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Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 08/03/2025

About 125 civilians executed by govt forces according to Syrian Network for Human Rights, a monitor considered independent and credible Interim president al-Sharaa called for govt forces to avoid attacking civilians or abusing prisoners @willchristou.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Syrian security forces execute 125 civilians in battle against Assad loyalists

Battle in Latakia is marked escalation by Bashar al-Assad loyalists against Syria’s new Islamist-led government

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Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Speaker Mike Johnson insisting today that Trump’s halt on US aid to #Ukraine is a “temporary pause”- tells me it’s a “strategic move” that Congressional Republicans support

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Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

It’s my last day covering Congress at The National, and it also happens to be #MardiGras — House Majority Leader Steve Scalisse unknowingly gave me a nice Hill send off with a King Cake for the Capitol press corps today 🎭

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Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Speaker Johnson answers my Q on if Sec Rubio should have gone thru Congress on $3bn #Israel arms sale/Trump #Gaza plan 🧵: “We'll have some important information on that tonight..what’s happening at State DOD& all through the White House is well within the President's authority.”

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Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

My sit down w/ @unrwausa.bsky.social's Mara Kronenfeld, ahead of launch of twin bills aimed at restoring US funds "The American people have stepped up where our government,sadly, has let us down," but funding halt "destroying hope" at critical moment for #Gaza www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025...

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Washington's UNRWA funding freeze is destroying hope, agency's US chief says | The National

UNRWA USA lobbying Congress ahead of move to restore funding to the Palestinian relief agency

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Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🧵🗞️Some professional news: Next week is my last at @TheNationalNews after 4 years. It's a bittersweet leap- my second day was J6 2021 manning social media on what was supposed to be a quiet shift ...

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Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

📬This week in #ViewFromDC: The Middle East staged duelling summits on #UkraineRussiaWar, as POTUS further upended Washington's traditional alliances in Europe. The implications could well form a through-line pointing straight to #Gaza Read/subscribe👇 www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...

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Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Seconding PoPville’s NO!!! Such a loss to DC independent cinema— so many memories at this theater, a true treasure

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Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

📬 Subscribe to my newsletter #ViewFromDC for a weekly roundup of US-MENA policy+big stories from the capital This week-Will MENA stand up to Trump's #Gaza "takeover"? King Abdullah came to DC w/the weight of that q,& millions in US aid dollars,on his shoulders www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/...

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View from DC | The National

The inside scoop from The National’s Washington bureau

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Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Ashamed to admit it was only a couple weeks ago I realized this platform was just pronounced blue-sky and doesn’t rhyme with “brewski.” 🍺 (Hello, I am from the Midwest).

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Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 17/02/2025

Is the US missing a ‘Berlin Wall’ moment in Syria with foreign aid cuts? Trump’s stop to foreign aid threatens key operations in Syria at a crucial moment of transition, @elliesennett.bsky.social writes. www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025...

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Is US missing 'Berlin Wall' moment in Syria with foreign aid cuts? | The National

Donald Trump's halt on assistance comes at key moment of transition for Damascus

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Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

My latest for The National on Syria- Is the US missing “Berlin Wall moment” with slash of foreign aid? Read here👇🏻

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