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

Before and after of a road northwest of El Fasher, including numerous burned vehicles. Coordinates: 13.713, 25.278. Via @vantortech.

When Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed in Syria, many of the officials who enabled and enforced his brutal regime disappeared. Our reporting uncovers who they are, what they did and where they fled. nyti.ms/3J1W5Cs The story above is the first installment of our ongoing reporting project on Assad's key enforcers — those who oversaw torture, directed massacres, and ordered chemical attacks. Just a few of the hooros of the civil war that left half a million people dead.

Thread with @Maxar satellite imagery showing the aftermath of two locations in Pakistan struck by India overnight. The first location is the Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah compound on the outskirts of Bahawalpur. Satellite images courtesy of @Maxar.

Striking new satellite image from @Maxar of Altadena, heavily affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. The first image is natural color, the second show healthy vegetation in red and burned areas black/grey.
This image gives a closer view of Altadena, showing the extensively damage that occured over the past two days. Via @Maxar.

Thread with satellite imagery of the California wildfires. Smoke and clouds largely obscured the northwestern sections of the LA suburbs (Palisades, Malibu), but shortwave infrared (SWIR) sensor helps penetrate that and extensive damage and hundreds of active fires can be seen. Location: 34.045, -118.540. 🛰️📸: @Maxar

New @Maxar satellite imagery from the past 48 hours shows the Russian military vehicles and equipment continue to be withdrawn from Khmeimim Air Base, and likely arrived at the Tartus naval base. Thread 🧵 This image from December 15 shows military trucks, armored personnel carriers (APC) and personnel assembled on the tarmac at Khmeimim Air Base. An Il-76 transport aircraft is parked nearby. 🛰️📸: @Maxar

This satellite image from today, via @Maxar, shows three key vessels in Iran's strategy of converting commercial ships into military platforms ancored near Bandar Abbas:

SHAHID BAGHERI (new drone ship, probable net-covered drone on deck)
SHAHID MAHDAVI
SHAHID ROUDAKI This is a closer crop of the SHAHID BAGHERI, the newest of the three. Originally a commercial container ship, the vessel was converted into a military drone carrier and is now undergoing its first sea trials after departing the ISOICO shipyard in late November, per @Maxar.

New high-resolution satellite imagery from @Maxar of the key Russian location in Syria: the Tartus naval base and the Khmeimim airbase near Latakia. 🧵 Nearly all Russian naval assets have left their usual positions at the Tartus port base, as @riley_mellen and I reported for @nytimes yesterday. nytimes.com/live/2024/12/0…

Young Dutch journalist @OmeBender filmed Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam stealing steel pipes, putting on masks, and chasing someone. A metal pipe appears to be thrown at a police vehicle. The footage also shows an Israeli fan warning him to stop filming.

https://twitter.com/OmeBender/status/1854894829697712570

The incident shown in the clip above of the Maccabi fans chasing someone is the same one as seen in this video. This happened after the match, around midnight, in front of Centraal Station.

https://x.com/iAnnetnl/status/1854664685469028610

Since it didn't make it into this story, threading some geolocations of airstrikes near Tinzaouaten by Turkish-made drones. These strikes could be conducted by Mali and/or Burkina Faso.

https://twitter.com/trbrtc/status/1852363362987876396

Overview map. Pink line is Wagner's route toward Tinzouaten, pink pins are location of first battle, green line is earth berms around the gold mines, and yellow pins are the drone strikes.

In July, Wagner suffered its biggest defeat in Africa. Our visual investigation, using satellite imagery, battlefield footage and firsthand accounts, shows a moment-by-moment breakdown of what happened — and the fallout with families in Russia. nyti.ms/3Yx2Orx Please read the full article for our main findings. In this thread, I’ll share extra details that didn’t make the story — focusing on geolocations, messages from family members and some insight on what’s going on with Wagner after the mutiny and Prigozhin’s death.

