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Laura Cellier

Laura Cellier

i24NEWS Anchor, 'Middle East Now'


Laura Cellier is a journalist, TV host and news anchor with over 20 years' experience in TV news. Cellier joined i24NEWS in October 2021, and is currently hosting Middle East Now, i24NEWS' current-affairs show focusing on the day's headlines from the region. Cellier hosts the show alternately with Ya'akov Eilon from i24NEWS' Jaffa port studios. Previously, she worked for France24 in Paris, Bloombe...


Syrian Kurds Fear Vengeful Return of Realeased ISIS Prisoners

3 min

Levant & Turkey

Northeast Syrian Kurds fear freed ISIS detainees approaching SDF areas

i24NEWS spoke with a Kurdish resident who shared his feelings about the developing situation ● WATCH

Read time: 3 min.


Syrian Kurds Fear Vengeful Return of Realeased ISIS Prisoners

3 min

Levant & Turkey

Northeast Syrian Kurds fear freed ISIS detainees approaching SDF areas

i24NEWS spoke with a Kurdish resident who shared his feelings about the developing situation ● WATCH

Read time: 3 min.


i24NEWS

4 min

Iran & Eastern States

Exclusive: Iran’s Kurdish faction seeks contact with IDF

Meanwhile, others in the area remain cautious about regime’s fate

Read time: 4 min.


Israel’s former Foreign Minister and current Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Eli Cohen, speaks with i24NEWS host Laura Cellier

8 min

Israel-Hamas war

i24NEWS Exclusive: Former FM Eli Cohen says Saudi could normalize without Palestinian state

Speaking eight months into the war, Cohen highlighted the necessity of Israeli military operations in Gaza, emphasizing the need to pressure Hamas and secure the release of hostages

Read time: 8 min.


Michael Rapaport speaking to i24NEWS in Jaffa, Israel.

4 min

Israel-Hamas war

Michael Rapaport speaks to i24NEWS on Israel visit and antisemitism

"The emotional journey here has been profound. It's not the typical tourist experience, but being here has been unexpectedly moving"

Read time: 4 min.


Ofir Metzger (L) on i24NEWS, with photos of (R to L) her grandfather Yoram and his Nir Oz neighbors Chaim Peri and Amiram Cooper in the background.

3 min

Israel-Hamas war

'Hamas video of my granddad is psychological terror. My message remains the same: bring them back'

Ofir Metzger tells i24NEWS his grandfather Yoram 'doesn't look good, he lost weight... We see that time is running out'

Read time: 3 min.


Laura Cellier speaks with Israeli President Isaac Herzog amid war with Hamas

2 min

Israel

i24NEWS speaks with Israeli President Isaac Herzog amid Hamas war

"We are a resilient nation, we have rebuilt after the worst atrocities"

Read time: 2 min.


Israeli Tourism Minister Haim Katz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

4 min

Diplomacy

Israeli Tourism Minister tells i24NEWS in visit to Saudi Arabia: 'An affair has begun'

'If there is a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, it will be a warm peace,' Katz told i24NEWS from Saudi Arabia

Read time: 4 min.


Israeli Ambassador to the UAE Amir Hayek speaks to i24NEWS

4 min

The Gulf

Israel's envoy to UAE hails great success of Abraham Accords on its anniversary

'We are in a sports car that is really driving fast - forward and has no reverse gear,' says the Israeli Ambassador of the budding relations

Read time: 4 min.


Foreign policy adviser to Azerbaijani President Hikmet Hajiyev in i24NEWS studio in Jaffa port

4 min

Diplomacy

Azerbaijani foreign policy advisor tells i24NEWS about new era of ties

i24NEWS spoke with Hikmet Hajiyev, foreign policy advisor to the President of Azerbaijan on defense cooperation, Iran, and the Azerbaijani Jewish community.

Read time: 4 min.


A Russian fighter jet flies close to a U.S. drone over Syria.

5 min

Levant & Turkey

Russian jets damage, fly ‘dangerously close’ to U.S. drones over Syria

While Russia has expanded its military facilities in Syria after intervening in the civil war, the U.S. is leading a coalition against the IS jihadist group

Read time: 5 min.


