Bel TrewVerified account

@Beltrew

Middle East correspondent for The Independent. Ex-Times woman in Egypt. Email me tips: [email protected] Images:

independent.co.uk/author/bel-trew
Joined April 2009
2,291 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @Beltrew

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @Beltrew

  1. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    Most explosive finding of new report is that key contaminant that sent over 118k people to hospital in might have been a harmful algal bloom. Yet, water treatment plants kept sending contaminated water to people’s taps

    4 replies 48 retweets 55 likes
    Undo
  2. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    Curious about ’s ongoing water crisis and why over 118k people in Basra got sick last summer? Read ’s new report exposing the link btw mismanagement, pollution, sewage, and corruption

    6 replies 62 retweets 87 likes
    Undo
  3. Retweeted
    Jul 21

    For 40 years, one man has played an outsized role in shaping the Middle East we know today. Who is Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei, and what drives him? My piece

    9 replies 66 retweets 123 likes
    Undo
  4. 8 hours ago

    Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes began this morning in PA-controlled Sur Baher, accord. to activists. says 10 structures are in area where construction barred due to proximity to security wall.Israel’s Kan broadcaster said they housed 72 units (credit Dareen Jubeh)

    27 replies 129 retweets 122 likes
    Undo
  5. Retweeted
    11 hours ago

    Earthmover starts taking down building in Sur Baher

    9 replies 66 retweets 62 likes
    Undo
  6. Retweeted
    11 hours ago

    BREAKING: Israeli work crews begin demolitions of dozens of Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem.

    343 replies 2,010 retweets 1,489 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  7. Retweeted
    Jul 20

    🔴BREAKING: announces the resumption of search & rescue operations with and condemns the criminal inaction of European governments

    27 replies 465 retweets 801 likes
    Undo
  8. Jul 20

    Love this ❤️

    0:40
    Dabke on heels. Weekend mood. Lebanon. Hope audio is ok this time.
    Show this thread
    2 retweets 21 likes
    Undo
  9. Retweeted
    Jul 20

    Britain says Iran approached tanker in Omani waters: letter to U.N.

    12 replies 47 retweets 75 likes
    Undo
  10. Retweeted
    Jul 20

    A little boy in flip-flops, a T-shirt and sweatpants. That’s also how he looked to the IDF shooter, peering through his sophisticated optic sights, before squeezing the trigger | Gideon Levy

    18 replies 419 retweets 307 likes
    Undo
  11. Jul 20

    Lots of friends,family worried about this. Still no clear info from BA about what is going on: British Airways suspends flights to for 7 days “as a precaution to allow for further assessment”after routine security review apparently flagged something

    1 reply 8 retweets 8 likes
    Undo
  12. Retweeted
    Jul 20

    British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the tanker seizure shows Iran is choosing "a dangerous path of illegal and destabilising behaviour"

    19 replies 66 retweets 58 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  13. Retweeted
    Jul 20

    Iran says it released the Mesdar last night after giving it "a notice to comply with environmental regulations." It's still holding the Stena Impero, which Tehran claims it seized after a collision with a fishing boat.

    10 retweets 6 likes
    Undo
  14. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    UPDATE: Iran appears to have stopped and warned the second British tanker rather than seizing the vessel as first thought.

    2 replies 47 retweets 77 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  15. Jul 19

    Iran seizes two UK tankers in Strait of Hormuz - BBC News

    1 reply 3 retweets 1 like
    Undo
  16. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    US decries 'escalatory violence' by Iran over seized British tanker

    21 replies 119 retweets 106 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  17. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    BREAKING. A second British tanker has been seized. The vessel, like the earlier seized Stena Impero, was observed on maritime tracking services making a sudden turn and heading towards Iran.

    63 replies 395 retweets 312 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  18. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    NEW - The has just confirmed seizing a 2nd -owned oil tanker in , now bound for .

    The "Mesdar" *is* -owned. If it's confirmed the "Mesdar" has also been intercepted & taken in by the , then we're in very dangerous territory. That'd be x2 tankers seized by within hours of each other. Hard not to see this forcing a response.
    Show this thread
    14 replies 111 retweets 88 likes
    Undo
  19. Jul 19

    Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they will release images to disprove U.S. claim that drone shot down after Dept. foreign minister said they weren’t missing a drone

    1 reply 4 retweets 2 likes
    Undo
  20. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    Hiiii looking for a freelance journalist in

    3 retweets 3 likes
    Undo

@Beltrew hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·