Former @WashingtonPost Middle East. Before that: freelance Mid East corro, civilian harm investigations. Previous life @airwars. | Signal: abbiecheeseman.58

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Working for WaPo’s Middle East team was an honour. But I made the heartwrenching decision to leave the paper last month. I’m still in Lebanon and open for new opportunities. If your newsroom is looking for narrative-driven accountability reporting (or other things!) do reach out
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My only interaction with Amal Khalil came in 2009, when she was so generous to me as I reported a magazine article on a financial scandal rocking Hezbollah and the south—a story critical of the party that she guided me on, she said, because it was more important I got it right.
Read this detailed account from @ZeinakhodrAljaz of the sequence of events leading to the killing of Leb journalist Amal Khalil. Her editors; Leb Pres; Red Cross, were all informed and appealed for help. The Israeli military bombed her shelter anyway then prevented her rescue for hours, attacking the ambulance crews. Targeting journalists and first responders is a heinous breach of int law - no matter their affiliation, no matter it was inside Israeli-occupied land. Leb PM is demanding accountability and calls her killing a ‘blatant war crime’
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The car the journalists were driving behind was hit by an Israeli drone at 2:45 pm killing 2 men inside; Zeinab, Amal took shelter in nearby house; At 2:50pm Amal called her editors, family; President Aoun called on Red Cross, army to rescue them; 4:27pm Israel bombed house
#Lebanon PM Nawaf Salam condemned the killing of journalist Amal Khalil, calling her targeting, the blocking of rescuers “blatant war crime,” says Lebanon will pursue legal accountability.
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Dan Eggen was a reporter’s editor — smart, indefatigable and fearless. He made your prose pop and was proud for you to shine. And he made sure you had fun. His passing is gutting, for his family and all who were lucky enough to work with him. washingtonpost.com/obituarie…
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The paramedic pictured here, Mohammed Suleiman, lost his teenage son Joud, also a paramedic, in an Israeli strike on paramedics in Nabtieh just a few weeks back. Now he mourns more colleagues killed in Israeli attacks on health workers.
Colleagues of paramedic Mahdi Abu Zaid, who was killed in an Israeli strike, mourn during his funeral in Nabatieh, Lebanon, April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
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So if you're keeping score at home, the ceasefire includes Lebanon but also doesn't include Lebanon, America has agreed to all of Iran's demands and Iran has agreed to all of America's demands, America will recognize Iran's right to enrichment and also insist on zero enrichment, Hormuz is completely open but also Hormuz is subject to unclear limitations... There are a lot of confident predictions about a deal that is still unclear and unfinished Both sides are scrambling to portray this as a war-ending victory when there's a decent chance that the war hasn't even ended
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The Israeli strikes on the capital Beirut overnight killed 5 and wounded more than 20 (MOPH) One hit was 300 metres away from a main hospital and in a crowded residential area. IDF says it was targeting a snr Hezbollah commander. Hezb has confirmed one commander killed
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New front opened in Israel’s offensive … for the first time roads targeted in west Bekaa … they link towns where Hezbollah has strong presence … Yuhmor, Suhmor and Libbaya …attempt to isolate them from each other … #Lebanon ...
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Israeli strikes in south Lebanon just this morning have killed seven paramedics and wounded seven more. Three journalists covering the attacks have also been killed.
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Just heartbreaking A paramedic rushes to the site of an Israeli strike in Nabatieh, only to find that the strike killed his son…a teenage boy who stayed in the town, despite displacement orders, to volunteer as a paramedic 42 health workers have been killed thus far in Lebanon
فيديو يوثق لحظة ارتقاء سعداء إسعاف النبطية ووصول والد المسعف جاد إلى مكان الغارة
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Qasmiyeh bridge that Israel targeted Sunday
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Israel has destroyed another main crossing over the Litani River, further isolating southern Lebanon. There is now only one crossing left standing in the Tyre area, where tens of thousands of civilians remain.
