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Sep 9, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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On Sept. 5, Col. Mamady Doumbouya (41) —former French legionnaire and head of the country's Special Forces Group— seized power in Guinea from President Alpha Condé (83). Threading some footage that surfaced on social media, and some geolocations. nytimes.com/2021/09/05/wor… Image
Heavy gunfire was heard in the capital Conakry on Sunday morning. This video shows the 8 Nov. Bridge connecting Camayenne and Coleah in Kaloum, the tip of the peninsula where the Presidential Palace is located.
This video shows six military vehicles and about a double dozen troops just at Ave de la Republique and Blvd de Commerce — just a block away from the President Palace.
This video, already geolocated by @mafihachk, shows smoke rising very close to the Presidential Palace. The church you see is Cathedrale Sainte Marie, which is situated next to it.
Then: photos and videos surface of Condé being held in custody by (mostly masked) men. Photos attached, and videos of those same moments:

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“Finally, the head of Guinea’s special forces announced on state television that the constitution, government and all institutions were dissolved. He had staged a coup.” nytimes.com/2021/09/05/wor… Image
“Other videos showed Guineans taking to the streets in celebration and military vehicles moving through Conakry, accompanied by dozens of motorcycles, their riders raising fists in the air.” Lots of footage on the wires, see: nytimes.com/video/world/af…

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The U.S. in is in the process of seizing OLINA in the Caribbean near Trinidad, per @Reuters. It's flying a false flag of Timor Leste. It's loaded with oil cargo from Venezuela, per @Kpler and @TankerTrackers. And last known location is 12.16769, -62.6113, per @oballinger. Image
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A U.S. Coast Guard and Navy team has boarded and seized the vessel, per @EricSchmittNYT. nytimes.com/live/2026/01/0…Image
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Jan 8
NEW: The United States is pursuing several oil tankers across the Atlantic after a mass departure from Venezuelan waters this weekend. Most of the ships are carrying oil; one flies the Russian flag.

w/ @riley_mellen @EricSchmittNYT ht/ @oballinger nytimes.com/2026/01/08/wor…
The ships now crossing the Atlantic are part of a larger group of 16 sanctioned tankers we reported on a few days ago, which departed Venezuelan waters en masse in defiance of the U.S.’s partial naval blockade.
We wondered where those ships went. Thanks to @oballinger, who wrote a computer program to detect vessels in @CopernicusEU satellite images, we were able to identify the whereabouts of 8 vessels: 3 in the Atlantic heading east, and 5 in the Caribbean heading northeast. Image
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We just found out that, in addition to MARINERA and HYPERION, three other tankers recently in Venezuelan waters — and previously hit by U.S. sanctions for shipping Iranian/Russian oil —are now officially flying the Russian flag. More: nytimes.com/live/2026/01/0…Image
1 - VERONICA (9256860), now renamed to GALILEO, with homeport Taganrog. The vessel was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2022 following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Empty of oil cargo per @Kpler and @TankerTrackers. This vessel is one of 16 mentioned here.
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Jan 5
BREAKING: Multiple oil tankers hit by U.S. sanctions appear to be making a coordinated attempt to break the U.S. naval blockade on Venezuela’s energy exports by departing all at once. w/ @AKurmanaev nyti.ms/4sreZEs
Rubio said the blockade is one of the largest “quarantines” in modern history. But reporting by @AKurmanaev inside Venezuela, along with analysis from @TankerTrackers and myself, shows at least 16 tankers appear to be defying Trump’s “complete blockade.”
Four oil tankers left port without authorization from Venezuela’s interim government, according to internal communications from state oil company PDVSA and two industry sources. These departures could be an early act of defiance of interim President Delcy Rodríguez’s control.
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A Syrian expat was dining at Sixty, a restaurant at the top of a Moscow skyscraper, when waiters asked him not to take any photos. The diner looked around to see who the VIP was. It was Bashar al-Assad. Our story on the family’s life in exile: nyti.ms/45oxhML
The deposed president and his family lives are posh. He went from a suite at the Four Seasons (up to $13K/week) to a penthouse in Federation Tower, and finally to a villa in Rublyovka — a secluded suburb popular with the Russian elite.
While Syria tries to rebuild, Assad relatives are burning cash. Social media posts we found offer a glimpse: Sham al-Assad, daughter of Maher, celebrated her birthday over multiple days in Dubai, with a dinner at the gold-tiled Bagatelle and gifts from Hermès, Chanel and Dior. Sham’s birthday in Dubai showed the Assads’ wealth in exile, after they left Syria in economic ruins. The Times unearthed the image by tracing the social media of the family’s inner circle.Credit...
This photo from Sham al-Assad’s birthday at Bagatelle Dubai provides a glimpse into the family’s lavish exile.
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Satellite images of El Fasher, Sudan, taken today, Oct. 30, by @vantortech, show the aftermath of the RSF brutal takeover of the city this weekend. This is around the airport. Coordinates: 13.628, 25.329 Image
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Before and after of a road northwest of El Fasher, including numerous burned vehicles. Coordinates: 13.713, 25.278. Via @vantortech. Image
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@vantortech Before and after views of the Children's Hospital in El Fasher. Credit: @vantortech. Coordinates: 13.621, 25.382. Image
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