Ruth Michaelson

ruthmichaelson.com

02 May 2025 13:24

“A $400 billion opportunity,”- striking details on Iran’s ambitions in Syria, and just how indebted the Assad regime was to Tehran, from documents found in the looted Iranian embassy in Damascus after its fall. By John Davison, @allisonmartell.bsky.social and @readelev.bsky.social

Aron Lund

aronlund.bsky.social

02 May 2025 13:24

@reuters.com read piles of abandoned embassy papers about Tehran’s economic strategy in Assad-era Syria. Turns out the Iranians just got robbed and scammed until they wept, like everyone else. @johndrtrs.bsky.social @readelev.bsky.social @allisonmartell.bsky.social www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Reuters

reuters.com

02 May 2025 07:23

Iran dreamed up a US-style Marshall Plan to rebuild Syria after the civil war. It invested billions to build influence there. Documents from its looted embassy show how that plan went spectacularly wrong with the fall of Bashar al-Assad reut.rs/3Ypri76

Rachel Savage

rachelmsavage.bsky.social

01 May 2025 10:26

A U.N. panel of experts is investigating how mortar rounds exported from Bulgaria to the United Arab Emirates ended up in a supply convoy for Rapid Support Forces fighters in Sudan. Great exclusive by @dglewis.bsky.social and @readelev.bsky.social

Aric Toler

aric.bsky.social

05 April 2025 20:33

For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured? Last week, we finally found the answer. www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...