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History is tragically repeating itself in #Lebanon: The genesis of today’s conflagration lies in 1980s #Beirut, when the 1979 Iranian revolution collided with the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon writes ⁦@KimGhattas#Iran #Israel giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic…
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The great @LovedayM traveled to Kurdish militant camps on the Iran-Iraq border to investigate whether fighters crossed into Iran or were involved in covert ops with Israel / the US. The definitive account of what happened, & what didn’t. @newlinesmag now newlinesmag.com/reportage/ir…
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The Israeli military says it has killed 570 Hezbollah fighters since the war began less than 3 weeks ago. The death toll reported by the health ministry here in Lebanon - which includes combatants and civilians - as of yesterday, stood at 1,001.
#عاجل استهداف أكثر من 2,000 هدف في لبنان منذ دخول حزب الله إلى المعركة خدمة لنظام الملالي 🔸في إطار جهد الدفاع الأمامي تواصل الفرق العسكرية 91، 146، 36 تنفيذ عمليات مداهمة ونشاطات برية مركزة في جنوب لبنان ضد حزب الله الإرهابي. حتى الان تم استهداف أكثر من 2,000 هدف إرهابي ومن بينها: ❌تدمير نحو 120 مقر قيادة لحزب الله ❌تدمير اكثر من 100 مستودع اسلحة ❌تدمير أكثر من 130 منصة إطلاق قذائف صاروخية ❌القضاء على أكثر من 570 إرهابيًا من حزب الله من بينهم نحو 220 من عناصر قوة الرضوان ونحو 150 من عناصر القذائف الصاروخية وقائدين تعادل رتبتهما رتبة لواء، وأربعة برتبة مقابلة لعميد، وثمانية برتبة عقيد، و22 في مستوى قائد كتيبة. 🔸سيواصل جيش الدفاع العمل بقوة وحزم ضد حزب الله الإرهابي ولن يسمح بالمساس بمواطني دولة إسرائيل
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Israel will conduct a “wide” attack targeting crossings over the Litani River, which risks by severing nearly 10% of Lebanon’s territory from the rest of the country. How will people maintain any access to food or aid, when these crossings are bombed? A humanitarian catastrophe
#عاجل ‼️انذار عاجل إلى سكان جنوب لبنان 🔸نظرًا لأنشطة حزب الله ونقل عناصر إرهابية إلى جنوب لبنان برعاية السكان المدنيين يضطر جيش الدفاع إلى قيام باستهداف واسع ودقيق لأنشطة حزب الله الارهابية. 🔸بناء على ذلك، ولمنع نقل تعزيزات ووسائل قتالية ينوي جيش الدفاع مهاجمة معابر على نهر الليطاني وذلك بدءً من ساعات ظهر اليوم. 🔸حرصًا على سلامتكم يجب عليكم مواصلة الانتقال إلى منطقة شمال نهر الزهراني والامتناع عن أي تحرك جنوبًا الذي قد يعرض حياتكم للخطر.
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Entire building brought down in the middle of Beirut at 05:30 in the morning
Another strike incoming on central Beirut. Gunfire crackling in the streets to alert those who don’t happen to be on Twitter at 4am that they’re in danger. Two other strikes hit central Beirut overnight without warning, at least 6 dead in those according to MoH
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Another strike incoming on central Beirut. Gunfire crackling in the streets to alert those who don’t happen to be on Twitter at 4am that they’re in danger. Two other strikes hit central Beirut overnight without warning, at least 6 dead in those according to MoH
#عاجل ‼️انذار عاجل إلى سكان بيروت وتحديدًا حي الباشورة ⭕️الى كل من يتواجد في المبنى المحدد بالأحمر في الخريطة المرفقة والمباني المجاورة له: أنتم تتواجدون بالقرب من منشأة تابعة لحزب الله الإرهابي والتي سيعمل ضدها جيش الدفاع. ⭕️حرصًا على سلامتكم وسلامة أفراد عائلاتكم عليكم اخلاء المبنى المحدد وتلك المجاورة له فورًا والابتعاد عنها لمسافة لا تقل عن 300 متر
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SCOOP: Senior Israeli officials tell U.S. diplomats Iranian protesters “will get slaughtered” if they take to the streets, though Israel is still angling for a popular uprising, per a State Department cable from Embassy Jerusalem 🧵
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Lebanon’s ministry of Health reports: 826 killed in Lebanon, including 106 children 2009 wounded 106 children killed in 12 days. Almost 9 children a day in a country half the size of the land mass of Wales
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