New investigation: we explored Israel's ghost list of items that are being arbitrarily denied access to Gaza since October 7.

These include: Anesthesia machines, oxygen cylinders, crutches, solar panels, ventilators and water purification tablets.
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@goodwinallegra and I spoke to over 24 sources in the multi-billion-dollar aid effort for desperate Gazans. @nimaelbagir and @ArvanitidisCNN traveled to Jordan where they spoke to high-level sources and had rare access to warehouses stacked with aid held up by Israeli redtape.

NEW IRAN REPORT: we uncover a central component of the crackdown on the Mahsa Amini uprising -- a proliferation of secret jails where protesters were tortured into submission.
w/ @ArvanitidisCNN @nimaelbagir @FaribaSahraei @ArtemisChats @GianlucaMezzo edition.cnn.com/interactive/20… These black sites exist outside of what little due process the Islamic Republic still affords, enabling unfettered cruelty.

Over 4 months we heard of the same torture methods repeatedly -- rape, molestation, flogging, electrocution and even drugging.

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In a 2-month investigation, CNN uncovered sexual violence against male and female protesters, including boys, in Iranian detention centers. w/ @nimaelbagir @ArvanitidisCNN @plattberger @ArtemisChats @GianlucaMezzo @celinealkhaldi @Henrikkp @sgmankarious edition.cnn.com/interactive/20… @nimaelbagir @ArvanitidisCNN @plattberger @ArtemisChats @GianlucaMezzo @celinealkhaldi @Henrikkp @sgmankarious Video editing by Mark Baron. Digital editing by @LauraSSpark

THREAD: I'm going to wade into the debate about @ferashatoum 's investigation which links the ammonium nitrate responsible for the #Beirut blast to 3 Syrian businessmen on a US sanctions list. I have tried to mirror the open-source investigation, with the help of expert friends. I have a few outstanding comments:

1) Hatoum premises his singling out of HESCO Engineering (linked to Syrian businessman #1, Haswani) on the idea that of the 73 active company listed on the address, only one had the traits of an active company: HESCO. This is simply not true.

A Chilean search and rescue team in Beirut say they have detected a possible heartbeat of a body under the rubble of a building destroyed by the August 4 blast. If true, then that would mean that the person would have been stuck under the wreckage, alive, for 29 whole days. Crowd of journalists and residents watching the rescue operation speaking in hushed tones. Rescue team has asked for silence so they can better hear through the life detector listening system they say has detected heartbeats.

Our investigative piece into Lebanon's #Kenya consul, tasked with the protection of some of the most vulnerable migrant women in Lebanon. Instead he is accused by multiple Kenyans of exploitation, assault, and coercion to pursue sex work. edition.cnn.com/2020/07/28/mid… One Kenyan woman I spoke to said the consul slapped her and shoved her around when she asked to be reimbursed for repatriation fees she believed her overcharged her for. The consul later called the police on her and got her arrested, although a consulate official denied it.