Kareem Fahim

Istanbul

Istanbul bureau chief covering the Middle East

Education: Occidental College, bachelor's degree in Diplomacy and World Affairs; Columbia University, SIPA, master's degree in International Affairs

Kareem Fahim has served as the Istanbul bureau chief and a Middle East correspondent for The Washington Post since September 2016. Previously, he worked for 11 years as a staff reporter for the New York Times, with assignments on the metro desk and as a Cairo-based foreign correspondent reporting on the Arab uprisings and their aftermath. Fahim attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, and Columbia University's graduate School of International and Public Affairs. He grew up in Palo Alto, Calif., and in Kuwait.
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Syrian rebels regrouped, seized on weakness of government’s key allies  

The rebels have made stunning gains against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, with Russia, Iran and Hezbollah distracted by other conflicts.

December 1, 2024
Anti-government fighters drive military vehicles along a road in eastern Aleppo province in Syria on Sunday.

Syrian rebels defend gains in Aleppo, push south

The insurgent offensive, shocking for its speed, has posed the most serious challenge to President Bashar al-Assad in years.

November 30, 2024
Anti-government rebels patrol in central Aleppo on Saturday.

Syrian rebels breach Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, in startling advance

The lightning assault on Aleppo by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham abruptly redrew the front lines of Syria’s civil war.

November 29, 2024
Syrian rebel fighters kneel to pray in a street in Aleppo on Saturday.

War’s ebb in Lebanon leaves devastation and uncertain future

Israel and Hezbollah have agreed on a cease-fire, but the nation is reeling from the losses of a year of war and scrabbling to fill a vacuum of authority.

November 27, 2024
Displaced residents return to Beirut's south following the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah that went into effect Wednesday.

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

Israel and U.S. condemn ICC arrest warrants; other nations vow to enforce

The court issued warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the former defense minister “for crimes against humanity and war crimes.” It also issued a warrant for a Hamas military leader.

November 21, 2024

ICC arrest warrants accuse Netanyahu, Gallant of war crimes in Gaza

The International Criminal Court said the alleged crimes include starvation as a method of warfare, murder, persecution and other inhumane acts.

November 21, 2024
A displaced Palestinian boy walks amid the rubble of destroyed homes in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Thursday.

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.

Netanyahu says Israel damaged ‘component’ of Iran’s nuclear program in Oct. strikes

Netanyahu said Monday that a “specific component” of Iran’s nuclear program had been damaged in last month’s Israeli attack on Iranian military facilities.

November 18, 2024