Claire Gilbody-Dickerson
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Claire Gilbody-Dickerson
@clairegilbodyd.bsky.social
Journalist @skynews
Based in London. From 🇮🇹
Gaza: Teen brother and sister among Palestinians killed by Israel in one of war's deadliest days

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Gaza: Teen brother and sister among Palestinians killed by Israel in one of war's deadliest days
The sight of starving children chasing aid parachutes in Gaza spurred Ahmad Abu Rizik to set up tent schools for Palestinian youths. Now, two teenage pupils have been killed during one of Israel's dea...
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April 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Artist behind Trump portrait branded 'the worst' by president says her business is 'in danger of not recovering'
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Artist behind Trump portrait branded 'the worst' by president says her business is 'in danger of not recovering'
Sarah Boardman, the artist behind an official portrait of Donald Trump which the president said was "truly the worst", says the viral backlash has put her 41-year-old business at risk.
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April 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🔴REMINDER: Syria's brutal 13-year war has claimed the lives of almost half a million people and displaced half the country's pre-conflict population of 23 million.
December 8, 2024 at 9:54 AM
British deputy PM Angela Rayner tells Sky News's Trevor Phillips she "welcomed" news of Assad's regime falling, saying: "He wasn't exactly good to the Syrian people."
December 8, 2024 at 9:21 AM
🔴NEW IN : @DanielBShapiro, from the US Department of Defense, said they would continue to maintain their presence in eastern Syria "solely to ensure the enduring defeat" of the Islamic State (ISIS).
December 8, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Incredible footage circulating on social media purport to show people looting the Ministry of Defence in Damascus and families wandering around the presidential palace to emerge with stacks of plates and other household items. The videos haven't been independently verified.
December 8, 2024 at 8:49 AM
🔴The rebel coalition has just spoken - they say the insurgency has created a new birth for "great Syria" as it freed people from decades of Assad tyranny.
- A transitional government will now take over and have full executive powers.
December 8, 2024 at 8:25 AM
◾ Our security and defence editor @deborahaynes.bsky.social
says the rebels' push on the capital is "frankly extraordinary if you look back to 2013, when Assad was using chemical weapons against his people in a bloody crackdown against dissent that was backed by Iran, backed by Russia".
December 8, 2024 at 8:05 AM
"It's a new dawn for Syria, but there are dark clouds on the horizon," our Middle East correspondent
@AliBunkallSKY says.
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Syrian president leaves Damascus on plane as army says his rule ends - reports
Thousands of Syrians, in cars and on foot, have congregated at a main square in Damascus, chanting for freedom, according to the Reuters news agency. Thousands also poured into the streets in Homs aft...
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December 8, 2024 at 7:57 AM
- Syrian PM says he's ready to "extend its hand" to the opposition and hand over its functions to a transitional government.
- Joe Biden monitoring the "extraordinary events" and team in touch with regional partners.
- President-elect Donald Trump says: "DO NOT GET INVOLVED".
December 8, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Read more on what's happened, who rebels are and a timeline of the war in Syria ⬇️
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Syrian president leaves Damascus on plane as army says his rule ends - reports
Thousands of Syrians, in cars and on foot, have congregated at a main square in Damascus, chanting for freedom, according to the Reuters news agency. Thousands also poured into the streets in Homs aft...
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December 8, 2024 at 7:50 AM
- Inmates at infamous Saydnaya military prison released
- It comes after a dizzying offensive which started in Idlib just over a week ago.
- The rebels, led by a group which has its origins in Al-Qaeda, went on to capture key cities inc. Aleppo and Homs
- Future uncertain as multiple rebel groups
December 8, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Reposted by Claire Gilbody-Dickerson
When the rebels open up the classified files of the Assad regime, The Hague is going to be very busy. Half a century of atrocities.
December 7, 2024 at 7:08 PM