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Abbie Cheeseman

@cheesemanab

Middle East reporter @WashingtonPost. Before: freelance Mid East corro, civilian harm investigations. Previous life @airwars. | Signal: abbiecheeseman.58

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in Beirut Katılım Mart 2011
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Abbie Cheeseman@cheesemanab·
@CamillaAlcini hey Camilla, I did film it yes - you're welcome to use with credit to me and the Post
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Camilla Alcini@CamillaAlcini·
@cheesemanab Hello Abbie, I hope you are well and safe. I am with ABC News, did you film this? If yes, could we use it following abcnews.com/terms, crediting you and the Washington Post? Thank you in advance, Camilla
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John Hudson
John Hudson@John_Hudson·
SCOOP: Senior Israeli officials tell U.S. diplomats Iranian protesters “will get slaughtered” if they take to the streets, though Israel is still angling for a popular uprising, per a State Department cable from Embassy Jerusalem 🧵
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Oliver Marsden
Oliver Marsden@OliverGMarsden·
Lebanon’s ministry of Health reports: 826 killed in Lebanon, including 106 children 2009 wounded 106 children killed in 12 days. Almost 9 children a day in a country half the size of the land mass of Wales
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Abbie Cheeseman@cheesemanab·
Massive Israeli airstrike just hit central Beirut, about an hour after the first IDF evacuation order on a building in the middle of the capital
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Louisa Loveluck
Louisa Loveluck@leloveluck·
“The reporting of wars seems to have been inverted; what the powerful say and do is being reported first, and the killing of innocents is mentioned in passing, if at all.” cjr.org/the_media_toda…
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Phil Stewart
Phil Stewart@phildstewart·
!!! BREAKING - Kuwaiti air defenses mistakenly shot down 3 U.S. F15 fighter jets flying in Iran-related operations. All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered, and are in stable condition. -CENTCOM
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Ramzi Kaiss / رمزي قيس
4 am in Lebanon & the Israeli military has just issued evacuation warnings for over 50 Lebanese villages, asking residents to immediately evacuate their homes & get “1000 meters away from the villages (which border each other), into open areas” A vague & confusing warning
Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية@CaptainElla1

#عاجل ‼️ نداء #عاجل إلى سكان #لبنان في القرى: صريفا، معروب، سلعا (صور)، دبعال، بافليه، باريش، ارزون، قلويه، الشهابية (طير زبنا)، دردغيا، بستيات، عرب صاليم، حوش الرافقة، يحمر (البقاع الغربي)، ميدون، دلافي، عين قانا، كنيسة، المنصوري (صور)، مجدل زون، مزرعة بيوت السياد، جبال البطم، زبقين، السماعية، عيتيت، قانا، البياض (صور)، دير عامص، عيتا الجبل (الزط)، حانين (بنت جبيل)، حاريص، حداثا، محرونة، بيت ليف، ياطر (بنت جبيل)، شقرا، حولا، برعشيت، بنت جبيل، جميجمة، عيترون، صفد البطيخ، البازورية، عيناثا، حانوية، جناتا، برج الشمالي، معركة، صديقين، المجادل، وادي جيلو، درويس (بعلبك)، ميس الجبل. ⭕️ نشاطات حزب الله تجبر جيش الدفاع على العمل ضده، جيش الدفاع الاسرائيلي لا يريد المساس بكم. ⭕️ من أجل سلامتكم، عليكم إخلاء بيوتكم فوراً والابتعاد عن القرى لبُعد 1,000 متر على الأقل إلى أراضي مفتوحة. ⭕️ كل من يتواجد بالقرب من عناصر حزب الله ومنشآته ووسائله القتالية، يعرّض حياته للخطر. حافظوا على سلامتكم وسلامة أحبائكم

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Dimitris Ampatzidis@DimAmpatzidis·
Sanctioned, in ballast, and loitering off Khasab. The signal loss and crew evacuation matter more operationally than the flag; watch insurers and rerouting next. x.com/MarineTraffic/… #Hormuz #MaritimeSecurity #Sanctions #ShadowFleet #TankerRisk #OFAC #Shipping #Iran
MarineTraffic@MarineTraffic

Tanker targeted off Oman coast Oman’s Maritime Security Centre confirmed that the oil tanker #Skylight was targeted five nautical miles north of Khasab Port in Musandam. #MarineTraffic data indicate the Palau flagged vessel arrived on 22 February and remained in ballast. The tanker was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on 18 December 2025, citing links to Red Sea Ship Management LLC, according to #Kpler Risk and Compliance. The last signal was received at 03.00 UTC. All 20 crew members, including 15 Indian and five Iranian nationals, were evacuated, with four sustaining injuries and transferred for medical treatment. The crew boat Panicker arrived at the incident a few hours later and remains at the scene.

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Victoria J. Taylor
Victoria J. Taylor@VictoriaT_·
Really excellent, detailed reporting on the US-Iraq miscommunication/misunderstanding on Maliki nomination by @LovedayM in @wapo I'm quoted here as well: Despite Maliki’s public resistance, it’s hard to see how the Shiite coalition leaders can now proceed with his nomination, said Victoria Taylor, a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Iraq and Iran. “I can’t imagine they would risk the significant economic and political consequence of such a decision,” she said. “It would be tantamount to picking the Iranian side in the eyes of this administration.” washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/…
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Ahmad Baydoun
Ahmad Baydoun@weatherwar·
While sifting through the UN digital libraries, I came across a list of Israeli violations from 2008. It was mostly cows crossing the Blue Line into Lebanon to drink water and then going back, aside from the usual aerial violations. Simpler times
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Abbie Cheeseman@cheesemanab·
For nearly a century, Washington Post foreign correspondents have been on the ground around the world to report the stories that matter. This isn’t a plea to save our individual jobs, @JeffBezos, it’s a plea to not retreat from the globe at such a perilous moment. #SaveThePost
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David M. Herszenhorn
David M. Herszenhorn@herszenhorn·
No matter how difficult or dangerous the story, The Washington Post’s amazing international correspondents are there. To bear witness. To report truth. Please watch and share.
Siobhán O'Grady@siobhan_ogrady

For nearly a century, @washingtonpost foreign correspondents have been on the frontlines of wars, pandemics, economic crises, civil uprisings and so much more. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch and share. @JeffBezos #SaveThePost

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Rachel Chason
Rachel Chason@Rachel_Chason·
@vanhoutenphoto & I were reporting this week in villages in NW Nigeria attacked days before by an Islamic State affiliate the U.S. is targeting. Again & again, people told us they couldn’t believe we were there. It’s work we so desperately don’t want to stop. #SaveThePost
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