A Bellingcat investigation uncovered the work of a wildlife trafficker in Myanmar, advertising everything from tiger bones, rhino horns, to leopard gallbladders, openly on social media platforms. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...

Rhino Horn, Leopard Skin and Tiger Claws Sold Openly on Facebook - bellingcat

Bellingcat uncovers a Myanmar wildlife trafficker linked to endangered species sales, prompting account removals by Meta, WeChat, TikTok and YouTube.

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White phosphorus is still falling on south Lebanon. A new @nytimes.com investigation by @sanjanamv.bsky.social, with verified footage as recent as May 30. It references the research database of 200+ strikes I've been building since Oct 2023. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/w...

What Visual Evidence Tells Us About Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in Lebanon

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Analysis by @sanjanamv.bsky.social on Israel’s use of white phosphorus in Lebanon and the dangers it poses to public health and the land, with a reference to @baydoun.nl's visual database documenting its use and commentary from @wammezz.bsky.social. .

What Visual Evidence Tells Us About Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in Lebanon

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Next week, the great @ntabrizy.bsky.social will be at @debalie.bsky.social to speak about her years of experience using OSINT to report on Iran, covering protests, state repression, and the U.S.-Israeli military campaigns. ++ You can say hi to fellow investigators such as @baydoun.nl and myself.

Chris Osieck@chrisosieck.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My dear friend and colleague, @ntabrizy.bsky.social, will be speaking this month at De Balie in Amsterdam about reporting on Iran through OSINT. I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Nilo on several investigations and will also be there, so I highly recommend attending.

Investigation by @baydoun.nl, @ntabrizy.bsky.social, and myself for @newlinesmag.bsky.social used 3D-spatial analysis to examine Israel’s airstrikes on two of Iran’s largest steel plants, showing how the effects extended beyond the facilities to workers and civilian life.

How Israeli Airstrikes Targeted Iran's Steel Industry

Satellite imagery, geolocated footage and 3D reconstruction show how strikes on two plants hit critical production bottlenecks, disrupting a sector tied to 1.2 million jobs

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Spoke to @columjournreview.bsky.social about the blackout open-source investigators are facing in the Middle East. I highlighted the investigation by @baydoun.nl, @ntabrizy.bsky.social, @wammezz.bsky.social, and myself on Israel’s strikes on Tehran’s oil depots, and how we worked around it.

Blind spots.

A satellite company popular among journalists issued an indefinite blackout in the Middle East. Open-source investigators got to work—and challenged official narratives.

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Mapped the IDF's newly declared "Forward Defense Zone" in south Lebanon. Its maritime boundary fully absorbs Lebanon's Qana gas field, whose exploration rights were explicitly guaranteed under the 2022 US-brokered maritime border agreement. More maps in this thread 🧵

Exclusive: @baydoun.nl spent years reconstructing a detention center in southern Lebanon, then watched satellite images confirm his fear: The prison where thousands were held without charge was razed by Israeli excavators.

Satellite Imagery Reveals the Israeli Demolition of Khiam Detention Center

The prison in southern Lebanon where thousands were held without charge has been razed to the ground, confirming the fears of a researcher who spent years building a virtual reconstruction of the site

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Spoke to @nieuwsuur.nl about @ntabrizy.bsky.social and my recent investigations in Iran. People in Iran are now caught between bombardment from the skies and the Islamic Republic’s repressive system. We should not lose sight of the people living through this, and what it means for them every day.

"What are memory, reconstruction, and the power of the image when the place is gone?" Satellite images show Israeli excavators demolishing Khiam Detention Center in southern Lebanon, where 5,000+ were once held and tortured, reports @@baydoun.nl  

Satellite Imagery Reveals the Israeli Demolition of Khiam Detention Center

The prison in southern Lebanon where thousands were held without charge has been razed to the ground, confirming the fears of a researcher who spent years building a virtual reconstruction of the site

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NEW: Exclusive: Satellite images show Israeli excavators demolishing Khiam Detention Center in southern Lebanon, where more than 5,000 people were once held and tortured by an Israeli proxy, reports Ahmad Baydoun for @newlinesmag.bsky.social . newlinesmag.com/reportage/sa...

