Omar Abdel-Baqui

I interviewed young Palestinians about their lives and how they view the future. Read their powerful stories and see their faces, photographed by @thabjouqa, in @WSJ: wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Was pleased to help the WSJ with this article on foreign jihadists in Syria. These muhajireen played an important role in helping HTS take control of the country, but their future in Syria is now one of the most difficult questions to resolve. Give it a read:…

Lebanon’s army has largely disarmed Hezbollah in its southern strongholds—in part with the help of Israeli intelligence. U.S. and Israeli officials say they have been pleasantly surprised by the progress. By me and @adamchams for @WSJ: wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Insightful analysis by ⁦@omarabdelb⁩ & ⁦@adamchams⁩: #Lebanese army has largely disarmed #Hezbollah in its southern strongholds, but it’s still unclear whether the state can impose its military might across the country #Israel wsj.com/world/middle-e…

The battle over Beirut's airport wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Syria’s new leaders have to figure out what to do with thousands of foreign fighters in their ranks, whom many in the country fear and suspect were involved in a recent wave of ethnic killings. My dispatch from Damascus for @WSJ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

The latest from @omarabdelb who talked with foreign fighters in Syria. It’s a great work. “Some foreign fighters have been in Syria for a decade, marrying Syrian women and sending their children to local schools.” wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Smart analysis by ⁦@omarabdelb⁩ @adamchams: #Lebanese authorities said they arrested several people who launched rockets toward #Israel last month, as the government tries to assert its authority and keep a fragile cease-fire alive wsj.com/world/middle-e…

“Welcome back. This is your home.” Syrian Jews return to Damascus after the fall of the Assad regime. // @omarabdelb wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Israeli police have raided the best-known Palestinian-owned bookshop in Jerusalem and detained its two owners theguardian.com/world/2025/feb… via @guardian

📉 "Syria Looks to Pick Up the Pieces of Its Shattered Economy" by @omarabdelb including quotations by @omardahi (@WSJ). wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Here is an early look at the front page of today's Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/40HMM0q

“..The Hamas presence on the ground armed is a slap in the face to the Israeli government and army,” said Gershon Baskin, a former Israeli hostage negotiator..” A must-read report by ⁦@summer_said⁩ and ⁦@omarabdelb⁩ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Israeli settlers took to online chat groups to follow the movements of released prisoners and plot their attacks on Palestinian towns in the West Bank to where they were being returned as part of the ceasefire. My latest with @omarabdelb for @WSJ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

In Jabalia, on Oct 31, 2023, for instance: wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Syria’s Alawites, the Muslim sect of the deposed Assad dynasty, say they fear discrimination and attacks under the country’s new Islamist government By @omarabdelb A good article that captures some of reasons for anxiety among the Alawites. wsj.com/world/middle-e… via @WSJ

Syria’s Alawites, the Muslim sect of the deposed Assad dynasty, say they fear discrimination and attacks under the country’s new Islamist government wsj.com/world/middle-e…

The people of Syria said good riddance in the past month to the dictatorship that ruled for half a century. And when the clock struck midnight, Damascus let rip. trib.al/aLY40ML

“Syria lives, the regime has fallen!” young Syrians standing on chairs chanted in a packed Damascus bar. They held revolutionary flags and cursed the old regime’s deposed ruler: “A black year for you, Bashar. A sweet year for the revolutionaries!” wsj.com/world/middle-e…

More than a decade of civil war left Syria’s economy in shambles. Now, as the country’s new leaders seek to rebuild, they are confronting a raft of challenges. trib.al/12gIGX4

Syria Looks to Pick Up the Pieces of Its Shattered Economy // My dispatch from Damascus for @WSJ wsj.com/world/middle-e…