AP's news director for Lebanon 🇱🇧 Syria 🇸🇾 Iraq 🇮🇶
Beirut, Lebanon
Joined on 24 June, 2009
Replying to @lorienttoday: #COVID19 report for Saturday, Jan. 23:
‣ 4,176 people have tested positive
‣ 26% of local PCR tests were positive…
#COVID19 report for Saturday, Jan. 23:
‣ 4,176 people have tested positive
‣ 26% of local PCR tests were positive
‣ 895 people were in ICU
‣ 52 people have died, bringing the death toll to 2,280
Top Lebanese hospitals fight exhausting battle against virus (from @AP). Our story from inside the Rafik Hariri hospital and American University Medical Center by @FayAbuelgasim with photos by @bilalhusseinz
There was silence as the woman, in her 30s, drew her last breath. Then a brief commotion. The nurses frantically tried to resuscitate her. Finally, exhausted, they removed the oxygen mask and the tubes — and covered the body with a brown blanket. #Lebanon
Replying to @firassabiad: At Rafik Hariri University Hospital, feeling hopeful! Attending the first staff training session by @pfizer on the biolog…
Replying to @APMiddleEast: A relentless surge: Lebanon's hospitals are unable to keep up with the flood of coronavirus patients and have run out of…
A relentless surge: Lebanon's hospitals are unable to keep up with the flood of coronavirus patients and have run out of beds, oxygen tanks, ventilators and medical staff. Doctors and nurses say they are exhausted and feel defeated. By @FayAbuelgasim.
Replying to @AhmadMousaQ: My anger and sorrow is beyond description. This reminds me of the dark days we witnessed in Baghdad for years. So many exp…
Quoted @zkaram
Twin suicide bombings rip through a busy market in central Baghdad, at least 28 killed. It was the first such attack in the capital in nearly two years and comes amid political tensions over planned early elections. @samya_kullab
My anger and sorrow is beyond description. This reminds me of the dark days we witnessed in Baghdad for years. So many explosions and deaths in this one place. Iraqi authorities have FAILED again and again, failed to provide the most basic thing to these poor people -- safety.
Replying to @AP: BREAKING: Twin suicide bombings have hit Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, killing at least six people and wounding over 25 others. https://…
BREAKING: Twin suicide bombings have hit Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, killing at least six people and wounding over 25 others.
Replying to @jpaceDC: It falls now to Biden to both level with Americans about the deep trouble facing the nation and cast ahead to a brighter futur…
It falls now to Biden to both level with Americans about the deep trouble facing the nation and cast ahead to a brighter future.
Historians put the moment on par with, or beyond, the challenges that faced Lincoln or FDR as they took office.
Iraq postpones date for early elections by four months, citing technical reasons.
WHO chief lambasts vaccine profits and inequalities, says the world "is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure." @jameykeaten
Quoted @AUBMC_Official
A Call from the American University of Beirut Medical Center
#covid19 #staysafe #StayHomeStaySafe #stayhome
American university hospital says its intensive care units and regular COVID-19 units + emergency room have reached full capacity. "We are unable to find beds for even the most critical patients."
Replying to @AUBMC_Official: A Call from the American University of Beirut Medical Center
#covid19 #staysafe #StayHomeStaySafe #stayhome https://t.c…
Lebanon begins all-day curfew as virus spins out of control, overwhelming hospitals and medical staff already on the brink.
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