Satellite Imagery Reveals the Israeli Demolition of Khiam Detention Center

The prison in southern Lebanon where thousands were held without charge has been razed to the ground, confirming the fears of a researcher who spent years building a virtual reconstruction of the site

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In 2019 I went to Khiam to document it, believing the historic detention center wouldn't survive, so I built a virtual reconstruction. Last week it was razed by Israeli forces. My piece for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on what that means, and what a 3D model cannot hold. newlinesmag.com/reportage/sa...

Satellite Imagery Reveals the Israeli Demolition of Khiam Detention Center

The prison in southern Lebanon where thousands were held without charge has been razed to the ground, confirming the fears of a researcher who spent years building a virtual reconstruction of the site

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An exclusive investigation reveals the substantial air pollution unleashed by Israel’s recent strikes on fuel storage sites across Iran’s capital.  @baydoun.nl @chrisosieck.bsky.social @ntabrizy.bsky.social  @wammezz.bsky.social 

The Noxious Smoke Enveloping Tehran

An exclusive investigation reveals the substantial air pollution unleashed by Israel’s recent strikes on fuel storage sites across Iran’s capital

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New investigation: We tracked how smoke from strikes on Tehran’s fuel depots spread across the city. Together with @chrisosieck.bsky.social @ntabrizy.bsky.social @wammezz.bsky.social, we used satellite imagery, geolocation and wind analysis to map its movement. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

The Noxious Smoke Enveloping Tehran

An exclusive investigation reveals the substantial air pollution unleashed by Israel’s recent strikes on fuel storage sites across Iran’s capital

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NEW: Israel’s airstrikes on oil depots across Tehran have unleashed extensive air pollution, report @baydoun.nl, @chrisosieck.bsky.social , @ntabrizy.bsky.social and @wammezz.bsky.social , in an exclusive investigation for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

The Noxious Smoke Enveloping Tehran

An exclusive investigation reveals the substantial air pollution unleashed by Israel’s recent strikes on fuel storage sites across Iran’s capital

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Using interviews, satellite imagery and atmospheric modelling, we reconstructed how smoke from strikes on oil infrastructure spread across Tehran. The plume extended across much of the city. Investigation by @baydoun.nl, @ntabrizy.bsky.social, @wammezz.bsky.social, and myself.

The Noxious Smoke Enveloping Tehran

An exclusive investigation reveals the substantial air pollution unleashed by Israel’s recent strikes on fuel storage sites across Iran’s capital

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Mapped the evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army in south Lebanon over the past two days. The March 03 order marks a significant expansion beyond the immediate border towns and well beyond the Litani River. I counted 105 villages so far.

91% of documented white phosphorus strikes occurred before Israel's ground entry. 39% hit civilian areas and 16% agricultural land. Those figures contradict Israel’s version of its use and proximity to civilians. More findings in this video interview for @france24.com. Full article: f24.my/BffV

FRANCE 24@france24.com · 9mo ago

Au Sud-Liban, une étude révèle le "danger persistant" des frappes israéliennes au phosphore blanc

One of Lebanon’s strongest open-source researchers, @baydoun.nl, spoke with The Observers on FRANCE 24 (in Arabic) about his investigation into Israel’s use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon. Watch here:

The Observers - Israel used white phosphorus widely in southern Lebanon, study finds

An investigation by open-source researcher Ahmad Baydoun highlights Israel's use of white phosphorus munitions during the recent conflict with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon between October 2023 and No...

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"91% of white phosphorus strikes happened before Israeli forces entered southern Lebanon in Oct 2024, contradicting Israel’s official version. Of all strikes we documented, 39% hit civilian areas, 16% agricultural land, and only 44% uninhabited zones." @baydoun.nl in @france24.com.

Au Sud-Liban, une étude révèle le "danger persistant" des frappes israéliennes au phosphore blanc

En cartographiant 248 frappes, une enquête menée par un chercheur en sources ouvertes, Ahmad Baydoun, met en lumière l’utilisation par Israël du phosphore blanc lors du dernier conflit au Sud-Liban,…

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“What does it say about us, as Lebanese, as Arabs, that we rent out our heritage? That the places meant to anchor us have become props for vanity? Perhaps it is not greed alone, but a deeper forgetting, a loss of measure.” newlinesmag.com/spotlight/je...

