My first piece from Libya is on Tarhuna, where I saw evidence of war crimes on an industrial scale middleeasteye.net/big-story/liby… Around 80 bodies have been pulled from eight mass graves in Tarhuna, and 106 others were found in the local hospital’s morgue since the LNA retreated in June. It’s thought around 300 more people are missing.

An utterly dreadful day in Lebanon.

- Negligence seems cause of blast

- Questions over how much grain country has left

- Destruction across the city

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middleeasteye.net/live/beirut-ex… 2,700 tonnes of highly explosive material sat in Beirut port for years.

@AlexJayMac explains what ammonium nitrate is and how it got to hanger 12 middleeasteye.net/news/beirut-ex…

Election day in Israel, and I’m back covering it for @MiddleEastEye!!! @MiddleEastEye These pictures are everywhere, as Netanyahu tries to capitalise on his mate Trump. But the far right are warning that the so-called 'deal of the century' isn't going far enough. middleeasteye.net/news/israels-f…

There was a hell of a lot coming out of that UN report on Khashoggi's murder yesterday. Here's a thread of MEE's coverage of the highlights, starting with @davidahearst's news piece shar.es/a0xdKF via @MiddleEastEye The report was around 100 pages long, but luckily we had @daniaakkad to scour through it to find some key points, such as @AgnesCallamard suggesting the CIA could have done more to protect Khashoggi shar.es/a0xdOF via @MiddleEastEye

Next up @cooglea discusses MbS, ‘who wanted to institute a reign of terror’ People don’t know the sheer number of people arrested he says

Is it me or does that painting of young Jumblatt silently judge the older version whenever he takes photos with dubious guests? See also:

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