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Dubai

The Persian Gulf

Education: George Washington University, BA in International Affairs

Susannah George is The Washington Post's Gulf bureau chief, based in Dubai, where she leads coverage of the oil-rich monarchies of the Persian Gulf and their neighbor, Iran. She previously spent four years The Post's Afghanistan-Pakistan bureau chief, where she covered the fall of the Afghan government and the return of the Taliban to power. She is a prize-winning journalist with deep experience in reporting from the Middle East, including assignments in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Tunisia during the Arab Spring and in Iraq on multiple tours. She headed the Associated Press’s Baghdad bureau

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People at the site of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday.

People sleep in the street in the center of Beirut and along the sea promenade.

A series of missiles struck multiple buildings Friday in the biggest blasts to hit the Lebanese capital of Beirut in the past year. At least two people were killed and dozens were wounded, Lebanon's health ministry said.

An anti-Israel billboard on a street in Tehran.

Over the past week, the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has escalated dramatically, raising fears of an all-out war. Today on “Post Reports,” correspondent Susannah George brings us the latest from Lebanon and what she is witnessing there.

September 25, 2024

A family sit in the back of a truck heading north from Sidon in southern Lebanon on Tuesday. An onslaught of Israeli air strikes caused thousands to flee and snarled traffic on roads leading to the capital, Beirut.

Smoke billows over southern Lebanon after Israeli strikes Monday.

Moti Fitch, 75, outside his damaged home in Moreshet in northern Israel following a rocket barrage fired from Lebanon that heavily damaged homes and cars on Sunday.

Miners and police officers at the site of the coal mine where Iranian state media said a methane leak sparked an explosion on Saturday.