Nabih

@nabihbulos63k followers

Middle East bureau chief for @latimes. (RT's & likes not endorsements or agreement; used to mark tweets.) Covers a lot of places. Can play violin. A little.

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#	Date	Post	↓ Outlier	Views	Likes	Reposts	Bookmarks
1	Feb 25, '22	I've covered so many wars in the Middle East, and the difference in the level of empathy and attention compared to what you see regarding the war in Ukraine really gives one pause.	385×	0	72k	14k	1.2k
2	Aug 30, '21	#Taliban fighters enter a hangar in #Kabul Airport and examine #chinook helicopters after #US leaves #Afghanistan.	188×	0	22k	8.8k	1.3k
3	Sep 27, '24	Just to be clear, the casualties from this will be huge. It's a densely populated area, and adjacent buildings were also affected. I've rarely seen this much destruction in a strik	186×	1.6M	3.3k	1.2k	200
4	Dec 25, '24	How can @60Minutes regurgitate an objectively incorrect statement like this? The pager explosions did harm & maim people near the ostensible targets, as my colleagues and I d	73.8×	652k	24k	2.8k	611
5	Sep 12, '24	Never seen this one before. A hospital says.	42×	371k	12k	2.3k	299
6	Sep 8, '21	#Taliban try to stop women protesters in #Kabul's Dashti-E-Barchi. Moments later, they passed.	37.4×	0	5.7k	1.5k	84
7	Aug 30, '21	The funerals for the 10 civilians killed in what is thought to be a #US drone strike on #Kabul.	37×	0	5.2k	2k	83
8	Aug 5, '20	Still here, folks. Thanks for all the messages. Thank whatever deity for the motorcycle helmet. #Beirut #LAT	26.9×	0	6.3k	327	35
9	Feb 26, '22	A scene from inside the residential building struck by a rocket this morning in #Kyiv, #Ukraine.	22.3×	0	2.7k	1.3k	180
10	Oct 22, '24	Surreal moment of waiting for an #Israel-i airstrike on the edge of Ghobeiry. #Beirut #Lebanon	20.9×	185k	443	251	112
11	Aug 30, '21	A US airstrike in #Kabul was supposed to have killed #ISIS-K suicide bombers. Instead, it appears to have killed 10 civilians, including 7 children. Our story with @yamphoto.	20.6×	0	1.9k	1.2k	107
12	Aug 27, '24	There really is an epidemic of people telling Palestinians what to do who seem to have no historical knowledge of what Palestinians have already done in the name of peace.	19.2×	170k	984	209	52
13	Oct 10, '20	Third-world migrant here. I'm a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. And a concert violinist. What, if anything, can you do?	18.4×	0	3.8k	488	24
14	Dec 8, '24	#Syria PM under #Assad releases video statement from his home saying he's staying in the country and will help for a smooth transition of power. What a night...	16×	142k	468	205	56
15	May 11, '22	Unbelievable. And what's worse, there will be no accountability.	12.7×	0	2.1k	585	39
16	Dec 7, '22	Perhaps it's time to retire such headlines, no?	12×	0	2.3k	278	41
17	Apr 16, '22	The new cemetery in Eastern #Ukraine's #Severodonetsk, where the hundreds of dead from #Russia's war are buried, grows larger by the day. A silent testament to the meat grinder thi	10.5×	0	1.4k	633	38
18	Aug 26, '21	We (myself & @yamphoto) visited the area near Abbey gate the day before the explosion happened. It was absolutely full of people, all in a penned area. This was massively cruel	10.5×	0	1.4k	550	78
19	Sep 6, '21	From inside the #NDS's 01 Base, near #Kabul Airport, #Afghanistan	10.2×	0	1.7k	425	50
20	Aug 4, '20	Huge explosion in #Beirut	9.7×	0	1.6k	358	37
21	Aug 25, '21	#Taliban Red Unit is securing one of the gates of #Kabul airport, meters (& a barrier) away from #US #UK #Belgium #Germany troops involved in #Afghanistan airlift.	9.5×	0	1.1k	508	73
22	Sep 8, '21	#Taliban pushed around both myself and @yamphoto for trying to cover a women's protest in #Kabul, and tried to make Marcus delete footage. Said we had no permission to cover this.	8.6×	0	1.3k	442	18
23	May 15, '21	#Israel bombs tower with @AP and @AJArabic offices in #Gaza.	8.3×	0	656	511	19
24	Feb 26, '22	#Molotov cocktail preparations in #Kyiv ahead of the #Russia-n assault on the capital. #Ukraine	8.0×	0	1.2k	328	77
25	Aug 30, '21	Celebratory gunfire from #Taliban fighters shooting tracer rounds into #Kabul's night sky after #US withdrawal.	7.8×	0	933	360	81
26	May 13, '22	Longer clip showing #Israel-i police attacking mourners on the grounds of the French hospital in #Jerusalem as they carry coffin of Shireen Abu Aqleh.	7.0×	0	774	455	24
27	Sep 6, '21	A walk through parts of the #CIA's #Eagle Base, near #Kabul Airport.	6.9×	0	926	314	69
28	Aug 27, '21	One of many funerals this morning in #Kabul after the two explosions. #Afghanistan	6.6×	0	973	321	35
29	Apr 6, '25	A mistake that involved almost six minutes of near continuous shooting at paramedics.	6.6×	58k	936	235	21
30	Sep 29, '24	From the site of the #Israel-i airstrike that killed #Hezbollah head Nasrallah. #Beirut.	6.5×	58k	222	114	48
31	Sep 8, '21	A small all-female protest in #Kabul's Dashti-E-Barchi neighborhood. First of several planned for today. #Afghanistan	6.2×	0	950	282	10
32	Aug 16, '21	Reports that two people clinging to the plane fell somewhere over #Kabul. This should be an enduring stain for every American official/analyst/talking head who dares to discuss nat	6.0×	0	986	233	63
33	Aug 7, '20	I got a bit too close to the #Beirut blast. I don't know how I'm still here.	5.8×	0	776	287	48
34	Sep 28, '24	Hundreds of people spent the night on the streets of downtown #Beirut after fleeing relentless #Israel-i bombing on the Dahieh.	5.5×	48k	442	182	23
35	Aug 4, '20	Still here.	5.3×	0	1.2k	57	5
36	Sep 4, '15	#MigrantMarch moving again towards #Austria. #Budapest	4.6×	0	188	511	1
37	Sep 28, '24	Too many people on the streets tonight in Beirut. I drove around the city. Passed near Dahieh, which looks like a ghost town.	4.5×	40k	201	68	9
38	Dec 18, '20	It's International Arabic Language Day. So it's worth remembering that for the grand majority of Middle East journalism jobs, Arabic is preferred, but not a requirement.	4.5×	0	870	121	12
39	Aug 30, '21	Funeral for 10 civilians killed in what is believed to have been a #US drone strike targeting #ISIS-K suicide bombers in #Kabul. If confirmed, it serves as a grim indictment of US	4.2×	0	501	246	27
40	Sep 27, '24	And to also be clear, the grand majority of the casualties will be civilians. This is the Dahieh Doctrine 2.0	3.7×	32k	544	83	16
41	Feb 24, '22	In #Ukraine's #Kharkiv, anxious residents flock to the metro station, which doubles as a bomb shelter.	3.4×	0	478	162	22
42	Oct 14, '23	He also loved motorcycles. We were supposed to go riding together at some point. I regret it never happened. Rest in Peace.	3.4×	30k	179	11	1
43	Jul 25, '18	So I guess it's official: I'm an @latimes staff foreign correspondent. Too many to thank, like @PmcdonnellLAT @LATlands @kimmurphy & many many others for taking a chance on a t	3.4×	0	673	32	9
44	Oct 30, '21	That didn't take long.	3.2×	0	620	93	11
45	Sep 4, '15	#Hungary-ians helping #MigrantMarch refugees w/ water, fruit. "We must help, bcos this is a shame on us."	3.2×	0	204	320	0
46	Sep 7, '21	Lots of shooting in #Kabul now, presumably to break up protest in the capital.	3.1×	0	509	143	0
47	Aug 4, '20	View post on X	3.1×	0	358	131	22
48	Apr 13, '24	"Western independent journalists." A deeply disrespectful, condescending view all too common in the industry.	3.0×	26k	294	84	17
49	Jan 6, '21	Is this the day the phrase "like some third world country" gets retired?	2.9×	0	531	115	5
50	Feb 24, '22	Metro station in #Kharkiv in #Ukraine, where hundreds cram themselves underground to protect themselves from bombs or try to find some way to leave.	2.8×	0	437	129	7
51	Feb 24, '22	Explosions getting closer in #Slovyansk.	2.7×	0	402	153	2
52	Oct 20, '17	Heavy fighting now between #Kurd-ish and #Iraq-i troops. Heartbreaking actually. #Kirkuk. Mortars dropping now.	2.6×	0	176	215	1
53	Aug 26, '21	Windows just shook here in #Kabul.	2.6×	0	341	148	3
54	Aug 31, '21	#Taliban fighter cycling in #Kabul Airport.	2.5×	0	426	81	12
55	Sep 6, '21	The #CIA's Eagle Base, near #Kabul	2.5×	0	447	88	17
56	Feb 24, '22	Almost end of day in #Kharkiv, #Ukraine's 2nd largest city.	2.5×	0	466	74	12
57	Feb 28, '22	Website of #Russia-n state news TASS hacked, it would seem. #Ukraine	2.4×	0	404	115	3
58	Aug 5, '20	I've had close calls before. But really, #Beirut, you're something else.	2.4×	0	496	43	13
59	Apr 14, '20	So I haven't read James Verini's book on #Mosul and the #ISIS battle so cant speak about that. But surely, someone during the publishing process should have checked the #Arabic, or	2.4×	0	360	58	10
60	Aug 25, '21	#Kabul airport's east gate, now apparently permanently shuttered before #Afghanistan would-be refugees. A post-apocalyptic scene.	2.3×	0	225	156	14
