Bassem Mroue

7 Feb

apnews.comHezbollah replaces top security official Wafiq Safa as part of internal restructuringHezbollah has replaced its top security official, Wafiq Safa, who was in charge of coordination with Lebanon’s security agencies.

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18 Dec 2025

apnews.comPulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has diedPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.

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13 Dec 2025

apnews.comTrump pledges retaliation after 3 Americans are killed in Syria attack that the US blames on ISPresident Donald Trump says “there will be very serious retaliation” after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria that the United States blames on the Isl...

2 Oct 2025

apnews.comIsraeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as Hamas considers its response to Trump's peace proposalHospitals say that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Hamas was still considering its response on Thursday to U.S.

27 Sept 2025

apnews.comA year after losing its longtime leader, Hezbollah is beginning to regroupHezbollah is regrouping after suffering significant losses in its recent conflict with Israel. The Lebanese militant group lost its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in Israeli airstrikes a year ago ...

5 Sept 2025

apnews.comIsrael strikes high-rise building and threatens to hit more in Gaza City offensiveIsrael has struck a high-rise building in Gaza City after warning residents to evacuate. Strikes elsewhere in Gaza City killed at least 27 people, health officials said.

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The Associated Press

@apnews.com

6 Aug 2025

Thousands of pagers exploded in an Israeli attack against Hezbollah last year. Now some of the survivors, including children, are speaking about their recovery.

bit.lySurvivors of Israel's pager attack on Hezbollah struggle to recoverThe pager attack across Lebanon killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded more than 3,000.

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30 May 2025

apnews.comCyprus offers Syrian families money to resettle and work permits for main earnersCyprus says it will offer Syrian families money to help them resettle back in their homeland and allow the family head to remain on the island nation for up to three years to work as part of a volunta...

apnews.comWho is Mohammed Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it killed?Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the man believed to be the head of Hamas’ armed wing, Mohammed Sinwar, has been killed, apparently confirming his death in a recent strike in the Gaza St...

28 May 2025

apnews.com/article/isra... Who is Mohammed Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it killed?

apnews.comSwedish man charged over 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State groupA Swedish man has been indicted as a member of the Islamic State group in connection with the killing of a Jordanian pilot whose plane went down in Syria on Christmas Eve 2014.

27 May 2025

apnews.com/article/swed... Swedish man charged over 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State group

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27 May 2025

apnews.comHow is the new Gaza aid plan supposed to work -- and why are so many aid groups against it?A U.S.-backed group that is slated to take over aid distribution in Gaza says it's started operations despite opposition from the U.N. and the unexpected resignation of its executive director.

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27 May 2025

apnews.comOnly 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. Now Cyprus' Maronites are mounting a comebackOnly about 900 people in the world speak Cypriot Maronite Arabic. The offshoot of Syrian Arabic also known as Sanna, had been passed on orally over the centuries.

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26 May 2025

arabnews.comHead of controversial US-backed Gaza aid group resignsWASHINGTON: The head of a controversial US-backed group preparing to move aid into the Gaza Strip announced his abrupt resignation Sunday, adding fresh uncertainty over the effort’s future. In a state...

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26 May 2025

apnews.comTens of thousands flock to see a Spanish saint's remains more than 440 years after her deathCatholic worshippers have for weeks flocked to Alba de Tormes, a town ringed by rolling pastures in western Spain where the remains of the Spanish saint, mystic and 16th-century religious reformer Sai...

24 May 2025

apnews.comIsraeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the APSeveral Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.

24 May 2025

apnews.comSouth Lebanon votes in municipal elections that will test support for HezbollahResidents of southern Lebanon have voted in the country’s municipal elections that will test support for Hezbollah in the predominantly Shiite areas, months after the end of the destructive Israel-Hez...

23 May 2025

apnews.comAt least 23 people killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza as Israel lets minimal aid inAt least 23 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight as Israel pressed ahead with its military offensive and let in minimal aid to the strip.

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23 May 2025

apnews.comIran and the US holding a fifth round of nuclear negotiations in Rome with enrichment a key issueIran and the United States are preparing for a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, with enrichment emerging as the key issue.

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23 May 2025

apnews.comGaza's main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutritionThe U.N. children’s agency says more than 9,000 children have been treated for malnutrition in Gaza this year, and food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year.

apnews.comUS and regional countries team up to resolve the issue of IS prisoners in SyriaTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country, the United States, Syria and Iraq have formed a working group to try to resolve the issue of Islamic State group prisoners held in Syria.

22 May 2025

apnews.com/article/turk... US and regional countries team up to resolve the issue of IS prisoners in #Syria #ISIS

apnews.comLebanese and Palestinian leaders agree that Lebanon won't be used as a launchpad to strike IsraelThe Lebanese and Palestinian presidents have agreed that Palestinian factions won't use Lebanon as a launchpad for any attacks against Israel.

21 May 2025

apnews.com/article/leba... #Lebanese and #Palestinian leaders agree that Lebanon won't be used as a launchpad to strike #Israel

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21 May 2025

apnews.comThe EU says it will lift sanctions on Syria but leave those on the former Assad regimeThe European Union's top diplomat says the EU will lift sanctions on Syria’s economy but keep those in place targeting the former Assad regime.

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Abby Sewell

@sewella.bsky.social

20 May 2025

Syria's driest winter in nearly 7 decades triggers a severe water crisis in Damascus Via Ghaith AlSayed, Omar Sanadiki & @bmroue.bsky.social apnews.com/article/syri...

apnews.comSyria's driest winter in nearly 7 decades triggers a severe water crisis in DamascusSyria's capital, Damascus, is suffering from its worst water shortages in years as a result of the lowest rainfall in more than six decades.

2 May 2025

apnews.comLebanon warns Hamas not to carry out any attacks from its territoriesLebanese military authorities have warned the Hamas group that it would face the “harshest measures” if it carried out any attacks from Lebanon.

28 Apr 2025

apnews.comHezbollah leader calls on government to work harder to end Israel's attacks on LebanonThe leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group is calling on the government to work harder on ending Israel’s attacks in the country a day after an Israeli airstrike hit a suburb of Beirut.

apnews.comLebanon gets $250 million World Bank loan to ease electricity crisisThe World Bank has given Lebanon a $250 million loan to help ease electricity cuts in the crisis-hit country.

24 Apr 2025

apnews.com/article/leba... #Lebanon gets $250 million World Bank loan to ease electricity crisis

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18 Apr 2025

apnews.comUS to withdraw 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to help counter IS militantsThe U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to counter the Islamic State group.

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17 Apr 2025

apnews.comPortrait of Palestinian boy who lost both arms is World Press Photo of the year for 2025A portrait of a young Palestinian boy who lost both arms as a result of an Israeli attack in Gaza has been named World Press Photo of the year.

16 Apr 2025

apnews.comIsraeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitelyIsrael’s defense minister says that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely.

apnews.comIn Tunisia, snails inch toward replacing red meat as people turn to cheaper proteinTunisians are embracing snails as a protein-packed alternative as the cost of red meat remains high.

5 Apr 2025

apnews.com/article/tuni... In Tunisia, snails inch toward replacing red meat as people turn to cheaper protein

28 Mar 2025

apnews.comIsrael strikes Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah warIsrael has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November.