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2 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Beirut 1952, Photogarpher unknown Image
*not 1952; sometime earlier
See archive here - stunning - flickr.com/photos/foundsl… via @NasriAtallah
Photographers Irma Louise (Carter) Rudd and John H. Rudd

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5 Dec
Beirut is a city of a thousand aftermaths. Four months on from the explosion, we looked at the story of one, The Orient Queen, Lebanon's only cruise liner. it was 500m from the explosion in the port.
we received this picture just after the blast, and enquires from the companies at the port for a high resolution copy, as they were still looking for lost staff members. Image
The ship was something special, it served only the Arab market. Passengers who could afford it, could travel to Greece and its islands without need for a visa. On the day of the explosion, no passengers were on board, because of Covid. However, 23 crew members were on the ship.
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26 Aug
Things TV editors say that fill reporters with dread ht @JohnReedwrites
1/ Amazing piece for the Six, I have a few suggestions for Ten.
2/ I liked the way you slowly build it up, but can we put the explosion at the top?
3/ Have you seen the pics that just appeared on twitter/Instagram/snapchat, the editor wants to include them. (Repeat every 15 mins until air)
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9 Aug
Exclusive footage of the moment before Beirut's ruin. And the devastating story of Sahar Fares, the 27 year old firefighter medic who lost her life in the blast. @GhassanBBC @colmonews @cswift2
Sahar was the only female member of the team. Her and nine colleagues were lost in the explosion.
She loved her job, evening going into the firehouse on her days off.
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14 Oct 19
Breaking: the kids are safe.
Here’s a list via @Dalatrm of some countries that have repatriated extremist family members from Syria - some with regime support
Malaysia
Russia
Chechnya
Belgium
Uzbekistan
Australia
Germany
Kosovo
USA
France
Latest : @savechildrenuk the children were unharmed and “They were being cared for in a centre for lone children run by a local agency in Ein Issa.”
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13 Oct 19
It’s clear that the western strategy of using north eastern Syria as a holding pen for jihadists and their families is approaching an end. But where will they end up?
The SDF repeatedly told Britain to take back the likes of Shamima Begum and Jack Letts. Instead the UK stripped them of their citizenship. It was never a sustainable policy in the long term.
So where will the thousands of foreign IS prisoners end up? If the Kurds reach a deal with Damascus, then the regime will take them. Or Turkey might get to the prisons first. In the meantime IS fighters are escaping in the chaos; more will follow.
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13 Oct 19
These three kids, Amira, Hamza and Hiba, are orphans of the Islamic State. Their nationality has been a mystery since they were found after the fall of Baghouz. Their in a Kurdish-run camp in NE Syria not far from the Turkish-led incursion
They speak Arabic. Amira, who is ten, was brought to Syria five years ago. Like many of the children left by radicalised parents, they are wary of revealing details about themselves.
But when the kids are alone together, it was noticed that they spoke English.
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