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Iraq offers to try foreign IS suspects, for a price | AFP

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here April 10, 2019]

Iraq has offered to put on trial hundreds of accused foreign jihadists in Baghdad in exchange for millions of dollars, potentially solving a legal conundrum for Western governments but sparking rights concerns. Continue reading →

As clock ticks, little progress visible on Idlib deal | AFP

October 4, 2018October 4, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[A joint piece with colleague Tony Gamal Gabriel, published here on October 4, 2018]

The clock is ticking to implement a Russian-Turkish deal for the Syrian rebel region of Idlib, but its terms remain hazy and little has changed on the ground.

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Confusion among Syria rebels as Idlib deadline nears | AFP

October 1, 2018October 2, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[A joint piece with Beirut’s Deputy Bureau Chief Layal Abou Rahal, published here on October 1, 2018]

With a deadline for establishing a demilitarised zone around Syria’s Idlib inching closer, confusion and apprehension is rife among Turkish-backed rebels who fear it will cost them their last stronghold.

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Live from Idlib, an American broadcasts from Syria’s last rebel zone | AFP

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on September 23, 2018]

Beirut (AFP) – Pointing to a green screen as if presenting a weather forecast, Bilal Abdul Kareem analyses the Turkish-Russian deal over Syria’s Idlib, broadcasting in his native English from inside the war-torn country’s last rebel stronghold.

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Foreign fighters in Syria’s Idlib face last stand | AFP

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on September 10, 2018]

Hailing from far and wide, they flocked to Syria to wage “holy war”. Now foreign jihadists face a fight to the last to hold onto Idlib, their final bastion.

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Four years and one caliphate later, IS claims Idlib comeback | AFP

January 16, 2018January 17, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here January 16, 2018]

The Islamic State group has been roundly defeated across much of Syria — which made it all the more surprising when it announced an official comeback in the country’s northwest last week.

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Mosul battle leaving legacy of environmental damage | AFP

December 12, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on December 12, 2016]

Qayyarah, Iraq // The battle to retake Mosul from ISIL is leaving a legacy of environmental damage and health risks that will pose dangers to people for years to come.

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‘Take cover!’ Tackling IS car bombs in Iraq | AFP

November 15, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 15, 2016]

It only takes a split second for the expression on the Iraqi soldier’s face to transform from relaxed contentment to absolute terror. “Car bomb!”

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Will Syria’s foreign fighters turn on the West? | NOW News

June 9, 2014December 16, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here June 9, 2014]

“There are brothers from all over the place – America, Canada, China, Indonesia. This is the most beautiful thing about the Islamic state,” says Abu Sumayyah excitedly, in flawless, London-accented English. “It’s beautiful ‘cause we’re all one ummah.”

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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.
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