Worth checking out: @SkyTruth has released renewed three oil and gas monitoring tools: Cerulean (AI-powered ocean oil pollution detection), Monitor (environmental change tracking), and the Natural Gas Flaring Map. Links in thread. Cerulean uses satellite imagery to track ocean oil pollution and identify potential sources. An initial analysis revealed more than 1K oil slicks from vessels, suggesting that ships may be dumping more than 80 million gallons of oily sludge annually. cerulean.skytruth.org

For what it's worth, the IDF live-streamed its press conference on today's strikes in Beirut to YouTube. Instead of using their official account, they uploaded it as an unlisted video to the channel ”siteolympus9593”.


At least two large apartment buildings in the densely populated southern Beirut suburbs, known as Dahiya, were flattened. Lebanon's health minister said two to four additional buildings had been “completely decimated.” nytimes.com/live/2024/09/2…

https://x.com/obretix/status/1839702300551426221

Another series of explosions has been reported across Beirut and other parts of Lebanon, this time involving ICOM communication devices that appear to be exploding.

https://twitter.com/JakeGodin/status/1836042111726072229

Based on its appearance and the visible markings, this device seems to be the ICOM IC-V82 model. rigpix.com/icom/icv82.htm

Geolocation of the building in northern Tehran where Ismail Haniyeh was reportedly assassinated: 35.81931, 51.41559. An Iranian official shared the image with @farnazfassihi, and it is circulating on Telegram. Green cloth and rubble is visible on the east side of the building. A satellite image captured by @Maxar on July 25 does not show the green cloth or the rubble on the first-floor roof, suggesting that the image above that's circulating is recent indeed. The building is adjacent to the Saadabad Palace, and near the president's official residence.

In recent months, one of Haiti's most powerful gangs — 5 Segonn — promoted itself with brash rap videos. Recently, however, the gang has obtained better weapons and is presenting itself as a paramilitary force. Our visual investigation takes a deep dive: nyti.ms/4bPiJXx
The rise of Haitian gangs started a few decades ago, when they were used by politicians to suppress voter turnout or anti-government protests, and by oligarchs for land grabs and attacks on rivals. Now, they've found independent financial lifelines, changing the dynamic.

Satellite imagery of Port-au-Prince, captured on March 14, shows the deteriorating conditions in Haiti's capital due to ongoing gang violence. This image (wide and crop) show roadblocks, burning debris and trash blocking Rte de Delmas near the city's main hospitals. Image: @Maxar

Smoke can be seen rising near St. Francois de Sales hospital, in Port-au-Prince, March 14, 2024. Image: @Maxar. A unified front of gangs forced Haiti's prime minister to resign. More: nytimes.com/2024/03/14/wor…

The Biden admin has hailed its efforts to restrict Iran's oil revenue — and its ability to fund proxy militias. But lax government oversight allowed deceptive tankers to move $2.8 billion worth of oil, all with American insurance. Our visual investigation: nyti.ms/3I0dQOr Since this investigation — with @BlackiLi, @_neilbedi, @ajcardia and @bottidavid — relied heavily on openly available online sources and tools, I wanted to give some insights in our reporting process below.

Just moments ago, reports of yet another drone attack in Moscow (early hours of August 1), making it the fourth attack in the span of just one week. Threading details as they emerge below:

https://twitter.com/trbrtc/status/1686099441210499073

This video shows smoke rising at a skyscraper in Moscow City, a symbol of Russia's economic resurgency under Putin. The area was also hit by a suspected Ukrainian-made Bober drone on July 30. https://t.co/4fdGOS8yDnt.me/ENews112/14811

“The only way to stop this,” Ukraine's military intelligence told us, “is the immediate withdrawal of Russian occupation troops from Ukraine.” Our latest visual investigation into Kyiv's growing fleet of homegrown kamikaze drones that have hit Moscow: nyti.ms/455tphc Public glimpses of Ukraine's long-range kamikaze drone program are rare. The first came in December, when influencer @igorlachenkov got an unexpected phone call from GUR, Ukraine's military intelligence. They needed money, and fast, for a “drone that can fly very far.”

We tracked how several tankers, all acquired by shell companies after Russia invaded Ukraine, secretly moved at least half a billion dollars worth of Russian oil — an apparent effort to deceive their U.S.-based insurer. Our latest visual investigation: nyti.ms/43DQxTn All the ships were “spoofing” their location: They sent out signals that showed they were in one location, while really they were somewhere else. Our investigation relied heavily on openly available sources and tools, some below are some insights into our reporting process.