Rana Fil

United Nations Correspondent/Op-Ed writer/ @Columbiajourn/ Bylines: WSJ, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Alhurra, and more

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

To bring Assad and his henchmen to justice, the new Syrian government should join the International Criminal Court and issue a declaration providing retroactive jurisdiction. https://t.co/NdV0gbe0Xc

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

There is no longer a question of whether there will be a regional conflict. It has already begun. The biggest questions now are the conflict’s intensity and whether it can be contained
https://t.co/7oRl3dOKkz

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

Finding Light in Winter https://t.co/vAMYxEtVFk

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

The War Turns Gaza Into a ‘Graveyard’ for Children https://t.co/qR1zwZi1yY

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

How to survive the daily hunt for food and water in Gaza, under constant threat of airstrikes.

Filmmaker Yousef Hammash, who also works for the Norwegian Refugee Council, sent this report from inside Gaza.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The way forward is clear:

Humanitarian ceasefire.
Respect for int'l humanitarian law.

Unconditional release of hostages.

Protection of civilians, hospitals, UN facilities, shelters & schools.

Ending use of civilians as human shields.
More humanitarian aid entering Gaza.

NOW.

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

UNSG Antonio Guterres:
The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis.
It is a crisis of humanity.

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

UNSG Antonio Guterres:
More journalists have reportedly been killed over a four-week period than in any conflict in at least three decades.

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

Children have accounted for 2 out of every 5 civilian deaths in Gaza, according to Jason Lee, Save the Children’s director for the Palestinian territories. That does not include some 1,000 children the group estimates are still trapped under the rubble. https://t.co/NL22FGmSLE

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

A Conspiracy of Silence - Carnegie Middle East Center - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace https://t.co/m5xy0zewAJ

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

After Years of Vowing to Destroy Israel, Iran Faces a Dilemma https://t.co/QNukfgklmG

[Save the Children US @SavetheChildren]

The number of children reported killed in just three weeks in Gaza is more than the number killed in armed conflict globally—across more than 20 countries—over the course of a whole year, for the last three years.

Learn more: https://t.co/MivY5IJ6gZ

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

Iran's quandary: How to stay out of Israel's war on Hamas https://t.co/K65ZWzeOct

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

Let Vaccine Producers in Poor Countries Help End the Pandemic https://t.co/cBgqDE36RD

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

Grieving for My Sick City https://t.co/4Or6jYH08t

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

New York Officials Tell UN Coronavirus Has Spread Throughout City https://t.co/Py0SVZV0MP

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

Can't pay, won't pay: What now for Lebanon's debt crisis? https://t.co/4sv3VSxeIo

[The Intercept @theintercept]

Breaking: In an unprecedented leak from one of the world’s most secretive regimes, an anonymous source provided Iranian intelligence reports to The Intercept, saying they wanted to “let the world know what Iran is doing in my country Iraq.” https://t.co/RpldpenuOm #irancables

[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

"Such identity obsession, which stands in the way of shared citizenship, seems anachronistic to members of a younger Middle Eastern generation raised on a borderless cyber world." Thoughtful piece by @NYTimesCohen on the protests in Lebanon and Iraq https://t.co/Xl7o0u5EDP

[Rana Fil @RanaFil]

Iran’s Leaders See Threats in Iraq and Lebanon Protests https://t.co/g8bkJC36fA #لبنان_ينتفض