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Maya Gebeily

Hezbollah supporters carry the Iran-backed terror group's flag while they ride a motorcycle past destruction, upon their return to their neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs, after a 10-day ceasefire with Israel came into effect, April 17, 2026. (Fadel Itani/AFP)
April 22, 2026, 11:50 am
As internal divisions simmer, Lebanese see echoes of last century’s civil war
Ex-fighters warn country nearing breaking point amid talks with Israel, sharpening rift between government and Hezbollah as well as sectarian fissures over who’s to blame for IDF strikes
By Maya Gebeily and Emilie Madi
A flag of Hezbollah flutters at the site of destroyed buildings following airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs of Ghobeiry neighborhood, on March 5, 2026. (Photo by AFP)
March 21, 2026, 11:53 am
How Iran’s IRGC rebuilt Lebanon’s Hezbollah to be ready for war
Iranian advisers filled the gaps in Hezbollah’s decimated leadership, shifted terror group from a hierarchical command to small decentralized units
By Laila Bassam, TOM PERRY, Samia Nakhoul and Maya Gebeily
Demonstrators wave a Syrian flag during a march marking the 15th anniversary of the start of the Syrian revolution against the Bashar Assad regime in the Old City of Damascus, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
March 18, 2026, 6:49 am
US encouraging Syria to assist with disarming Hezbollah in Lebanon — sources
People briefed on the matter say Damascus is hesitant to take military action in eastern Lebanon, concerned about risks of Iranian missile attacks and domestic instability
By Feras Dalatey, Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari
Members of Syria's White Helmets civil defense service load boxes containing the remains of people found in the basement of a building in the city of al-Sbaynah, southwest of Damascus, on January 29, 2025. (Rami al SAYED / AFP)
December 8, 2025, 10:06 am
A year after Assad’s fall, families of missing detainees languish without answers
National commission probing fate of Syrians who vanished insists work must be careful, systematic; rights groups accuse it of slowing process by monopolizing information, resources
By Khalil Ashawi and Maya Gebeily
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, shakes hands with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Chistodoulides after a joint press conference, at the presidential palace in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon, November 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
November 26, 2025, 2:26 pm
Lebanon, Cyprus sign maritime demarcation deal, hope for energy cooperation
Agreement leaves neighboring Syria as final country with which Lebanon has yet to delineate its sea border
By Ahmed Elimam, Michele Kambas and Maya Gebeily
Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, right, meets with US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, at the People's Palace in Damascus, Syria, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 23, 2025, 6:49 am
US envoy denies Syrian regime forces were involved in atrocities against Druze
Tom Barrack urges Sharaa to be ‘more inclusive quicker’ or risk his country’s fragmentation; says IDF strikes added to ‘confusion,’ offers to be ‘honest intermediary’ between Israel, Syria
By Samia Nakhoul and Maya Gebeily
Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, right, meets with US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, at the People's Palace in Damascus, Syria, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 19, 2025, 8:58 am
Syria erroneously thought it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
Despite months of Israeli warnings not to send forces south, Syrian officials correspondence with US led Damascus to believe it could deploy without prompting confrontation with IDF
By Timour Azhari, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Maya Gebeily
Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah wave flags and hold pictures of their slain leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a rally outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut's southern suburbs, to celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, on June 25, 2025. (Haitham Moussawi/AFP)
July 4, 2025, 3:06 pm
Hezbollah said to be considering partial disarmament after devastating Israeli blows
Terror group said to perceive huge arsenal meant to deter and attack Israel as possible liability; its finances damaged by regional change, Israeli assassinations
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily
IDF soldiers are seen at a former Syrian Army post at Tel Kwdana, Syria, December 11, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
February 28, 2025, 8:19 pm
Report: Israel lobbying US to keep Russian bases in a ‘weak’ Syria
Jerusalem said to have told Washington that Damascus’s new Islamist rulers, backed by Turkey, pose a threat to Israel’s borders
By Maya Gebeily and Humeyra Pamuk
An image of Syrian President Bashar Assad, riddled with bullets, is seen on the facade of the provincial government office in the aftermath of the opposition's takeover of Hama, Syria, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
December 13, 2024, 5:54 pm
Desperate Assad deceived those around him in last hours before stealthy flight from Syria
Ousted Syrian president kept officials and relatives, including his own brother, in dark about his exit plan; hunted for outside help to maintain his rule before eventually fleeing
By Samia Nakhoul, Maya Gebeily, Parisa Hafezi and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
A photo taken on September 18, 2024, in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location. The pagers were used by Hezbollah and the attack has been blamed on Israel. (AFP)
October 16, 2024, 11:31 pm
How Hezbollah was fooled into purchasing explosive pagers
Invisible detonators and wafer-thin plastic explosives turned batteries into bombs after a fake, but convincing, online history was created for bulky new product used by thousands
By Maya Gebeily, James Pearson and David Gauthier-Villars
Mazloum Abdi, who heads the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks during an interview with AFP on October 10, 2023 in Syria's northern city of Hasakeh. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
February 8, 2024, 11:05 pm
Head of US-backed forces in Syria seeks more air defense after deadly drone strike
Syrian Democratic Forces commander Mazloum Abdi says Iran-backed attack that killed six of his men is a ‘dangerous development,’ but US is committed to bolstering defense
By Maya Gebeily
An aerial view of the Mandali crossing between Iraq and Iran. The Mandali crossing on the Iranian border is run by the Badr Organisation, an Iraqi movement founded in Iran, port workers, officials and analysts confirmed. An official there boasted to AFP that a border operative can rake in $10,000 per day in bribes, the bulk of which is distributed to the overseeing armed group and complicit officials. (Thaier Al-SUDANI / AFP)
March 31, 2021, 4:17 pm
‘A mafia’ stealing billions: Iran-tied customs-evasion cartel rules Iraq borders
Many of Iraq’s entry points are informally controlled by groups within the Hashed al-Shaabi, a powerful state-sponsored armed network close to Tehran
By Maya Gebeily
US soldiers stand at a site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq on January 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Qassim Abdul-Zahra)
March 3, 2021, 1:10 pm
Civilian dies of heart attack in rocket assault on Iraq base hosting US troops
Incident comes amid escalating tensions with jihadists, just 2 days ahead of first-ever visit to the country by the pope
By Maya Gebeily
Workers clear debris in the aftermath of rocket attacks in Irbil, Iraq, February 16, 2021. (Salar Salim/AP)
February 24, 2021, 3:49 pm
Rockets against US targets in Iraq seen as Iranian message to Biden
Analysts say Tehran looking to boost its leverage as Washington seeks to rein in its nuclear program
By Maya Gebeily
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