MAYA GEBEILY

Reporter

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Newsletter
  • Personal Writings
  • Archives
  • About
Search

civilians

In Iraq protests, counting the dead is a dangerous job | AFP

October 31, 2019November 2, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on October 31, 2019]

Baghdad (AFP) – One protester killed. Then five. Suddenly, more than 40. As Iraq’s anti-government demonstrations turned bloody, a network of rights defenders and medics began documenting deaths to fill a gag order on casualty numbers.

Continue reading →

Civilians stream out of Baghouz | BBC Scotland

February 16, 2019June 13, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

I spoke to BBC Scotland’s Isabel Fraser and Gordon Brewer on February 16, 2019 on the deeply disturbing state of civilians fleeing the final Islamic State group pocket of Baghouz in eastern Syria.

Listen in here, with my interview starting around 1:07:00.

Tribal truckers, praying paramedics: mixed bag on last IS front | AFP

February 15, 2019February 24, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on February 15, 2019]

As destitute civilians stumble out of the Islamic State group’s last enclave in east Syria, a mixed bag of unlikely characters are pitching in to help get them to safety.

Continue reading →

Anti-IS force says near ‘final’ week of Raqa fight | AFP

October 8, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on October 9, 2017]

Raqa (Syria) (AFP) – US-backed fighters battling to oust the Islamic State group from Syria’s Raqa were nearing the “final week” of their assault, the campaign’s commander told AFP on Sunday. Continue reading →

Trapped in Syria’s Raqa, civilians become human shields for IS | AFP

October 8, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here October 9, 2017]

Hawi al-Hawa (Syria) (AFP) – As fighters from the Islamic State group retreat into a shrinking part of Syria’s Raqa, they are dragging along terrified civilians for cover against a ferocious US-backed onslaught.

Continue reading →

After dreams of freedom, a bitter escape from Syria’s Raqa | AFP

September 26, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here September 27, 2017]

HAWI AL-HAWA (SYRIA) (AFP) – For years, Gharam Habbal and her elderly father had desperately dreamt of escaping the Islamic State group’s hellish grip on Raqa. But when she finally fled, he wasn’t with her.

Continue reading →

Mosul area retaken, but still danger of IS attack | AFP

November 13, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 13, 2016]

Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) – A black Humvee speeds down a dusty road in eastern Mosul carrying two boys: one is dead, and the other’s leg has been torn open by the same mortar strike.

Continue reading →

Syria regime relentless on siege of ‘thorn in side’ Daraya | AFP

May 23, 2016 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here May 23, 2016]

Beirut (AFP) – Under international pressure, Syria’s government has agreed to partial aid access for thousands of civilians living under regime siege but one town near Damascus remains a “thorn in its side”: Daraya.

Continue reading →

Instagram

Dubai, being Dubai.
“Let the dead go first, then maybe one day the living can go.” Syrians sending the bodies of their loved ones across the border to their waiting relatives. Turkish authorities have allowed only the dead - not the living - to cross into Syria to be buried. Story in bio.
An Arabic workbook belonging to a Syrian child who was still trapped under the rubble. Attempted rescue operations just moments before a new body was pulled out. A Syrian man examines the body of his brother’s grandchild. Salah Al-Naasan, who lost his daughter-in-law and three grandchildren - including the one seen in the previous photo, the one pulled out of the rubble in the earlier video, and the unborn child of his pregnant, lifeless daughter-in-law. He is crying out to see if the unborn child can somehow be saved. On both sides of the border, Syrians suffer.
My Tweets

Categories

  • AFP
  • Appearance
  • Archives
  • Articles
  • climate
  • Culture
  • Iraq
  • ISIS
  • Kurdistan
  • Lebanon
  • Middle East
  • NOW News
  • Personal Writings
  • Reuters
  • Syria
  • technology
  • TRF
  • Turkey
  • Women

Tags

children conflict demonstrations diplomacy displaced Geneva government health Iran Iraq IS ISIS Islamic State Islamic State group kurdistan Lebanon oil politics protests Raqqa rebels refugees rights security Syria Syrian Democratic Forces talks US war women

Recent Posts

  • Crimea showers Syria with wheat, Ukraine cries foul
  • Syria resisting Russia’s efforts to broker Turkey summit, sources say
  • U.S.-backed force in Syria wants ‘stronger’ U.S. warning for Turkey
  • Analysis: At Qatar World Cup, Mideast tensions spill into stadiums
  • Iranian fans savour victory but wrangle over protests
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • MAYA GEBEILY
    • Join 63 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • MAYA GEBEILY
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar