Beirut

October 4, 2024

BBC News downplays Hamas-UNRWA symbiosis yet again

On the morning of September 30th a strike on an apartment in a neighbourhood in Beirut received no s...

October 1, 2024

BBC Verify under informs and editorialises on Beirut strikes

On the morning of September 29th a report by BBC Verify on the topic of the elimination of Hassan Na...

August 15, 2024

BBC News website coverage of strike on Hizballah commander

Previously we discussed the BBC News website’s coverage of the July 27th Hizballah rocket attack o...

August 2, 2024

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP, Matthew Levitt analyses ‘The Death of a Hezbollah Lifer’. “Born in 1961 or 1962, ...

January 5, 2024

BBC News reporting on Saleh al Arouri highlights years of omission

The elimination of a senior Hamas operative and several others in Beirut on the evening of January 2...

September 8, 2020

BBC News ignores Hamas’ Lebanese road trip

A month on from the explosion in Beirut, the BBC News website continues to produce content relating ...

August 14, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS Orna Mizrahi and Yoram Schweitzer discuss ‘Israel, Hezbollah, and the Deterrence Eq...

August 14, 2020

Three BBC articles about ammonium nitrate ignore Hizballah’s record

BBC News website coverage of the explosion in Beirut last week has included the following reports: A...

August 13, 2020

BBC ME editor offers an evasive ‘guide through the maze’

In the wake of last week’s disaster in Beirut, on August 10th the BBC’s Middle East editor offer...

August 11, 2020

BBC’s longstanding Hizballah whitewashing continues in Beirut blast coverage

On August 8th the BBC News website published a report titled “Beirut explosion: Angry protesters s...