Sudarsan Raghavan

Families massacred. Executions and bodies dumped on streets. Homes torched. A kidnapping triggers sectarian carnage that illustrates the challenges facing Syria’s government. We speak to all sides to reconstruct what happened. W/@suhamaayeh wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Sectarian violence between Sunni Muslim Bedouins and Druze prompted Israeli warplanes to strike Syrian government forces in what Israel said was an attempt to defend the Druze on.wsj.com/40zAl6x

“Dad, for God’s sake, if they get in and want to kill us, kill me yourself,’” “Strangle us, hit us on the head.” The minutes before members of a Druze family are executed in Syria’s latest sectarian carnage. W/ @suhamaayeh wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Inside Syria’s Sectarian Cauldron: A Kidnapping Triggers a Cascade of Violence We interviewed all sides to reconstruct a blood-soaked week that illustrates the perils and challenges facing Syria's young government and its minority groups. W/@suhamaayeh wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Children Starve in Gaza as Hunger Crisis Deepens The U.N. says at least 10 children died of hunger this month; malnutrition is rising quickly Via @felizvsolo @AbeerAyyoub @summer_said wsj.com/world/middle-e…

“Ordinary Gaza’s seeking food aid... get shot at, this has been a daily occurrence.” Gazans seeking aid describe crawling on the ground toward aid sites as “bullets are whizzing over their heads,” says The Wall Street Journals's @RaghavanReports. @StigAbell | @KateEMcCann

There are signs that Israel is preparing to expand ground operations into an area of central Gaza that has been a relatively safe refuge for displaced Palestinians and humanitarian aid groups. While the Israeli military issued evacuation orders on Sunday, at least 85 more…

Spoke with @johnyangtv @NewsHour about the stark choice that desperate Gazans face in seeking food aid: Starve or risk death crossing combat zones to reach US and Israeli backed food distribution sites where utter chaos reigns. Our original WSJ story: wsj.com/world/middle-e…

There are signs tonight that Israel is preparing to expand ground operations into an area of central Gaza that has been a relatively safe refuge for displaced Palestinians and humanitarian aid groups. The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for an area around Dier al-Balah,…

Crisis Spirals in Syria With Israeli Strikes on Damascus Israel says it is intervening to protect Syrian Druze, who have strong ties to Israel’s Druze community E/@suhamaayeh @DovLieber wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Excellent reporting from @suhamaayeh and @raghavanreports about the impossible choices facing Gazans: starve or risk death while trying to get food wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Israel Strikes Southern Syria in New Flareup of Violence Airstrikes targeted tanks as sectarian fighting erupted in the sensitive border area. w/@suhamaayeh @AnatPeled1 wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Gazans face a dilemma: risk violence at aid sites or go without food, since Israel replaced U.N. food points with fewer GHF centers. The GHF, backed by the U.S. and Israel, aims to prevent Hamas from stealing aid, but hundreds of deaths have occurred. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Palestinians in Gaza are facing a tough decision every day: starve or risk death while trying to get food from one of the aid distribution centers on.wsj.com/3TCtUf6

A Sophie's Choice for Gazans: Risk Death to Get Food, or Starve A rash of shootings has made the trek through combat zones to U.S. and Israeli-backed food-aid sites a deadly one. w/@suhamaayeh wsj.com/world/middle-e…

A Defiant Iran Draws on the Lessons of an Earlier War The brutal fight against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq four decades ago shaped the recent war and guides Iran’s next steps w/@SuneEngel And great analysis from @AliVaez @vali_nasr @AOstovar and others. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

As soon as the bombing stopped, Iran began waging a new campaign—this time against its own people on.wsj.com/4kb1TWR

Life in Iran After the Strikes: Executions, Arrests and Paranoia Security forces hunt for moles, give residents tips on how to spot spies, and morality police target women, as Iran regime reasserts control through fear. w/ @margheritamvs @SuneEngel wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Iran's regime, while weakened, is still intact, capable of recuperating and emerging more dangerous and unpredictable. w/@omarabdelb @laurnorman wsj.com/world/middle-e…

The Iranian regime—while weakened—is intact and capable of recuperating and emerging more dangerous on.wsj.com/3HZyeSV