Jeita Grotto and the Price of Heritage

A private wedding in Lebanon’s breathtaking caves shows how even such sites of natural and cultural significance are becoming a privilege of the wealthy

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After months of verification and mapping, the archive now includes 248 confirmed white phosphorus strikes across South Lebanon (2023-2024). Only incidents with visual evidence were used, then geolocated, verified, and cross-checked with satellite imagery Part of my PhD research at TU Delft.

WhitePhosphorus.info@whitephosphorus.info · 9mo ago

NEW: We’ve added 53 more white phosphorus strikes to our archive whitephosphorus.info, bringing the total to 248 verified and geolocated incidents across South #Lebanon (2023–2024). The IDF says these were used as smokescreens, away from civilians. Our findings show otherwise. 🧵

Sumud at it's finest: 81-year-old Nouhad returns to her olive grove in southern Lebanon, bound to the land by love and memory. Israeli incursions and white phosphorus have scorched the soil, but neither people nor roots are so easily uprooted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV52...

Shifting Roots: A Lebanese Woman’s Fight to Save Her Olive Trees | DigiDocs

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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In een oorlog kan ook de leefomgeving een wapen worden. Zuid-Libanon ligt vol witte fosfor, resten van aanvallen door Israël. „Het is als het ware een langdurige bom.” buff.ly/Wdge2wz

‘De witte fosfor in Zuid-Libanon vergiftigt ons allemaal. Het is een langdurige bom’

Ahmad Baydoun | onderzoeker witte fosfor: In een oorlog kan ook de leefomgeving een wapen worden. Zuid-Libanon ligt vol witte fosfor, resten van aanvallen door Israël. „Het is als het ware een…

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My good friend @baydoun.bsky.social with a well-deserved interview in dutch newspaper @nrc.nl about his research on white phoshorus use in South Lebanon, highlighting a form of slow violence that has an impact on the environment and health on the longer term. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

‘De witte fosfor in Zuid-Libanon vergiftigt ons allemaal. Het is een langdurige bom’

Ahmad Baydoun | onderzoeker witte fosfor: In een oorlog kan ook de leefomgeving een wapen worden. Zuid-Libanon ligt vol witte fosfor, resten van aanvallen door Israël. „Het is als het ware een langdur...

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Two hours of terror. "Our findings contradict not only Israel's initial account of the attack, but its subsequent accounts as well." New evidence unearthed by Sky News contradicts Israel's official account of the killing of 15 aid workers. news.sky.com/story/two-ho...

Two hours of terror: Sky News investigation reveals how Israel's deadly attack on aid workers unfolded

New evidence unearthed by Sky News contradicts Israel's official account of the killing of 15 aid workers.

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New piece at @bellingcat.com with my colleague Carlos Gonzales looking at the Palestine Red Crescent Society aid convoy that was attacked in southern #Gaza by the IDF in late March and what details we can glean from the audio: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...

What Audio Analysis Reveals About Aid Workers Killed in Gaza - bellingcat

Hundreds of shots fired at aid convoy that resulted in deaths of multiple aid workers, audio analysis shows.

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I contributed to this @amnesty.org investigation by geolocating 59 incidents and verifying over 347 images showing HD Hyundai machinery used by #Israel to demolish #Palestinian homes, shops, and infrastructure across the West Bank. Full report here: amnesty.or.kr/132930/news/...

Amnesty International@amnesty.org · last yr.

HD Hyundai machinery has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to new visual and testimonial evidence documented by Amnesty International Korea and local human rights groups ⬇️

Damning testimony from the survivor of the killing of 15 Gazan medics and civil defense workers. Munther Abed says IDF soldiers deliberately fired at them and those sent to rescue them, then crushed and buried the cars and bodies. www.dropsitenews.com/p/red-cresce...

Red Crescent Worker Who Survived Israeli Massacre Recounts Horror

In one of the deadliest attacks on emergency workers in the world in years, Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian first responders and buried them in a mass grave.

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We found evidence of the IDF setting up watchtowers, creating roads & more within the borders of Syria + Lebanon – with Samuel Granados & Aaron Boxerman www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Israel Digs In Beyond Its Northern Border

Israel has built a growing network of outposts and fortifications in Syria and Lebanon, deepening concerns about a protracted occupation in parts of the two countries.

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