Hümeyra Pamuk
@humeyra_pamuk
@Reuters deputy US foreign policy editor. Eye on the State Department. Before: London, Cairo, Dubai & Turkey. @columbiajourn @kocuniversity. Personal account.
SCOOP: I reviewed three sets of internal email exchanges between senior Biden administration officials who were warned just DAYS after Oct. 7 that Israel was risking committing war crimes by ordering more than a million Palestinians in northern Gaza to evacuate. There’s more: 1/X
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed US diplomats worldwide not to comment on the fairness or integrity of elections conducted by foreign countries, according to an internal note seen by Reuters reut.rs/46ipWjo
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed U.S. diplomats worldwide not to comment on the fairness or integrity of elections conducted by foreign countries, according to an internal note seen by Reuters on Thursday. reuters.com/world/us/trump…
At least 67 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for U.N. aid trucks in northern Gaza on Sunday. It was one of the highest reported death tolls among repeated recent cases in which aid seekers have been killed including 36 on Saturday. reuters.com/world/middle-e…
Tragic news continues to arrive in these days from the Middle East, especially from Gaza. I express my profound sadness regarding last Thursday’s attack by the Israeli army on the Catholic Parish of the Holy Family in Gaza City, which as you know killed three Christians and…
Özellikle ergenlikte kibrin ve benmerkezciliğin öne çıktığı yaşlarda bu farkındalığa varabilmiş olmasını çok değerli buldum. Kendisini tebrik ederim; yolu açık olsun.
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Friday to protest against the proposed appointment of Nick Adams, a self-styled "alpha male" influencer, as the United States' envoy to Malaysia. reuters.com/world/us/dozen…
State Dept @statedeptspox just now: "I can tell you, regarding Israel's intervention and activity is the United States did NOT support recent Israeli strikes." She added President Trump was pursuing stability in Syria, and that USG has been clear about its displeasure.
Homeland Security agent said he had to ask a lawyer if Rumeysa Öztürk’s arrest was legal after orders to prioritize her case nbcnews.com/news/us-news/h…
In May, Secretary Rubio said that no food aid would be wasted — and yet nearly 500 tonnes of energy-dense biscuits used as emergency food rations will be destroyed before their expiry this month. And that will cost US taxpayers an extra $100,000. reuters.com/world/us/us-ai…
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT At least 20 Palestinians were killed at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in what the US-backed group said was a crowd surge instigated by armed agitators reut.rs/4eQsfw2
Before Trump met w/Sharaa in May and ordered the lifting of US sanctions on Syria, Israel was lobbying Washington with the vision of a decentralized and weak Syria and was pushing for a more counterterrorism focused policy towards Damascus. Story from Feb reuters.com/world/israel-l…