Nazih Osseiran

Lebanon, United States

Middle East Correspondent at Thomson Reuters Foundation

Middle East Correspondent at Context

Middle East Correspondent @ContextNewsroom a product of @TRF. Formerly with @wsj @DailyStarLeb and @FinancialTimes. Email [email protected]

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No milk, no diapers - US aid cuts hit Syrian refugees in Lebanon

5 days ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

What’s the context? USAID cuts may push desperate Syrian refugees into further debt, prostitution to survive, UN warns. Aid agencies forced to cut cash transfersAssistance reaching fraction of targeted recipientsRefugees taking on debt to feed familiesBEIRUT - Amal al-Merhi's twin 10-month-old daughters often go without milk or diapers. She feeds them a mix of cornstarch and water because milk is too expensive. Instead of diapers, Merhi ties plastic bags around her babies' waists.
Q&A: No fuel, no food, only fear in Gaza, says Red Crescent head

2 weeks ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

A member of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) walks near an ambulance and Israeli military vehicle, during a raid, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 28, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen SawaftaWhat’s the context? After 15 aid workers were killed, head of Palestine Red Crescent Society says his people are scared but determined to keep working.
Nascent tech sector ignites hopes for Syria's future

1 month ago | thestar.com.my | Nazih Osseiran

BEIRUT: When Bashar al-Assad was forced out of power by rebels in Syria, Jude Khouja and his Syrian friends in the US felt they had to do something to help rebuild a country dear to them after decades of brutal rule and conflict. They spent the days after Assad's overthrow in December talking on WhatsApp about their options under the new rulers who said they want to establish a free market economy and open Syria for foreign investment. "Everybody was excited," Khouja said.
Nascent tech sector ignites hopes for Syria

1 month ago | taipeitimes.com | Nazih Osseiran

By Nazih Osseiran / Thomson Reuters Foundation, BEIRUT When former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was forced out of power by rebels, Jude Khouja and his Syrian friends in the US felt they had to do something to help rebuild a country dear to them after decades of brutal rule and conflict.
Nascent tech sector ignites hopes for Syria's future

1 month ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

What’s the context? After decades of Assad's rule, the tech sector offers hope to Syrians, but sanctions and a weak economy are obstacles to growth.
Education at risk in West Bank from funding cuts, Israeli operation

1 month ago | nst.com.my | Nazih Osseiran - |Nazih Osseiran

Every day, children in the West Bank run the gauntlet of Israeli roadblocks, checkpoints and settler attacks on their way to school. Since Israel launched a major operation in the West Bank in January, the trip has become even more perilous. Thousands of troops are sweeping through refugee camps and cities and demolishing houses and infrastructure, including roads children use to get to school.
Education at risk in West Bank from Israel operation, funding cuts

1 month ago | context.news | Nazih Osseiran

What’s the context? Going to school has always been difficult in the West Bank, but Israeli operations are making it dangerous. Conflict threatens education progress in West BankIsraeli operations disrupt access for 806,000 studentsReduced funds for UNRWA exacerbate crisisBEIRUT - Every day, children in the West Bank run the gauntlet of Israeli roadblocks, checkpoints and settler attacks on their way to school.
Traumatised Gaza children face aid blocks on return to school

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Nazih Osseiran

Beirut — Children have returned to school in Gaza, taking classes in tents or in the rubble of schools where families sheltered during the war, but trauma, aid blockades and the threat of more fighting could derail their drive to learn. At least 14,500 children were killed in the war and thousands wounded, according to Unicef. More than 400 teachers were also killed, the UN says, and now most of Gaza’s children need mental health support for trauma, aid agencies say.
Human Rights Watch condemns 'censorship' at UN internet forum in Riyadh

2 months ago | telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com | Nazih Osseiran

BEIRUT: The Human Rights Watch researcher for Saudi Arabia said U.N. organisers of a major internet summit in Riyadh threatened to eject her from the event for mentioning a jailed Saudi teacher and later censored a video containing criticism of the kingdom.
In West Bank, Israeli army operation batters war-depleted economy

Feb 11, 2025 | japantimes.co.jp | Nazih Osseiran

When a ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip last month, Palestinian activist Ahmad Kilani hoped the pause in fighting would also bring a return to peace in his hometown of Yabad in the occupied West Bank. But his joy turned to fear when, just two days later on Jan. 21, large columns of Israeli army vehicles backed by helicopters and drones stormed the nearby Jenin refugee camp at the start of a major crackdown in the West Bank.