sebastian usher
@sebusher
middle east analyst/editor/reporter for @bbcworld All views my own - or at least stolen from someone good, also check out https://nevermindthehummus.com/
#Lebanon : Giving it the side eye - my mum’s favourite compliment was to be described as looking Lebanese - probably explains a lot…
As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.
Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza on.ft.com/46iUoK6
And just out of interest - why Sardinia?
Movement on hostage release & ceasefire in Gaza? 👇
Movement on hostage release & ceasefire in Gaza? 👇
Uodate: The meeting between Witkoff, Dermer and the Prime Minister of Qatar is expected to take place tomorrow on the island of Sardinia in Italy
Israeli President Herzog visits Gaza for 1st time since October 7 Hamas- led attacks
Iranian Officials Suspect Sabotage in String of Mysterious Fires nytimes.com/2025/07/23/wor… via @NYTimes
Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story | Global development | The Guardian theguardian.com/global-develop…
Yemen: Houthi’s Attacks on Cargo Ships Apparent War Crimes hrw.org/news/2025/07/2…
As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, more than 100 NGOs make an urgent plea to allow in life-saving aid savethechildren.net/news/mass-star…
Response by Israeli foreign ministry to warning by more than 100 aid agencies that “mass starvation” is spreading across Gaza 👇
𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮: These organizations are serving the propaganda of…
IDF says deadly Gazan church strike result of misfired munition timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry… via @timesofisrael
NOW in English Satimages show that in just 2months, Israeli Army has almost entirely destroyed Khan Yunis Governorate, including Gaza Strip's 2nd-largest city and its environs, an area encompassing 90 square km and thousands of homes Planet Labs PBC haaretz.com/israel-news/se…
Smotrich: Gaza will be 'inseparable part of Israel,' IDF chief favors 'security annexation' | The Times of Israel timesofisrael.com/at-knesset-con…
‘Mass starvation’ across Gaza as Trump puts pressure on Israel thetimes.com/article/4938c2…
Cardinal calls Israel’s policy in Gaza ‘morally unjustifiable’ after visit | Gaza | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
🧵#Suweida 1/ Hardline Islamists and jihadists online have been trying to exploit the unrest in Syria’s southern Suweida province, using it to incite against the Druze and discredit the government of Ahmed al-Sharaa as weak and unable to control the violence. The events in…