Kareem Chehayeb | كريم شهيب
@chehayebk
Middle East reporter at the @AP usually covering Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. RTs ≠ endorsement. ☕️ 🎸 and West Ham.
Not leaving X, but I’m also on Bluesky and will try to post more frequently there. bsky.app/profile/chehay…
Gaza's Health Ministry says 113 Palestinians have died of starvation since Oct 2023. 48 of them died this month alone. International organizations have called Israel to lift its aid blockade Hamas earlier said that it delivered its response to a ceasefire proposal to mediators
Joint statement from AFP, AP, BBC, Reuters on our journalists in #Gaza: "Journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them." ap.org/the-definitive…
#Sweida: A Syrian American man is among members of the Druze community killed in sectarian clashes in Syria Hossam Saraya was killed alongside his brother, father, and other family members after men in military garb shot them in a well-known roundabout. apnews.com/article/syria-…
#Syria’s armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority Sweida after weeklong fighting Dozens of aid convoys are en route to the city. More updates as we get them. @AP apnews.com/article/syria-…
#Syria’s #Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes @AP apnews.com/article/syria-…
Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effect Druze factions & clerics have been appointed to maintain internal security in Sweida, interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa said in an address broadcasted early Thursday @AP @AlsayedGhaith apnews.com/article/syria-…
Catholic Church said a parish priest and several others were injured after an Israeli strike hit a Gaza church. The priest, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, was very close with the late Pope Francis and the two spoke often during the war in Gaza. apnews.com/article/gaza-i…
#Sweida: “They shot my husband in the hip ... The ambulance took him to the hospital. Since then, we have no idea what has happened.” Israel strikes in Damascus as clashes between gov't forces and #Druze groups in #Syria rage on @AP apnews.com/article/syria-…
The Israeli army said that it struck near the entrance to the Syrian Ministry of Defense in Damascus. The strike came as clashes continued in the southern Syrian city of Sweida after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed. apnews.com/article/syria-…
The Israeli military said it had struck the entrance of the Syrian military's headquarters in Damascus. No immediate word of casualties. It comes as a ceasefire between Druze militias and Syrian government forces and allies broke down in the southern province of Sweida.
US Envoy @USAMBTurkiye Barrack said he was satisfied with #Lebanon's response to a proposal to disarm Hezbollah. “What the government gave us was something spectacular in a very short period of time and a very complicated manner." @bmroue @AP apnews.com/article/lebano…
#Syria has not had more than four hours of state electricity per day for years, but Washington's recent lifting of most sanctions might change that in the not too distant future... w/@AlsayedGhaith for @AP apnews.com/article/syria-…
Israeli airstrikes kill 38 Palestinians in Gaza apnews.com/article/gaza-h…
BREAKING: Hamas said it has given a "positive" response to the latest ceasefire proposal in Gaza, but added further talks were needed on implementation. apnews.com/article/mideas…
The UN human rights office said it has recorded 613 killings in Gaza near humanitarian convoys and at aid distribution points run by an Israeli-backed U.S. organization since it first began operations in late May. apnews.com/article/mideas…
PKK fighters in northern Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament as part of peace process with Turkey apnews.com/article/pkk-ir…
82 Palestinians killed in Gaza, including 38 people waiting for aid, authorities say apnews.com/article/israel…
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (@AP) — #Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson says its nuclear installations 'badly damaged' by American strikes.
Iran executed three more prisoners over allegedly spying for Israel, its state-run IRNA news agency reported, the latest hangings connected to its war with Israel. apnews.com/article/israel…
Surreal.
President Trump on Israel and Iran: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing."