Susan Sachs
@susansachs1212.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, mentor with the Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network. Ex bureau chief in Cairo, Jerusalem, Moscow, Baghdad, Istanbul, Paris and Kabul for New York Times, Newsday and Globe and Mail.
An exclusive joint investigation reveals how the Islamic State group resorted to hiding its assets underground in the deserts of Syria and Iraq, and how they are being uncovered.
The Buried Treasure Left Behind by the Islamic State
An exclusive joint investigation reveals how the group resorted to hiding its assets underground in the deserts of Syria and Iraq, and how they are being uncovered
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Blinded by War: documenting the aftermath of injury in Ukraine – photo essay
Blinded by War: documenting the aftermath of injury in Ukraine – photo essay
Since 2025, Paula Bronstein has been photographing wounded Ukrainian servicemen as they learn to live with the loss of sight, hearing and limbs
theguardian.com
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
lrb.co.uk
Great piece by Joanna Slater
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2mo agoPresident Trump had threatened to prevent the opening of a new $4.5 billion bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. After the two countries signed a last-minute deal, the bridge is now set to open Monday. https://wapo.st/3RReRAQ
Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work. He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children.
A terrific read btw
Jerry@jerrylangton.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Trump White House can by mystifying. But it won’t be if you read Shadow Diplomacy, which gives an insider’s view how and why they do what they do. shorturl.at/gb98b shorturl.at/amEfH #levparnas #levremembers #ukrainewar #hunterbiden #maga
The incredible series of events that sent Kent McGowen to prison would be comical if the result wasn’t so serious. See why this travesty of justice is so terrifying in Reasonable Doubts. shorturl.at/x94sK shorturl.at/Z1MDl #kentmcgowen #wrongfulconviction #texasjustice #ReasonableDoubts #TrueCrime
Israeli medical human rights group, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel: Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been held in Israel's Ofer Prison– without charge - for over a year, faces immediate risk of death. Calls for his immediate release.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's lawyer said he struggled to breathe and speak and seemed close to losing consciousness several times, during a Thursday visit, and said the doctor told him he fears he would be killed in Israeli custody @nirhasson.bsky.social www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-07...
Gaza hospital director jailed in Israel in life-threatening danger, lawyer says
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's lawyer said he struggled to breathe and speak and seemed close to losing consciousness several times, during a Thursday visit, and said the doctor told him he fears he would be...
haaretz.com
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2mo agoIsraeli medical human rights group, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel: Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been held in Israel's Ofer Prison– without charge - for over a year, faces immediate risk of death. Calls for his immediate release.
BREAKING Jordan's military said on Thursday it had intercepted 20 missiles launched from Iran, after Tehran's Revolutionary Guards announced they had fired at a US command centre in the kingdom
Iran doesn’t need to win the war. It just needs to survive it. Ariane Tabatabai and Madison Rinder explain how Iran’s asymmetric doctrine is holding up—and what a post war Iran builds toward, including (possibly) a nuclear weapon. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/will...
Will the War Change Iran’s Way of War?
The United States is degrading Iran’s military capabilities. Will Iran rebuild them?
lawfaremedia.org
Book review: Street, Palace, Square, by Jan-Werner Müller Human lives, both individually and collectively, unfold in a built environment. Generally speaking we don't get to shape that environment all that much. Most of us don't get to design our own homes, let alone streets and public spaces.…
Book review: Street, Palace, Square, by Jan-Werner Müller
Human lives, both individually and collectively, unfold in a built environment. Generally speaking we don't get to shape that environment all that much. Most of us don't get to design our own homes, let alone streets and public spaces. Unless you have a particular interest in architecture or urban design, you might never really think about the built environment all that much.
earthbound.report
The FBI did not disclose the snorkeling session or that Patel had returned to Hawaii for two days after his initial stopover on the island
Emails Show FBI Director Kash Patel's Hawaii Trip Included 'VIP Snorkel' At A Pearl Harbor Memorial
The FBI did not disclose the snorkeling session or that Patel had returned to Hawaii for two days after his initial stopover on the island.
huffpost.com
Exclusive: Israel built a secret military post in Iraq to support its campaign against Iran and launched strikes on Iraqi troops who almost found it early in the war.
Israel Built and Defended a Secret Iran War Base in Iraq
The base, set up for special forces and search-and-rescue teams, was almost discovered early in the conflict.
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In East Jerusalem, ‘a whole Palestinian community is about to be expelled’ Israel is forcing out Al-Bustan’s 1,500 residents to build a biblical theme park. To avoid paying huge fines, families are demolishing their own homes. www.972mag.com/al-bustan-ea...
In East Jerusalem, ‘a whole Palestinian community is about to be expelled’
Israel is forcing out Al-Bustan’s 1,500 residents to build a biblical theme park. To avoid paying huge fines, families are demolishing their own homes.
972mag.com
Rewriting history in Russia: Putin names the FSB academy after Dzerzhinsky, a monument to victims of Soviet repression is demolished, the Gulag History Museum is shut down and Memorial is barred from all activities. @vkaramurza.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | What Putin is trying to erase in Russia
Without transparency and accountability, yesterday’s secret police become tomorrow’s rulers.
washingtonpost.com
in the history of speeches that have been read right off a sheet of paper, nobody has a read a speech off a sheet of paper harder than what Trump is doing right now
Among the 200+ killed by Israel yesterday: Poet and grandmother Khartoum Salma, who was found with her husband, this morning, under the rubble, in Beirut's Tallet al-Khaya. Her two volumes of poetry, "A Woman Embraced While Waiting" and "The Moon's Last Guests". May their gentle souls RIP.
#BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet: ‘When you’re doing diplomacy without experienced diplomats it is messy..There doesn’t seem to be an agreement on what has been agreed.’ #ceasefire #IranWar
If you want to, better, understand what America is facing, you need to look at what Israel, under Netanyahu’s regime did to DCI and 5 other, human rights orgs, labeling and then persecuting them as “terrorist” organizations. And if anyone thinks Bennet is an alternative to Netanyahu, think again.
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 5mo agoSickening. A travesty. An outrage. For 35 years, Defense for Children International- Palestine has been at the forefront of advocating for and supporting the rights of Palestinian children. Israel has forced them to shut down.
“🇺🇸 Friday removed sanctions against Mikhail Zadornov, a prominent Russian banker and former finance minister” So weird how this keeps happening🤷🏼 www.globalbankingandfinance.com/us-removes-r...
Lebanese artist files French complaint over death of parents killed by Israeli bombing in Beirut www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/...
Lebanese artist turns to French justice system after Israeli strike kills parents in Beirut | The National
Filmmaker and artist Ali Cherri can file a complaint in Paris because he is a French-Lebanese citizen
thenationalnews.com
The Iron Dome is intercepting our chances of a normal future Israel’s missile defense systems have radically reduced the cost of going to war — and a society that does not fear war is doomed to live with it forever. By Guevara Bader www.972mag.com/iron-dome-in...
The Iron Dome is intercepting our chances of a normal future
Israel’s missile defense systems have radically reduced the cost of going to war — and a society that does not fear war is doomed to live with it forever.
972mag.com
