Erika Solomon
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NYT Berlin correspondent. Former correspondent for the FT in the Mideast and Berlin; learned the ropes at Reuters. RTs, favorites not endorsements etc.
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Issam was the sweetest colleague. He let me take a kitten I was nursing on assignment once, and made it a bed in his helmet. But he always reminded me, whenever I got careless: “Our goal is to cover the news, not become it”. I am so sorry this happened to you my dear Issam. RIP.
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Excited to share my 1st feature for
@nytimes
, about the amazing Holocaust survivors who fled war once more, via an amazing rescue by
@TheJDC
&
@JewishClaimsCon
“They told me Germany was my best option. I told them, ‘I hope you’re right”
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Debate over
@MelnykAndrij
comments stirred questions over how 🇩🇪 & 🇺🇦see a dark chapter of their shared history. More important, it exposed how diverging views of history shape one of the tensest European partnerships against Russia’s invasion -
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“Is it any surprise that Jews in Germany worry that the country’s obsession with Israel has more to do with the German psyche than their own sense of safety and belonging?” - fascinating piece by
@Deborah_Feldman
| The Guardian
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“For now we have calm. If it stays that way, it was just a shitty six weeks.” Instead, the real trouble was yet to come.
@FT
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“We’re at the limits of our capacity. I’m raising the red flag.” - by
@GuyChazan
and
@JohnReedwrites
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"Most Germans thought he was the man who was best prepared for the job, but it seems he wasn’t really ready" - Olaf Scholz's terrible week, by
@kbennhold
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"It’s turning my world upside down" - Many Russian-speaking Ukrainians are abandoning their native tongue for Ukrainian to reject "the language of the occupier". Language activists in western Ukraine have formed "language clubs" to promote the switch.
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I said goodbye to the
@FT
this month— thank you to my editors and colleagues for 8 fantastic years. Can’t recommend it enough as a place to work for those that get the chance!
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Germany’s domestic intel agency released its annual report today, & called China “the greatest threat in terms of economic and scientific espionage”—Awkward timing, as 🇩🇪 gov & biz hold talks with 🇨🇳 gov delegation 😬… via
@NYTimes
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Joy&tears -families separated by Isis greet each other for 1st time in 2 yrs thru refugee camp fence
#MosulOffensive
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Spoke to defected syrian officer who served at Shayrat. Says it's the "nerve center" of strikes against rebels due to central position in SY
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“It feels a bit like Psalm 23: ‘You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies”-says an MP whose office sits across the Russian Embassy in berlin. He was told to stop using Bluetooth & close the blinds in the hopes of hindering spies.
@NYTimes
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Christian fighters in 1st liberated christian village
#Bartella
:"We are back home. It's a feeling we can't describe"
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This gives a new meaning to black sheep...everything-kids &animals coated in soot from days of Qayyara oil fires
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Exporting the grain trapped in Ukraine by land requires about 400,000 train wagons. “If you lined those wagons one behind the other, it would be 7,500 kilometers long. That is like the distance from New York to São Paulo. It’s impossible.”
@NYTimes
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In his address to Bundestag,🇺🇦 Pres. Zelensky uses Berlin wall as metaphor for a new, invisible wall he says his country is being dragged behind. Referencing Reagan speech, he addresses
@Bundeskanzler
Scholz sayiing: "tear down this wall" so your descendants will be proud of youi
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This, at a time when civilian death tolls in Syria and Iraq are rising
Exclusive: Trump declares Somalia a war zone, lifts Obama's civilian protection rules for airstrikes, commando raids
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This is interesting -
@AlMayadeenNews
says Syrian military was able to move most of its planes to a safe base before strikes on Shayrat base
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Language fluidity among Ukrainians meant it was not uncommon to hear one person speak Ukrainian & the other reply in Russian
@oonuch
says. But war could change that: “To switch over to Ukrainian is a power. They are so powerless right now. This is the one power they have.”
"It’s turning my world upside down" - Many Russian-speaking Ukrainians are abandoning their native tongue for Ukrainian to reject "the language of the occupier". Language activists in western Ukraine have formed "language clubs" to promote the switch.
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So excited! Many thanks to my colleagues, editors & most of all the people who let us into their lives
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An interesting side of the war portrayed here by
@raghavanWaPo
: Ukrainian volunteer fighters in the east feel abandoned
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Was waiting for a Syrian to show up... "I was born in Syria but raised in Ukraine. Russia destroyed my home country but I will not allow it to destroy Ukraine. These men with me are all ready."
