Carine Torbey

April 24, 2026

BBC News framing of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire continues

On April 18th the BBC News website published a report by BBC Arabic correspondent Carine Torbey titl...

January 15, 2026

BBC coverage of LAF Hizballah disarmament claims

On the afternoon of January 8th the BBC News website published a report by its Beirut-based correspo...

October 9, 2024

Looking at BBC claims of ‘constraints’ on reporting

Previously we discussed part of a statement titled “October 7th: One Year On” which was put out...

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...

July 28, 2024

More promotion of the BBC’s selective narrative on Hizballah

Note: this post was written before the Hizballah rocket attack which killed twelve children in Majda...

May 2, 2024

BBC report from south Lebanon ignores UNSC resolution 1701

Early on May 1st (Israel time) the BBC News website published a report by BBC Arabic’s Beirut ...

November 1, 2016

BBC reports on Lebanese presidential election omit relevant information

October 31st saw the appearance of two BBC News website reports concerning the long-awaited election...

December 23, 2012

Spot the gratuitous sentence in a BBC report on Syria

A BBC report from December 21st, entitled “Palestinian refugees return to Syrian camp” ...