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Alex Martin Astley

Alex Martin Astley

Astley

Alex Martin Astley is a freelance journalist based in Beirut, covering conflict, foreign policy, and social justice issues.

While Hassan Nasrallah's funeral showed Hezbollah's defiance, it's clear his death has left the group weakened and Lebanon bruised from cycles of conflict.

24 February, 2025

In-depth: For displaced residents, concerns are growing that the ceasefire extension could signal a long-term Israeli occupation of parts of south Lebanon.

04 February, 2025

Families of prisoners gathered at Saydnaya prison to search for news of their loved ones after the fall of the Assad regime, hope for answers about their fate.

12 December, 2024

Dr. Muhammed Najem, a Syrian doctor, recounts the horrors of 35 tortured bodies from Saydnaya prison, exposing the Assad regime's atrocities.

11 December, 2024

Following a lightning offensive that toppled decades of Baathist rule, Syrians are getting to grips with a new reality for the country.

10 December, 2024

While Lebanon and Israel have reached a fragile ceasefire, the people of Lebanon are still reeling from the war.

06 December, 2024

In Tyre, mass graves now hold the victims of this year’s war, serving as a reminder of the 2006 war with Israel and its lasting scars on Lebanon.

04 December, 2024

In-depth: Lebanon breathed a sigh of relief as a fragile ceasefire took effect following a hellish night of Israeli bombing.

27 November, 2024

In Baalbek, families displaced by Israel's war shelter in convents, but nowhere is safe and many are too poor to leave the ancient city, dubbed City of the Sun

21 November, 2024

Weeks after Israel's strike, Baalbek's historic Palmyra Hotel, which had withstood Lebanon's 15-year civil war and countless crises, now lies in ruins

20 November, 2024