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Neil MacFarquhar

National Correspondent at The New York Times

So much poisonous nonsense on here that I am mostly @nmacfarquhar.bsky.social Correspondent, NY Times. Moscow, Cairo, USA. 2017 Pulitzer

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  • 1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Neil MacFarquhar

    For months last year, the toll mounted, with repeated Israeli attacks on apartment buildings, bunkers and speeding vehicles. The head of the elite special forces, the head of the drone unit, the head of the missile unit. All of them killed. The same for the intelligence chief and the head of the southern front -- more than 15 senior Hezbollah military commanders eliminated in total.

  • 2 weeks ago | thestate.com | Aaron Boxerman |Farnaz Fassihi |Neil MacFarquhar |Javier Hernández

    Missiles glow across the sky as Israeli air defenses in Ashkelon, Israel, work to defend against a missile attack from Iran, as seen in the northern distance beyond the waterfront of Gaza City, on Friday, June 13, 2025. SAHER ALGHORRA NYT Warning of a protracted fight, Israel and Iran carried out waves of deadly attacks Saturday, disregarding international pleas for an immediate de-escalation of hostilities.

  • 2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Aaron Boxerman |Farnaz Fassihi |Neil MacFarquhar |Javier Hernández

    EDITORS NOTE: EDS: SUBS throughout to update and expand; NEW headline; ADDS contributor note; RECODES as a Page 1 refer.); (ART ADV: With photos.); (With: IRAN-ISRAEL-MISCALCULATION, ISRAEL-IRAN-ASSESS); Reporting was contributed by Lynsey Chutel, Qasim Nauman, Leily Nikounazar, Natan Odenheimer, Adam Rasgon, Francesca Regalado and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Neil MacFarquhar

    You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The Abqaiq oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia, after it was damaged in an attack from Iran in 2019. Israel’s attacks on Iran renewed fears of war between the countries and immediately threatened the region’s economy.

  • 1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Luke Broadwater |Jonathan Swan |Ismaeel Naar |Neil MacFarquhar

    President Trump, swiftly dismantling decades of U.S. government policy that treated Syria like a pariah, held an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday with its president, Ahmed al-Shara, the former leader of a rebel group designated as a terrorist organization by the American government.

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Neil MacFarquhar
Neil MacFarquhar @NeilMacFarquhar
30 Apr 25

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Neil MacFarquhar
Neil MacFarquhar @NeilMacFarquhar
25 Mar 25

Putin has said since at least 2014 that Russia should absorb Ukraine, yet #Witkoff, the Trump envoy unable to name the provinces #Russia occupies said: “Why would they want to absorb #Ukraine? For what purpose, exactly?" Ignorant that Putin seeks to reconstruct an empire.

Neil MacFarquhar
Neil MacFarquhar @NeilMacFarquhar
7 Mar 25

What is the address to alert @DOGE to government waste? "US CDC reportedly plans study on potential connections between vaccines and autism"