Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper Journalist Profile

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Israeli proposal to control aid inside Gaza sparks backlash

1 week 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

1 month 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

2 months ago | 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

2 months ago | 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...
Huge crowds mourn Hizbollah’s Nasrallah at Beirut funeral

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

Hassan Nasrallah, the veteran Hizbollah leader who was killed in an Israeli air strike five months ago, was buried on Sunday after a...
Hizbollah supporters protest in Lebanon as tensions rise over Iran flights

2 months ago | ft.com | Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper |Najmeh Bozorgmehr

The Lebanese army has fired tear gas at supporters of Hizbollah protesting against an Iranian flight being barred from landing in Beirut,...
How Hizbollah is using cash and WhatsApp groups to shore up power

Feb 10, 2025 | ft.com | Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper |Richard Salame

After her son, a Hizbollah military officer, was killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon last year, Umm Hassan made lapel...