprieve, extending protections for 11,000 #Lebanese
https://t.co/9AI8gYNQxi

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Israeli troops push deeper into #Lebanon as the two sides start military talks at the Pentagon
https://t.co/gqvmHavmY0

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War and displacement in #Gaza are fueling a rise in early marriage https://t.co/3LfWS2IZry

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#Israel and #Hezbollah clash along strategic #Lebanese river following overnight strikes @chehayebk https://t.co/BsC7DnqcgQ

[Bassem Mroue باسم مروه @bmroue]

As U.S. war redraws Middle East, #Turkey braces for rivalry with #Israel https://t.co/fQ4BUV5zwt

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Animal rights activist @GhinaNahfawi detained in #Lebanon after she refused to remove video she posted showing man brutally pulling a dog tied to a car https://t.co/L8K6zGR4ty

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War worsens #Lebanon's economic crisis with job losses, price gouging and slow business. Since 2019, the tiny Mediterranean country has been in the throes of an economic crisis @malakharb @chehayebk https://t.co/hleosGmAAH

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Soaring inflation and plummeting economy test #Iran's ability to withstand war and US blockade https://t.co/IYlwIhPL28

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3 Australian women back from #Syria face slavery and terrorism charges over alleged #IS links https://t.co/rI9ObGpG6M

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Exclusive: Democratic senators press US military on #Israel's evacuation zones, warning of legal risks #Lebanon #Iran #Gaza
https://t.co/UWhC0Iz5Vo

[Abby Sewell @sewella]

Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome

Via @bmroue

https://t.co/Tk3nC9A7jI

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The year that shook the #Gulf https://t.co/Imu0hMW8Vy

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#Shiite cleric killed in grenade attack near #Syrian capital of #Damascus https://t.co/sIesQByJTr

[Gregory Brew @gbrew24]

This is a great piece from @arash_tehran that drills down on a fundamental misunderstanding, one that appears to be influencing US policy.

The collective leadership are bound in ways that can't be neatly mapped onto an institutional or ideological spectrum. https://t.co/ncWpTQvGfj

[Abby Sewell @sewella]

Hezbollah adopts a new weapon: Fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in Ukraine

Via @melanielidman @bmroue @EJ_Burrows

https://t.co/G5XYdZfO8T

[Stephanie Bechara @StephBechara]

Oil prices surged to their highest since 2022 on fears of renewed US military action and blockade extension in Iran.

Brent: $122/barrel (roughly +9% since Monday)

WTI: $108.5/barrel

[Bassem Mroue باسم مروه @bmroue]

He once struck a peace deal with #Israel and says #Lebanon's leaders should try again now @chehayebk
https://t.co/jgkGIGNWVc