Suzan Haidamous

Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut reporter/researcher covering the Middle East

Education: East Tennessee State University, M.A. in Political Science and Government; Lebanese University, B.A. in Political Science and Economy

Suzan Haidamous is a Beirut-based researcher and reporter for The Washington Post, covering Lebanon, Syria and the Gulf. Before joining the Post in 2011, she worked as an English-language news anchor for Tele-Liban and freelanced for the Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald and other outlets. She is a member of the Women in Journalism collective.
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In a ruined Hezbollah stronghold, supporters question the costs of war

Displaced families are streaming back into Tyre, in southern Lebanon, to take stock of the destruction.

December 2, 2024

After setbacks, Iran sees Lebanon cease-fire as chance to regroup

Iran has said that the halt in fighting is a victory for Hezbollah. But behind the scenes, officials worked quietly for a cease-fire to stem the group’s losses.

November 30, 2024
Lebanese people celebrate on a street after a cease-fire with Israel came into effect, in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut on Wednesday.

Israeli cabinet to meet Tuesday to discuss cease-fire deal with Lebanon, officials say

Intense negotiations over the past week have brought Israel and Lebanon closer to a deal, but it has not yet been finalized.

November 25, 2024

Deadly Israeli strike in Beirut adds to fears the war is escalating

Saturday’s attack completely demolished a multistory building in a densely populated neighborhood. Israel did not say who the strike’s target was.

November 23, 2024
Soldiers from the Lebanese Armed Forces stand guard as emergency workers search for victims of an Israeli airstrike that hit the densely populated Basta direct in Beirut early Saturday.

20 killed, dozens injured in massive strike on central Beirut

The target of the attack on the Basta area was not immediately clear. The Israel Defense Forces did not appear to have posted an evacuation order for that area beforehand.

November 23, 2024

Major explosion rocks central Beirut, leaving huge crater

At least four missiles hit a site in the Basta neighborhood, Lebanese state media and Reuters reported. The target of the strike was not immediately clear.

November 23, 2024

Can Lebanon’s army secure the south? A cease-fire deal could depend on it.

The readiness of Lebanon’s army is a matter of growing urgency as the Biden administration makes a new push for an end to the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

November 20, 2024
The Post embedded with the Lebanese army on Nov. 11 as it patrolled Beirut's southern suburbs.

Israel’s war on Hezbollah takes terrible toll on Lebanon’s children

At least 231 children have been killed and 1,330 injured, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

November 19, 2024
Ivana Skakye, 2, recovers in the burn center of the Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui in Beirut in October. She sustained burns over more than 40 percent of her body.

Top Hezbollah spokesman killed; Israeli attack kills 70 in north Gaza, official says

Mohammad Afif was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Ras al-Nabaa, a heavily populated part of central Beirut, Hezbollah-aligned media said.

November 17, 2024
An Israeli strike on central Beirut killed Hezbollah’s top spokesman and head of media relations on Nov. 17, a Hezbollah-aligned Lebanese news network reported.

Israel drops massive bomb in Beirut strike, as Lebanon mulls cease-fire

Israel has stepped up strikes on the city’s southern suburbs in recent days, an area Israeli officials say hosts Hezbollah militants and infrastructure.

November 15, 2024
A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet hits a building in Beirut's Tayouneh neighborhood on Friday.