Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper Journalist Profile

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The fate of Gaza: ‘It all depends on Trump’

1 week ago | ft.com | James Shotter |Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper |Heba Saleh |Guy Chazan

Ahmed al-Wadiyeh knows how his brother died because every night this week he has sat in a hospital chair and listened while his...
Entire Gaza population at risk of famine, says UN

1 week ago | ft.com | Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper |Neri Zilber

Gaza’s entire population is at risk of famine, the UN has said, as the rollout of a controversial US and Israeli-backed aid scheme using...
Desperate Gazans overwhelm aid hub run by US-backed group

1 week ago | ft.com | James Shotter |Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper

Waves of desperate Palestinians overwhelmed a humanitarian distribution centre in southern Gaza on Tuesday, as a controversial new aid...
Israeli proposal to control aid inside Gaza sparks backlash

1 month ago | ft.com | Mehul Srivastava |Heba Saleh |Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper

The Israeli military is proposing a new system of aid distribution points inside Gaza manned by soldiers or private contractors, sparking...
Israeli bombing plunges Gazans back into war

2 months ago | ft.com | Heba Saleh |Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper

Israel’s renewed offensive in Gaza and the breaking of its ceasefire with Hamas has plunged Palestinians in the besieged enclave back...
Syrian government agrees deal to integrate Kurdish forces

2 months ago | ft.com | Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper |Andrew England

Syria’s government said it had reached a deal to integrate a Kurdish-dominated armed faction into state institutions, a significant...
Syria’s sectarian violence prompts reckoning for new president

2 months ago | ft.com | Sarah Dadouch |Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper

When forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad launched attacks along Syria’s coast last week, it appeared to realise a fear that...
US condemns Syria violence after hundreds killed in sectarian clashes

2 months ago | ft.com | Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper |Sarah Dadouch

Hundreds of people have been killed in Syria after clashes between pro-government and pro-Assad forces escalated into sectarian violence,...
Scores killed as Assad loyalists clash with Syrian security forces

Mar 7, 2025 | ft.com | Sarah Dadouch |Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper |Raya Jalabi

Scores of people were reported killed in Syria on Friday as members of the government’s security forces clashed with loyalists of deposed...
Israel threatens to cut water and electricity in renewed Gaza siege

Mar 4, 2025 | ft.com | Mehul Srivastava |Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper

Israel is threatening to cut off water and electricity to Gaza and tighten its siege of the enclave to pressure Hamas into releasing the...