Tarek Al Jassem, a Syrian-Ukrainian businessman from Aleppo raised a platoon with his own money.
Translation:
My dear Ukrainians sons of my city Odessa. I am here and have not departed. We will defend our land. The Russians have destabilized the security of our homes and lands.
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"In Lebanon, the Shia have the vanished Imam Sadr. And now the Sunnis have: The vanished PM Sheikh Saad al-Hariri"
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“Many tell me, ‘Don’t make noise, it’s not our business.’ Well, I think it is our business.” via
@NYTimes
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Met harsh critics of Barzani's referendum, still felt compelled to vote yes: "I saw my village destroyed 3 X. Of course I want independence"
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How did KRG's Barzani get it wrong?Those who know him describe a stubbornness&determination to make history- via
@FT
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You don’t get quotes like this every day: “They immediately blurted out such vulgar things it would make any mother cry. The conversation was hard, and as I was told, masculine”— via
@NYTimes
@VALERIEinNYT
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The search for Leopard tanks for Ukraine has exposed the weaknesses and gaps in armies across Europe. My piece w/
@StevenErlanger
@CFSchuetze
via
@nytimes
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Hariri's visit to UAE to meet the crown prince confirms that Lebanon has entered the lines of direct confrontation with Iran.
توجُّه #الحريري إلى #الإمارات للقاء ولي عهدها يزيد التأكيد أن لبنان دخل خطّ المواجهة المباشرة مع #أيران. #بن_زايد هو القائد الحقيقي للمعسكر.
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The Berlin police are banning a demo planned by Jewish Berliners whose stated message was “Against the murder of our fellow human beings in Gaza1-Jewish and Palestinian people have the same right to live”.
Nach Bewertung aller Umstände und Erkenntnisse sowie der Abwägung sämtlicher Interessen – insbesondere dem Grundrecht auf Versammlungsfreiheit – wurde die für morgen angezeigte Versammlung auf dem
#Oranienplatz
„Jüdische Berliner*innen gegen Gewalt in Nahost – Gegen den Mord an…
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Tragic & beautiful piece. "Even before Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, the world had moved on from Homs. One of the most destroyed cities in Syria became a footnote. But not to me." - Nor to me
@Dr_Ammar_Azzouz
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“The B.N.D. has been considered by all partner services to be a complete molehill… its internal security has failed over the years — time and time and time again.”
@NYTimes
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After much cheering over 'Zeitenwende', Germany seems to drag its feet. "We need to recognize that this is about us — that power politics are back and Germany must play a role"
@ClaudMajor
tells
@kbennhold
and
@StevenErlanger
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“Germany and Europe need to become the engine room for innovation again”—
@ABaerbock
lays out her vision for Europe to the
@FT
with very different plans on fiscal policy & tougher lines on China & Russia than either of her competitors for chancellor
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He used to be a painter/decorator. RIP Khaled Omar, the 132nd member of
@SyriaCivilDef
to die in Syria's war
Khaled Omar. Killed today in Aleppo. A true hero.
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LOL, west Lebanon...
Our bold proposal to reshape Western Europe for a more stable and peaceful future. (Inspired by what Europe did elsewhere.)
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Mike Flynn changed his mind about coup attempt in Turkey after his firm got involved via
@HuffPostPol
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SARC and ICRC now moving in to guarantee safety for evac convoy
الآن دخول محموعات الهلال الأحمر واللجنةالدولية للصليب الأحمرلاستكمال عمليات إجلاء الجرحى والمرضى ومرافقتهم لضمان عدم استهدافهم من الميليشيات
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Defence minister AKK says the last German soldiers have left Afghanistan, ending Germany's evacuation operations in Kabul
Angesichts der sich zuspitzenden Sicherheitslage am Flughafen, bin ich froh und erleichtert, dass unsere Soldatinnen & Soldaten, die diesen gefährliche Einsatz ausgeführt haben, soeben sicher den afghanischen Luftraum verlassen haben. 3/15
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So shocked and saddened to hear this news. I remember watching Shireen’s news reports when I was just starting out.
"I chose journalism so I can be close to human beings. Maybe it's not easy to change the reality, but at least I was able to deliver that voice to the world"
- Shireen Abu Aqleh, a Palestinian journalist who's shot dead by 🇮🇱 forces today.
