Bel Trew is The Independent’s Chief International Correspondent. With extensive experience covering significant global events, her reporting spans from the Middle East to Ukraine, focusing on themes of regional interest and world news, including critical topics like the Israel-Palestine conflict and the Russia-Ukraine War. Bel's work has been featured in various prominent outlets, including Sunday World Magazine and the Belfast Telegraph, and she was recognized as Foreign Reporter of the Year in 2023.
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By: Bel Trew
Bel Trew meets the new police chief in Syria’s third city, tasked with keeping the peace now that forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have ousted the regime of Bashar al-Assad. It is the question now facing every city across the country: who will rule and how?
Hamas says a Gaza ceasefire will only be signed if Israel stops setting new conditions for peace
By: Bel Trew
Bel Trew reports from the site of a mass grave at Qutayfah, about 25 miles from Syrian capital Damascus. There, she speaks to someone who dug the trenches before realising the true horror of what was happening at the site – while others warn of the scale of atrocities committed by the Assad regime before he was overthrown
By: Bel Trew
As Syria marks the overthrow of the Assad regime, Bel Trew visits Aleppo, where Christian residents are are beset by uncertainty. She speaks to families worried about life under a new Islamist-led administration
For the first time since the stunning overthrow of Bashar al-Assad two weeks ago, Shoukri, a Christian man in Aleppo, is tentatively reopening his shop.
By: Bel Trew
Ghost towns emerge like bleached reefs flanking each side of the long road north out of Damascus . Mile after mile of destruction flickers by as if
By: Bel Trew
· 6-min read Locally-made weaponry, including night vision , rocket systems, drones , and armoured vehicles were pivotal in the
By: Bel Trew
Bel Trew speaks to commanders of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – who led the charge to topple Bashar al-Assad – about the long-term planning and military innovations that brought victory, as well as what comes next
By: Bel Trew
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By: Bel Trew
Bel Trew joins those searching Damascus and other sites across the country for journalist Austin Tice and other American citizens who went missing under the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad
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