Liz Sly

Journalist-at-large. Former Washington Post covering global affairs and Middle East, and much of the world for Chicago Tribune, LAT

[Liz Sly @LizSly]

@speakuplease Thank you John!

[Liz Sly @LizSly]

Heba is an amazing journalist & a lovely person. Her reporting has been massively important for coverage of Gaza, as well as Egypt.
Yet again, @washingtonpost is letting go the most talented and experienced voices in Middle East journalism. Hire her!

[Heba Farouk Mahfouz @HebaFarooq]

Been laid off. Grateful for the experience, proud of my contributions giving voice to people from this part of the world, and forever cherishing the friendships I made and will never lose.

Please connect with me if you think you have a suitable work opportunity for me.

[Hala Gorani @HalaGorani]

Journalist @LizSly and I went through the US-Iran MOU clause by clause so you don’t have to:

https://t.co/sl7VcM4Ylj

[Nada Homsi @NadaOHomsi]

Great investigation into the killing of journalist Amal Khalil — and deliberate efforts by the Israeli army to prevent paramedics from rescuing her — by the Washington Post’s remaining Beirut bureau @suzanHaidamous @MohamdEch

Proving why international bureaus are essential.

[Liz Sly @LizSly]

Hope to see you!

[Iva Kovic-Chahine @ivapleuvoir]

On June 2, @lorienttoday is heading to @frontlineclub in London for a conversation on Lebanon’s current political moment, the regional context, and the question of what comes next.
With @gilbertachcar Andrew Arsan and @LizSly .

Join us if you’re there👇
https://t.co/zNcbfLjHgQ

[Zeina Khodr @ZeinakhodrAljaz]

Scenes across southern #Lebanon this afternoon … destroyed neighborhoods… residential buildings reduced to rubble, bodies pulled from rubble including entire families, child fighting for life in hospital

[Hala Gorani @HalaGorani]

Sharing my latest Vogue Arabia column on the inspiring women rebuilding Syria.
https://t.co/gYcUGmZBQl

[Zeina Khodr @ZeinakhodrAljaz]

Save the Children: More than 4 children have been killed or injured every day on average in Lebanon in the first 25 days of a ceasefire with families still unable to return to their homes,

[Ali Hashem علي هاشم @Alihashem]

Our colleague Amal Khalil, a brave reporter who has been covering Israeli attacks on Lebanon for the past years was targeted along another colleague Zeinab Faraj while doing their job in south Lebanon. Emergency services succeeded in rescuing Zeinab with injuries along with two casualties. Amal is still under rubble, the Red Cross tried to get closer, yet another Israeli attack pushed them back.

[LBCI Lebanon English @LBCI_News_EN]

#WorldNews: President #Trump said Monday that "#regime change" was effectively underway in #Iran, while warning that if talks with Iranian figures contacted by the United States do not succeed then bombing will continue.

https://t.co/l4isSHlhWK

[Fin Moorhouse @finmoorhouse]

Thinking about the time our high school English teacher gave us a poem to analyse

When we finished she told us it was Donald Rumsfeld’s WMD press conference, and that was the class

[Liz Sly @LizSly]

@faysalitani @MidEastPolicy Congratulations Faysal!

[Faisal Al Yafai @FaisalAlYafai]

We'll be @frontlineclub tonight for an emergency conversation about the Iran war. With @tarakangarlou @renadmansour @LizSly @Tarek_AliAhmad. Join us here: https://t.co/DiWVguc41F

[Liz Sly @LizSly]

@heidipett @AJEnglish Brilliant news Heidi! Congratulations, ca t wait to see all your reporting

[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

[Tina Brown @TinaBrownLM]

Jeff Bezos who bought the Washington Post was a different guy from the one who is allowing its destruction now. But oligarchs gonna oligarch. Read more on Fresh Hell about what’s really behind the bloodletting at the Post.
https://t.co/ozY6fZEpTd

[Francesca Ebel @FrancescaEbel]

Have been too shattered to write this but for the sake of clarity — I have also been laid off by the Post. I was one of the few journalists still working inside Russia. My last story went on the front page and featured rare testimonies from wounded soldiers criticizing the war.

[Lizzie Johnson @lizziejohnsonnn]

I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning.

Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
https://t.co/ERYl3HqZ58

[Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck]

Heartbroken to have been laid off by The Washington Post today. It has been the honour of a lifetime to work with these colleagues for a decade, from Damascus to Baghdad, Derna to to Bakhmut. I am proud of our work. Thank you, everyone.