Rest in power!
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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"The school could accommodate a former CIA director who leaked classified information and a former senior CIA official who apologized for torture—but not the person who led Human Rights Watch for three decades."
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@GretaThunberg
will head to Berlin for next week's
@FFF_Berlin
protest. She "emphasized that she was not promoting a particular party - 'We are not lobbyists for the Greens'." -
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Worrying - are coalition govts tolerating use of white phosphorous in Mosul?
This is the longer version of Amaq video of White phosphorous used yesterday in Zanjili neighborhood of west Mosul
#Iraq
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E. Aleppo resident says everyone in her area inviting IDPs even if homes shelled: "We must stand by each other. No one else will stand w/us"
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The mistaken US assessment of the Taliban came down to something simple: “Wishful thinking seeking to provide a justification to leave.”
@FT
by
@KatrinaManson
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In Najaf, Saudi Arabia quietly seeks out Shia allies for Iraq rapprochement via
@financialtimes
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Is it really possible Baghdad embassy staff don't get how the optics of statements like this look?
Amb. Silliman worked with Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdish Peshmerga to end clashes endangering a Christian community and other civilians.
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A chronicle of Lebanon's annus horribilis & reflections on its once-lauded "resilience." Why does Lebanon have so few heroes? “Well, they’re all dead "
@thebeirutbanyan
tells
@ChloeNCornish
via
@financialtimes
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Turkey to fast track legislation approving troop deployment in Qatar - officials via
@ReutersIndia
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Eight years ago, Ryyan al-Shebl journeyed across the Mediterranean and trekked over Europe fleeing war. Now, he is mayor of a tiny 🇩🇪 town. His story reveals interesting lessons about a nation still wrestling with its new multicultural identity-
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Protesters tear down US flag hanging at the Classy Hotel next to consulate
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About 11 yrs ago I left Syria after an Arabic fellowship and an editor joked I'd never return: "there's no news there". 10 yrs ago, the Arab Spring transformed people's lives across the region, mine too. It can be hard to look back. Here's a great overview by
@LizSly
.
Ten years ago, the Arab Spring swept across the Middle East. Today, the hopes awakened by the pro-democracy uprisings have vanished—but the underlying conditions that drove the unrest are as acute as ever.
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@ChloeNCornish
reports from Anbar, now buzzing with construction projects, bustling markets and family funfairs, like “Fallujah Land” via
@FT
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Meet the men&women making your sausages &cutlets in some of Europe's biggest abattoirs. Here's how they were tricked out of wages 4decades. Germany's new law can hopefully change a lot. Here we show challenges workers, unions, & some devoted lawmakers faced/ may still face ahead
Inside Germany’s slaughterhouses: the human cost of cheap meat. Fascinating - and disturbing - deep dive by
@ErikaSolomon
and
@VALERIEin140
via
@financialtimes
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In Germany, "no politician, no politician, no party treats the climate crisis like an emergency," Thunberg told Tagesspiegel, not even after the "terrible flood tragedy in the summer".
@GretaThunberg
will head to Berlin for next week's
@FFF_Berlin
protest. She "emphasized that she was not promoting a particular party - 'We are not lobbyists for the Greens'." -
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Checked in w/resident in Aleppo,who was holding back tears: "I don't even know what to say. This has been one of the worst days of my life."
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The top rights officer at Europe’s border agency said in a confidential report that it should stop working with Greece because border guards there were mistreating asylum seekers.
By
@MonikaPronczuk
@MatinaStevis
@NYTimes
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“Frustration with the United States has grown across the region as Mr. Blinken’s diplomatic tour presented the unusual spectacle of authoritarian Arab rulers lecturing American officials about human rights.” via
@NYTimes
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The four staffers paid by German taxes to work in the office of ex-chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who refused to relinquish board positions on Russian state companies, have reportedly resigned
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Among ppl fleeing Kirkuk, fear, hearsay, confusion: "I'm not sure what we're running from anymore," one woman jokes."But I don't feel safe"
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“This referendum was definitively identified w/the will of 1 man- but it was also about the network of corruption &small people" around him
How did KRG's Barzani get it wrong?Those who know him describe a stubbornness&determination to make history- via
@FT
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Today's FT free to read - How Syrians in Aleppo navigate life under the bombs and siege via
@FT
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Some Kurds in Kirkuk said their mood so grim, now again see best hope in leaving country: “We don’t have a place here any more..we’re lost"
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Local in Aleppo says spent evening dragging bodies from frontline near his home, left others on street. "At this point I'm hoping for death"
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I went to a luxury getaway in the Bavarian Alps where some locals say the presence of 2 oligarch villas, which became a public debate since Russia’s invasion, has made them rethink the air of silence long kept about the source of wealth among many of their superrich guests
“Many tell me, ‘Don’t make noise, it’s not our business.’ Well, I think it is our business.” via
@NYTimes
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And then there were 2: As IS fades, mediation efforts in Qamishli surge to stave off Assad v.SDF tension - via
@FT
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Said the president, before telling them what to do...