61	Mar 22, '24	I really have to wonder if the person composing these milquetoast tweets realizes how utterly unhinged they sound with all that's happening.	2.1×	18k	197	60	7
62	Sep 25, '20	Oh, I can't wait for this. It won't be Orientalist, facile, or another vehicle where a Westerner gets center stage while the Syrian character plays an extra in their own story. Rea	2.1×	0	394	57	4
63	Sep 8, '21	Follow the marvelous @yamphoto for superlative photos of what's happening in #Kabul	2.1×	0	404	66	6
64	Aug 5, '20	Just discovered these photos on my phone, right after the #Beirut explosion. Have no memory of taking them.	2.0×	0	366	79	4
65	Aug 30, '21	Please note that we're still unsure if this is the same attack as the drone strike. And as others have mentioned, if the drone used the R9X ninja missile, then it wouldn't have had	1.9×	0	317	63	12
66	Mar 5, '22	One of the last trains yesterday out of #Irpin, near #Kyiv, #Ukraine. It was a scene out of World War II.	1.9×	0	223	107	14
67	Feb 23, '20	How is Arabic language "a plus" for a MENA job?	1.8×	0	338	53	7
68	Mar 5, '22	The aftermath of an air strike on a village southwest of #Kyiv, #Ukraine.	1.7×	0	187	104	12
69	Sep 27, '21	Can you imagine a US politician getting away with this if they referred to any other group?	1.7×	0	297	54	4
70	Aug 30, '21	This is a video of the vehicle we believe was targeted in the US drone strike. Again, please note we still do not know if it's the same one.	1.6×	0	231	70	13
71	Feb 25, '22	A quiet, snowy morning in #Kharkiv, #Ukraine's 2nd largest city.	1.6×	0	284	66	9
72	Sep 1, '21	Mi-17 flying over #Kabul. #Taliban pilots?	1.6×	0	263	59	7
73	Sep 8, '21	@Zabehulah_M33 you need to inform your cadres that harassing journalists is not going to obscure what is happening in #Afghanistan. Plenty of activists and other journos to get the	1.6×	0	307	49	1
74	Dec 11, '22	@JulianRoepcke So let's get this straight: Being Palestinian means you're anti-Semitic?	1.5×	0	376	9	1
75	Aug 28, '21	Spoke to a doctor at one of #Kabul's hospitals who also said quite a few bodies had gunshot wounds. Overwatch would probably provide some info on this. If it were ever released.	1.4×	0	180	73	17
76	Feb 28, '22	It just occurred to me that these people really have no clue how they sound. And then others wonder why Middle East nations aren't lining up to support one side or the other.	1.4×	0	260	54	1
77	Aug 5, '20	No shameless plug here, but I honestly think my Arai helmet may have saved me yesterday during the #Beirutlast @WhyArai @AraiEurope	1.4×	0	306	27	4
78	Mar 2, '22	Our story from #Irpin, a few miles from the #Russia-n convoy, where residents prepare for an onslaught.	1.4×	0	184	78	7
79	Feb 28, '22	Umm... I guess a lot of people didn't hear about Syria or Libya.	1.4×	0	251	47	1
80	Feb 25, '22	Air raid sirens in # Kyiv. #Ukraine	1.4×	0	191	65	9
81	Feb 27, '22	Oh, I didn't know that Syrians drove cars thar are different. I wonder if those cars are brown? Hmm...	1.3×	0	225	46	7
82	Feb 22, '22	Interesting. #Ukraine's internet providers just blocked #Russia-n state news operator TASS.	1.3×	0	189	61	1
83	Sep 3, '21	Something is happening. #Kabul	1.2×	0	180	49	4
84	Sep 13, '21	#Kabul #Airport operating again. #Afghanistan.	1.2×	0	232	33	1
85	Aug 31, '21	Our story from yesterday with the photographic painter that is @yamphoto.	1.1×	0	181	54	4
86	Aug 16, '21	I know journalists are supposed to be objective and not show emotion, but there needs to be a reckoning for this. #Afghan lives are no less important than #Western or #America-n li	1.1×	0	218	37	2
87	May 12, '21	When Washington questions in the future why it has no credibility in the region, they should just watch this.	1.1×	0	189	46	9
88	Mar 8, '22	A different kind of checkpoint in #Kyiv this morning. #Ukraine	1.0×	0	178	35	5
89	Aug 31, '21	Queues getting longer in front of banks in #Kabul. A potentially volatile situation.	1.0×	0	181	37	1
90	Dec 18, '21	A #latergram for #Baghdad, home of the healthiest of #Iraq-i #breakfast-s.	1.0×	0	189	16	6
91	Sep 8, '21	It seems several #Afghan journalism colleagues are still held by the #Taliban near the women protesting. Unacceptable.	1.0×	0	203	32	0
92	Sep 9, '20	I. Love. This.	0.9×	0	191	23	4
93	Sep 13, '21	How many mistakes does one have to make before their opinions are discounted?	0.9×	0	189	24	3
94	Nov 11, '21	When people who don't speak Arabic seek to tell Arabs what a word means.	0.9×	0	180	31	2

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