MAYA GEBEILY

Reporter

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • AFP
  • Archives
Search

law

HRW warns against secret repatriations from Syria | ِِAFP

February 7, 2019February 24, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on February 7, 2019]

Any transfers of suspected foreign jihadists and their relatives out of Syria should be transparent, Human Rights Watch told AFP, as camps in the northeast fill with families of different nationalities.

Continue reading →

In rebel Syria, a race to save precious property deeds | AFP

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here June 20, 2018]

Beirut (AFP) – The external hard drive had been smuggled from Syrian regime territory through jihadist-held towns and into Turkey. When Ghazwan Koronful finally got his hands on it, he sighed in relief.

Continue reading →

New Syrian land law raises red flags for rights groups, lawyers | AFP

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

[Published here May 4, 2018]

Beirut (AFP) – Rights groups and specialists are sounding the alarm over a new Syrian law on urban development, saying millions of displaced risk never returning home after losing claim to land left behind.

Continue reading →

Election fever hits Lebanon, nine years since last legislative vote | AFP

April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on April 18, 2018]

As its first parliamentary vote in nearly a decade approaches, Lebanon has been swept into campaign fever: posters on every corner, televised debates, and neighbours bickering over new electoral procedures.

Continue reading →

Lebanon activists ramp up pressure on reviled rape law | AFP

April 22, 2017May 21, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on April 22, 2017]

Beirut (AFP) – Lebanese activists ramped up their campaign to scrap a controversial law allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free, with a dramatic installation on Saturday along Beirut’s sunny seaside.

Continue reading →

Instagram

People have to eat. Two days after the sadistic attack at Tayaran Square, vegetable stalls and day-laborers are back, trying to earn enough to survive #Iraq's economic downturn. But they've got plenty of questions. Why now? Is this the first attack of many? And why weren't security forces able to stop the two bombers? In my latest for AFP, I take a look at what this attack might tell us about Iraq's security forces, worn down by Covid-19, political infighting and corruption. Link in bio.
When you say "social distance," I say how high.
Overdue & overwhelmed.
My Tweets

Categories

  • AFP
  • Archives
  • Articles
  • Culture
  • Iraq
  • ISIS
  • Kurdistan
  • Lebanon
  • Media Appearance
  • Middle East
  • NOW News
  • Syria
  • Turkey
  • Women

Tags

Baghdad 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 security Syria Syrian Democratic Forces talks US war women

Recent Posts

  • Rocket strikes on US in Iraq seen as ‘message from Iran’ | AFP
  • Baghdad blasts expose gaps in Iraq’s strained military | AFP
  • Twin suicide attacks hit Baghdad | DW
  • One year after US killed Iran general, Iraq tensions boil | AFP
  • ‘Cheaper than water’: Iraqis angry but unsurprised over Blackwater pardons AFP
Blog at WordPress.com.