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Skiing with the IDF

byHabib Battah
Jan 13, 2015

Yesterday we set out for a fun day on the slopes. Thankfully, when we reached the peaks at…

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Who will fly America’s gift to Lebanon?

byHabib Battah
Nov 7, 2013

Source: World Tribune In case you haven’t heard, The United States has donated one Cessna prop plane to…

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Perfect way to spoil a Mediterranean day

byHabib Battah
Sep 17, 2013

Moments ago it was a peaceful day on the Mediterranean; a cool breeze with barely a cloud in…

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Happy Valentine’s Day from the IDF (Live Updates)

byHabib Battah
Feb 14, 2013

UPDATE (3 minutes later): Round two- tighter formation: And 5 minutes later–round 3: About 20 minutes later (12:15PM),…

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You heard it here first

byHabib Battah
Jan 30, 2013

Israeli jets over Beirut yesterday, hours before the convoy attack So it seems those Israeli jets I’ve been…

Who Am I?

Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 15 years and teaches journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. He is a contributor to Monocle, The Guardian, BBC World, Al Jazeera and others, a former fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and two-time recipient of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. Battah's investigative work was recently recognized for outstanding local reporting by the Columbia University Oakes Award for Environmental Reporting. Battah earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Near East Studies and Journalism from New York University.