Emily Lewis

One of the most chilling stories you’ll read. Exclusive: On Facebook, she was a beloved Damascus hairdresser with 7,000 followers. Inside prison, survivors knew her as the guard with the green pipe. Exemplary reporting by @PalomaDinechin in @newlinesmag: newlinesmag.com/reportage/insi…

Israel carried out a “triple attack” on health workers in southern Lebanon, killing at least three paramedics. One of them is Fadel Serhan. We spent days with him and his team earlier this month as they described how they worked in fear of being attacked. Today, they were.

From “defecating squirrels”, White Parrots and 4-hour Putin press conferences to racing round the globe, being questioned by Russian police and repeatedly harassed by state TV crews, Our Man In Moscow charts 12 months in the life of the BBC’s Moscow team and Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg – most of it shot ourselves given no other BBC teams could get into Russia. For those in the UK, you can watch it at 8pm on BBC1 tonight or right now on iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Inside the lucrative industry of online 'auditors' targeting migrant hotels in the UK Viral content creators across the UK are cashing in on protests targeting migrants and asylum hotels. Who are these so-called hotel 'auditors' and what are their true motivations as right-wing groups take aim at asylum seekers? Channel 4 News investigates the potentially lucrative trend of 'citizen journalism' and confronts one auditor who has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers. Warning, this report contains offensive language.

Lebanese village mourns children and father killed in Israeli strike apnews.com/article/lebano…

A Rape Case Highlights Sexual Violence in Syria After a young Alawite woman was attacked by men in security uniforms, the state’s failure to protect its people is becoming ever clearer. Kamal Shahin reports for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/a-ra…

One of Lebanon’s most celebrated composers & musicians Ziad Rahbani - as well as the son & curator of the musical legacy of his legendary mother Fairouz - has died at the age of 69 - his music remains an essential part of the soundtrack of life in Lebanon #زياد_رحباني

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

Gaza aid contractor tells BBC he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians bbc.in/44JEp6u

Israel has bombed the gates of the Evin Prison in Tehran.   Anoosheh Ashoori was detained in Evin prison - he shares his concern for the wellbeing of the inmates and his friends currently imprisoned.   #BBCPM

When Johan ordered door-to-door shipping, I'm not sure this is what he expected... 🚢

Striking headline "We’re Just Human Incubators to Them" - The Cut thecut.com/article/adrian…

Official photo from the Trump-Sharaa meeting. Imagine going back in time to 2010 and trying to explain this to someone. Surreal

A Syrian man known as by his alias, The Gravedigger, publicly revealed his identity on Sunday at the Arab Conference at Harvard. open.substack.com/pub/debamos/p/…

The Syrians being swallowed up by Israel’s new frontline on.ft.com/3DrdOQM

#Syria's dwindling #Jewish community can visit one of the world's oldest #synagogues again. Syria was once home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the world. Only nine Syrian #Jews remain in #Damascus apnews.com/article/syria-…

True scale of Assad’s slaughter revealed at Syrian mass grave

“The sorrow I never allowed myself to feel, the instinct to turn and look back…. seemed to be ebbing away. But it all shattered on December 8, when my sobs echoed in millions of homes of those who had become forlorn refugees around the world” By Asser ft.com/content/455a26…”

Much of Syrian composer @MalekJandali's music is inspired by the protest chants of the 2011 uprising. Today, he hopes the fall of Assad can create a "symphony of peace" A real privilege to produce this interview with @BBCTimFranks. Listen here from 39:30 shorturl.at/PyAMS

"I keep reaching, myself, to find the words, and they fail me. Nothing seems to capture the moment. I wrestle with the recesses of my mind for the words, and then I see a photo of a detainee and I break down and start over." by @kshaheen newlinesmag.com/spotlight/dawn…