Co-creators of Israel's hit TV show "Fauda" Avi Issacharoff (L) and Lior Raz pose for a photo in Tel Aviv, Israel.

3 min

Culture

‘Fauda’ co-creator talks new show about Lebanese terrorist with i24NEWS

‘Ghosts of Beirut’ tells the story of Lebanese arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, who prior to 9/11 was responsible for killing more Americans than anyone else

Read time: 3 min.


General Hossein Salami, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, in Tehran, Iran.

3 min

Iran & Eastern States

Iran’s IRGC says ready to train, advise Iraqi armed forces

'This is another way to extend the IRGC’s control of Iraq. Basically, they are creating another IRGC' in Iraq

Read time: 3 min.


Iranian school girls attend a parliamentary debate in Tehran, Iran.

4 min

Iran & Eastern States

'Devil's will:' Iranians alarmed by wave of poison attacks on schoolgirls

Suspicions are on hardline groups that operate as self-declared guardians of their interpretation of Islam

Read time: 4 min.


Two men watch the smoke rising from a building in Antakya, southern Turkey.

2 min

Levant & Turkey

Rabbi tells i24NEWS about firsthand experience of quake catastrophe in Turkey

'The city is under total destruction – there’s no electricity, fuel, heating. Many buildings have collapsed, and a synagogue was also damaged'

Read time: 2 min.


i24NEWS

3 min

Iran & Eastern States

Iran could send arms to Syria with earthquake aid - expert

Iranians on social media have been contrasting the IRGC readiness to deploy assistance to Turkey and Syria but not to its own citizens in West Azerbaijan

Read time: 3 min.


i24NEWS

3 min

North Africa

Egyptian police use dating apps to track LGBTQ people - report

While it is not illegal to be gay in Egypt, there is a law against debauchery, which is being used to crack down on the LGBTQ community

Read time: 3 min.


Jason Greenblatt gives exclusive interview to i24NEWS from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 19, 2023.

3 min

The Gulf

i24NEWS Exclusive: Jason Greenblatt optimistic about Israel-Saudi relations

'Saudi Arabia is not ready yet to sign the Abraham Accords. God willing they will one day'

Read time: 3 min.


i24NEWS

2 min

North Africa

Western museums face mounting pressure to return ancient artifacts

'The Rosetta Stone is an icon of our Egyptian identity. Its home should be the Grand Egyptian Museum'

Read time: 2 min.


The Foreign Affairs Ministry team in Doha, Qatar lighting the third Hanukkah candle at the United States Embassy.

2 min

Diplomacy

Israeli diplomatic mission in Qatar celebrates Hanukkah

Many Jewish people traveled to the Gulf state for the 2022 World Cup and are now celebrating Hanukkah there

Read time: 2 min.


Soldiers guard the site of a deadly attack inside the Sheikh Othman police station in Aden, Yemen.

3 min

The Gulf

Two Yemeni soldiers killed while escorting UN convoy

'It’s a sign of worse things to come. I think we’ll see things unravel more before they get better'

Read time: 3 min.


A woman looks at her photo while riding a camel in Mesaieed, Qatar.

3 min

The Gulf

World Cup frenzy putting strain on Qatar’s camels

'We have to trust the camel owners and hope they are monitoring how their camels are responding'

Read time: 3 min.


i24NEWS

3 min

Culture

Israeli theater brings musical about Moroccan Jews to Rabat

It is the first time Tel Aviv's Habima Theater performs in Islamic country

Read time: 3 min.


Bahrain's Minister of Industry and Commerce Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani (L) speaks to i24NEWS' Laura Cellier on October 31, 2022.

2 min

Diplomacy

Bahrain's trade minister speaks to i24NEWS

'Bahrain and Israel had come a long way since the signing of the Abraham Accords'

Read time: 2 min.


Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi speaks to i24NEWS on October 27, 2022.

2 min

Iran & Eastern States

Nobel Prize winner: Iranians don't see Israel as enemy

'Iranians tried to reform the regime in every possible way in the past 43 years but to no avail'

Read time: 2 min.


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