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2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Hala Gorani |Briony Sowden |Astha Rajvanshi

By , and DAMASCUS, Syria — It was a small act of teenage defiance that sparked a revolution, a moment forever inscribed in Syrian history. When 15-year-old Mouawiya Syasneh and a group of classmates from Daraa sprayed the words “It’s your turn, Doctor” on the wall of their school, the reference to dictator Bashar al-Assad would become inextricably linked with a 13-year civil war.

Sep 27, 2024 | msn.com | Hala Gorani |Briony Sowden

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Sep 27, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Briony Sowden |Hala Gorani

JERUSALEM — Almost 12 months of unbridled war, death, destruction and suffering in Gaza have proved the deadliest conflict on record for journalists. One year in, NBC News has spoken to 21 media professionals and organizations in the region who described killings, attacks and arrests by Israeli forces. As of Aug. 31, 116 journalists had been killed since Oct. 7, according to statistics from the Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonprofit based in New York.

Aug 16, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Hala Gorani |Corky Siemaszko |Briony Sowden

Aug. 17, 2024, 9:25 AM UTCNot long after Hamas launched the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel and sparked the now 10-month war in the Gaza Strip, another killing was reported in the occupied West Bank. A 40-year-old Palestinian street vendor and farmer named Bilal Saleh was harvesting olives on his family's small plot of land when, according to his family, he was fatally shot in the chest by an Israeli who lives in one of the Jewish settlements that ring Al-Sawiya.

Jul 24, 2024 | autos.yahoo.com | Hala Gorani |Briony Sowden |Rima Abdelkader |Marin Scott |Caroline Radnofsky |Matthew Mulligan | +5 more

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military is destroying medical facilities in Gaza and debilitating the health care system there, 14 doctors and two nurses told NBC News, a campaign they all said includes detaining and killing medical staff in their workplaces and in their homes. The Israeli military has defended its actions by saying the medical facilities in Gaza are being used as operating bases for Hamas, but either way, the scenes are harrowing.