map of US/Israeli airstrikes in Iraq since 28 Feb 2026 (verified/geolocated strikes only)
End of January #Israel illegally sprayed herbicide across its borders into #Syria and #Lebanon. Affected communities are concerned over the impacts on agriculture and health. We used satellite imagery to track the 55km long affected area. A thread 🧵1/x paxforpeace.nl/news/israel-...
Recent @copernicusland.bsky.social Sentinel-2 imagery in False Colour now showing the degraged agricultural land in #Syria near Quneitra where Israel has been spraying herbicide. Images via @obretix.bsky.social
Wim Zwijnenburg@wammezz.bsky.social · 6mo agoMore spraying of likely glyphosate, a herbicide, by #Israel now also taking place over agricultural areas in border areas with #Lebanon, affecting livelihoods of farmers and posing additional health risk to civilians. www.bbc.com/news/article...
OPCW found "a chemical warfare agent and its degradation product" in a sample "collected in August 2025 from deteriorated barrels buried under the soil" at a Chemical Weapons related location previously not declared by the Assad regime opcw.org/sites/defaul... [pdf]
US/Coalition airstrike on a building geolocated in Zalaf google.com/maps?ll=32.9... ~75km east of Suwayda
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 7mo agoThe U.S. carried out major airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria on Saturday, following up on retaliatory attacks last month after two U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. civilian interpreter were killed in a terrorist attack in the country.
Israeli military base on the summit of Mount Hermon (جبل الشيخ) at an altitude of 2810m google.com/maps?ll=33.4... (29 Oct 2025) bsky.app/profile/obre...
Samir@obretix.bsky.social · last yr.Israeli military bases in Syria (red) among the current UNDOF bases and observation posts (blue) in the area
map of the Jordanian airstrikes in southern Suwayda on 24/25 Dec 2025 bsky.app/profile/fare...
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول@faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 7mo agoA widely circulated video shows airstrikes carried out by fighter jets believed to be Jordanian, targeting suspected weapons storage sites east of Al-Kafr village in the southern countryside of As-Suwayda, southern Syria.
difference between the Yellow Line on the map (idf.il/158008/) and how it was implemented on the ground (dashed line) in Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza on satellite image from 13 Dec 2025 google.com/maps?ll=31.5... (Planet satellite image via @avischarf.bsky.social)
another airstrike in the same area ~40km northeast of Palmyra www.google.com/maps?ll=34.8... visible on Sentinel-2 satellite image today link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/joaq
Samir@obretix.bsky.social · 8mo agoUS/Coalition airstrike on a number of caves geolocated ~45km northeast of Palmyra google.com/maps?ll=34.8...
US/Coalition airstrike on a number of caves geolocated ~45km northeast of Palmyra google.com/maps?ll=34.8...
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 8mo agoUS CENTCOM releases footage of US and Jordanian forces striking targets in Syria
Eilat to Johannesburg via Nairobi on these two chartered flights: fr24.com/data/flights... and fr24.com/data/flights... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli troops also took over the tower overlooking the area that once was a forest about 150m north of their base in Jubata al-Khashab google.com/maps?ll=33.2...
Bashar's luxurious residence in exile in Moscow maps.app.goo.gl/Lzt6HADLALix... where "Assad's family owns around 20 apartments in the left tower" according to @zeit.de archive.is/fh5IX
in addition to the pretty 3D animations this kind of textbook propaganda also applies to misleading maps, diligently labeled as "illustrations", which the IDF publishes with the same goal of making the public believe they were showing something real
Jack Sapoch@jacksapoch.bsky.social · 10mo agoNEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
ten years ago today Russia started its campaign of airstrikes and lies in Syria in an attempt to save the Assad regime with a strike on Jaish Al-Izza in al-Lataminah google.com/maps?ll=35.3... claiming they had destroyed an ISIS HQ youtube.com/watch?v=hiA0...
"Tel Kurdi" chemical weapons production facility (CWPF) as declared by the Aassad regime and destroyed on 23 Jun 2018, reported by the OPCW ("all declared buildings had been razed to ground level and all debris removed") opcw.org/sites/defaul... [pdf] google.com/maps?ll=33.5...
it seems the Israeli govt is free to support the humanitarian corridors that are already established by WFP/ICRC if it cared about the Druze in Syria www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: Israel-Syria talks hit snag over humanitarian corridor, sources say
Efforts to reach a security pact between Syria and Israel have hit a last-minute snag over Israel's demand that it be allowed to open a "humanitarian corridor" to Syria's southern province of Sweida, four sources familiar with the talks said.
reuters.com
“In a quote that was not on the recording but was cited by Ynet, Halevi appeared to suggest that the main importance of Israel’s military lawyers was to convince the outside world of the legality of the IDF’s actions.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000
Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip
theguardian.com
Aframax tanker "Nissos Christiana" anchored near the oil terminal in Tartus link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/p46j to load the first cargo of Syrian crude oil since the lifting of sanctions (~0.5mbbl) archive.is/kBtVB
Israeli airstrikes on the military base east of al-Kiswah last night google.com/maps?ll=33.3... aimed to close off the area by targeting roads and access points to the base and the hilltop
geolocation of the building in Tarnaja village google.com/maps?ll=33.2... that was shelled by the IDF today killing a civilian sana.sy/locals/22716...
QalaatAlMudiq@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social · 11mo ago#Syria: a man was killed at dawn today following an Israeli strike on a house in Trinjeh (N. #Quneitra province). It comes as Israel launched multiple raids in the province (including Suisah & Trinjeh)
geolocation of the building that was raided last night google.com/maps?ll=36.3... in Atmeh
QalaatAlMudiq@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social · 12mo ago#Syria: last night, the US carried out an anti-#ISIS raid in Atmeh, on the border with #Turkey, involving helicopters and a landing operation. The man targeted tried to flee jumping from the balcony - he was then killed by US troops. The house he rented was searched and materials were seized.
human remains were found among the rubble geolocated in the Karam Zaytun neighborhood of Homs google.com/maps?ll=34.7...
QalaatAlMudiq@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social · 12mo agoAssad's legacy, everywhere. A man who returned to #Homs found human bones under the rubble of his house in Karam Zaytun. The presence of a child’s remains & bindings leaves little doubt that these people were among the 10s executed by Assad’s militiamen early 2012. More: snhr.org/public_html/...
Zaiter's burning Cadillac geolocated in Baalbek google.com/maps?ll=34.0...
QalaatAlMudiq@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social · 12mo agoBreaking. The Lebanese Army announces the elimination of Ali Zaiter, one of notorious drug lords during an operation in the Beqaa. He was closely linked to Hezbollah and played a prominent role in weapon & drug smuggling activities - particularly Captagon - across the #Syria border.
German Air Force A400M conducting an airdrop of humanitarian aid over northern Gaza today gettyimages.com/detail/22272...
remains of a tank destroyed between 27 and 29 Oct 2017 on the side of the road halfway between Damascus and Palmyra www.google.com/maps?ll=33.9...
QalaatAlMudiq@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social · last yr.T-72 in the Syrian desert - February 2025.
scorched-earth policy of complete and total destruction visible from space (unpaywalled archive.is/rvmJb)
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Avi Scharf@avischarf.bsky.social · last yr.NOW in English Satimages show that in just 2months, Israeli Army has almost entirely destroyed Khan Yunis Governorate, including Gaza Strip's 2nd-largest city and its environs, an area encompassing 90 square km and thousands of homes Planet Labs PBC www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...