See key points of Trump's speech to Arab leaders during his Saudi visit:
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PT "They are only moving in faster and more fiercely. There's been no positive influence from the strikes," said Kobani activist
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This man at
#Berlin2908
anti corona measures protest is challenging critics with a sign asking where the far-right are. I may have found some potential candidates
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Moscow searches for political path out of Syrian morass by my colleague
@kathrinhille
in Sochi - via
@financialtimes
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Yesterday was bloodiest day in weeks for E. Ghouta, says
@syriahr
, with death toll estimated at 79 killed, 19 of them children
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My favourite poster so far: Ther climate is like beer— it’s shitty warm.
#Klimastreik
@FFF_Berlin
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Situation in Aleppo is dire. Medics describe putting patients two to a bed in ICUs, impact bombs shaking the ground beneath their feet
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I was so moved speaking to gravediggers & morgue workers handling Ukraine’s war dead with
@DiegoIbarra_S
. They feel a special responsibility to handle what others can’t— but now they bear psychic wounds of this war, to which few can relate.
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I love this photo
Two Santas handing out
#toy
cars and
#dolls
in
#Raqa
, the former capital of
#ISIS
#IS
#caliphate
@AFPphoto
by
@Delilsouleman
#Syria
#Santa
#Christmas
#FatherChristmas
#Xmas
#photo
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Germany to close airspace to Russian aircraft
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A rebel commander in E.Aleppo says some forces still insisting on right to take arms in any evacuation. "The talks are not going anywhere"
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Isis shares pic of its fighters in streets of Kirkuk last night
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After reading this thread, my thoughts are w/ Fahad and Loujain this evening. Here’s an interview w/the FT he did in 2017 (It doesn’t show in the piece, but about half the time he spoke about Loujain) - “Saudi’s first comic, on humour and his homeland” -
A couple years ago, when I was writing for American Dad!, I needed an Arabic speaker for a small part. Our casting director recommended a Saudi comedian, who happened to be in LA for a couple months shooting a tv show. His name is Fahad Albutairi.
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She says EU, US learned from suspending 🇮🇷from Swift. It was hard to fund humanitarians. Imagine a Russian abroad unable to send $ to a grandmother."This may sound small...but those responsible for this bloodshed will have ways and means to carry out financial payments anyway."
In Brussels,
@ABaerbock
makes a case against Swift suspension:"In these moments, despite everything going through your heart right now, you have to keep a cool head. It's important we get sanctions in place that have a targeted effect on the power system & don't just sound big."
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What afternoon looks like in Iraq's Qayyara due to Isis oil fires. Now Mishraq plant sulphur gases also sweeping in
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For three years now the Green leadership has gone on a “listening tour” to get to know biz says
@DerDanyal
and what they learned “has been sucked into the DNA and thinking of the party”
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My piece on Aleppo, where Syria rebels holding off regime siege& struggling to find shared strategy with US on ISIS
http://t.co/BI95jQFszt
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While some eager to leave asap, some E. Aleppo residents say they want to walk the streets, hang w/friends at home one last time...
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Traders say more $ moving out now-“The Damascus businessmen are now actually beginning to be afraid, for real”
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Nasrallah says Saudi can punish Hizbollah without punishing the Lebanese people or the Lebanese government, "work your brains a bit"
Nasrallah responds to Saudi comments that Lebanese ppl are innocent ("lucky you") and then brings up Yemen and the high civilian death toll and destruction "Is that the way you're going to rescue the Lebanese people?"
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"The US & the world should dig in for unending struggle btwn the tamed Mr Trump & his dangerous alter ego" via
@FT
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