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ten years ago today Russia started its campaign of airstrikes and lies in Syria in an attempt to save the Assad regime with a strike on Jaish Al-Izza in al-Lataminah google.com/maps?ll=35.3... claiming they had destroyed an ISIS HQ youtube.com/watch?v=hiA0...

similar to the "Al Maliha" chemical weapons production facility (allegedly used to produce ricin) which was destroyed and "all debris removed" on 7 Jun 2018 google.com/maps?ll=33.4...

it is the only building which was "razed to ground level and all debris removed" in the area of Tell Kurdi that day

"Tel Kurdi" chemical weapons production facility (CWPF) as declared by the Aassad regime and destroyed on 23 Jun 2018, reported by the OPCW ("all declared buildings had been razed to ground level and all debris removed") opcw.org/sites/defaul... [pdf] google.com/maps?ll=33.5...

Exclusive: Israel-Syria talks hit snag over humanitarian corridor, sources say Efforts to reach a security pact between Syria and Israel have hit a last-minute snag over Israel's demand that it be allowed to open a "humanitarian corridor" to Syria's southern province of Sweida, four sources familiar with the talks said.

it seems the Israeli govt is free to support the humanitarian corridors that are already established by WFP/ICRC if it cared about the Druze in Syria www.reuters.com/world/middle...

hard to keep track since the OPCW reported in August that "nine of these locations have already been visited by the DAT, during the deployments in March and April 2025" but "in March and in April 2025, the DAT visited four declared locations and five suspected locations" in the 142nd report in July

Russian field hospital in Homs since 2021 google.com/maps?ll=34.7... disappeared around 20 May 2025

‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000 Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip

“In a quote that was not on the recording but was cited by Ynet, Halevi appeared to suggest that the main importance of Israel’s military lawyers was to convince the outside world of the legality of the IDF’s actions.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Aframax tanker "Nissos Christiana" anchored near the oil terminal in Tartus link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/p46j to load the first cargo of Syrian crude oil since the lifting of sanctions (~0.5mbbl) archive.is/kBtVB

Israeli airstrikes on the military base east of al-Kiswah last night google.com/maps?ll=33.3... aimed to close off the area by targeting roads and access points to the base and the hilltop

geolocation of the building in Tarnaja village google.com/maps?ll=33.2... that was shelled by the IDF today killing a civilian sana.sy/locals/22716...

geolocation of the building that was raided last night google.com/maps?ll=36.3... in Atmeh

human remains were found among the rubble geolocated in the Karam Zaytun neighborhood of Homs google.com/maps?ll=34.7...

Zaiter's burning Cadillac geolocated in Baalbek google.com/maps?ll=34.0...

German Air Force A400M conducting an airdrop of humanitarian aid over northern Gaza today gettyimages.com/detail/22272...

remains of a tank destroyed between 27 and 29 Oct 2017 on the side of the road halfway between Damascus and Palmyra www.google.com/maps?ll=33.9...

geolocation of a mass grave google.com/maps?ll=32.6... southeast of Suwayda

scorched-earth policy of complete and total destruction visible from space (unpaywalled archive.is/rvmJb)

at least 19 of these airstrikes were focused on destroying some ancient field artillery guns on military bases near Deir Ali google.com/maps?ll=33.2...

Israeli airstrikes in southern Syria between 14 and 17 Jul 2025 mapped from Sentinel-2 satellite images and geolocated footage (h/t @elkangoo.bsky.social)

Israeli troops geolocated near the archaeological site of Burqush google.com/maps?ll=33.4... ~25km west of Damascus idf.il/302272

IDF fortifications and roadblocks next to al-Mantara dam in Quneitra google.com/maps?ll=33.1... newlinesmag.com/spotlight/is...

earlier this week the IDF demolished another building on the border between Syria and Lebanon google.com/maps?ll=33.4...

IDF demolished some farms google.com/maps?ll=33.3... and Assad regime military outposts in Syria which they deemed a threat to Israel on 10/11 June 2025 youtube.com/watch?v=kX_E... www.idf.il/301235

geolocation of the Israeli drone strike on a car on the highway just south of Beirut airport google.com/maps?ll=33.7...

the second drone strike in Syria that day, geolocated just north of Sarmada google.com/maps?ll=36.2... was apparently conducted by a RAF Reaper drone thesun.co.uk/news/3561247... using conventional Hellfire/JAGM missiles

geolocation of the drone strike south of Atmeh google.com/maps?ll=36.2... on 10 Jun 2025. at least four R9X Hellfire missiles were fired

radar site near Bandar-e Mahshahr google.com/maps?ll=30.5... on 21 June for example

most of Iran's fancy early warning radar installations in the west and center of the country got targeted by Israeli strikes

Great Zab river in the background is giving it away earth.google.com/web/@35.9424...