NEW: How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel. Jonathan Swan Mark Mazzetti Ronen Bergman Eric Schmitt helene cooper Julian E. Barnes me nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/…

Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians Across Iran- hundreds have been killed, among them a poet and her family, an equestrian national champion, an eight-year-old, a graphic designer & 80 yr old grandparents. Our story w/ Parin Behrooz & Leily Nikounazar nytimes.com/2025/06/18/wor…

Iran gave advanced notice of the attack. nytimes.com/live/2025/06/2…

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."

Last night, Saraya Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed 25 people at the St Elias Church outside #Damascus on Sunday. This is a group with a murky history -- a 🧵

Important. "The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US [DIA] intelligence assessment" edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/pol…

Leila Hashemi, a novelist in attendance, compared practicing Syria’s newfound freedoms to exercising when out of shape. “Your muscles are still tight from the lack of movement,” she said, flapping her elbows like wings — ⁦Ben Hubbard⁩ search.app/ASZDU2mshfae8i…

The Emirati sheikh is best known as the owner of a top British soccer team. But behind the scenes, he is the “handler” guiding secret wars in Sudan and elsewhere. With tariq panja nytimes.com/2025/06/29/wor…

Each day we learn about Israeli airstrikes hitting schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, electrical facilities, and other critical civilian infrastructure in Gaza. How does the Israeli state argue these are legal? The same way the U.S. has increasingly done for years: It

Tom Barrack, the US special envoy to Syria, says the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah has been “a total failure" -- due to what he says are repeated Israeli attacks and cease-fire violations by Hezbollah. nytimes.com/2025/07/03/wor…

Our investigation into the mass killings in the Assad regime's Saydnaya prison in Syria, which included interviews with 21 former prisoners, is out: wsj.com/world/middle-e…

A New York Times Investigation: How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power This is the inside story, containing many details that have never been previously reported, of Netanyahu’s role in the events that led to the Oct. 7 attacks and of the way that his political

#Syria: Israeli airstrike bombed the Defense Ministry in #Damascus. The strike was caught live.

Not any female protestor. The wonderful Zena Shahla, a former detainee and one of our strongest voices against Assad and member of the official committee on missing people. And if she wasn’t any of those things, one of the kindest people in the world.

A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters

Mohammad al-Abdallah, director of the Syria Justice and Accountability Center, said the footage documented a “war crime and a violation against medical personnel who are supposed to be protected under international law.” nytimes.com/2025/08/11/wor…

1/3 Partnerships matter more than aid. I am privileged that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) chose our partnership to feature on the cover of its 2025 Partnership Framework — a testament to the strength and impact of our collaboration. #ICRC #LRC #Partnerships