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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...

Israeli airstrikes also destroyed some buildings on military facilities ~14km north of Latakia google.com/maps?ll=35.6... and near Zama (~13km east of Jableh) google.com/maps?ll=35.3... which they had already heavily bombed in early December 2024

Israeli airstrike ~6km north of Tartus google.com/maps?ll=34.9... on Sentinel-2 satellite image today link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/p0sh

IRAM in a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in Qusayr google.com/maps?ll=34.5... that was bombed by Israel on 31 Oct 2024 economist.com/1843/2025/05...

geolocation of the Jordanian airstrike on a building in Sheab last night google.com/maps?ll=32.4... (link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/o4iy)

Gazans Once Escaped To Rafah. Now Israel Is Razing It. (Gift Article) In the last few weeks, Israel has demolished extensive areas of Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah.

Israel has rapidly accelerated its destruction of Rafah in April and May. It's hard to understand the magnitude of this, even when spending time analyzing recent satellite imagery. From me, Samuel Granados, Aaron Boxerman, and @rileymellen.bsky.social

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

crude oil tanker CARL captured on Sentinel-2 satellite image near Baniyas today link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/n5h4

drone video of the blasting operation t.me/amitsegal/46... (h/t @chrisosieck.bsky.social)

controlled demolition by IDF in Syria geolocated near Qalaat al-Jandal google.com/maps?ll=33.4... claiming to have located and dismantled "the central headquarters of the former Syrian regime on Mount Hermon" idf.il/294285 on 28 Apr 2025

geolocation of a possible Israeli airstrike about 3km southwest of Suwayda google.com/maps?ll=32.6...

geolocation of an Israeli airstrike in the northeastern outskirts of Sahnyah yesterday google.com/maps?ll=33.4...

the total number of these Turkish military installations in this "Forbidden Zone" is well over 150 now with another new cluster of outposts and bases near Sergele

Turkish military is remaining and expanding its presence in northern Iraqi Kurdistan with at least 136 military bases and outposts as of Dec 2024. a string of new outposts was set up for example just north of Bamerne in 2024 google.com/maps?ll=37.1... bbc.com/news/article...

YouTube video by BBC World Service The Forbidden Zone: Why Is Turkey building military bases inside Iraq? - BBC World Service Docs

An important investigation into Turkish military bases inside #Iraq and a hidden war that has killed 100s of people and designated a large swath of northern Iraq a ‘forbidden zone’ - with the Kurdish KDP’s help www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgVU...

More than just an archaeological site: the hill of al-Muntar, the highest point in Gaza city, is named after the shrine of Sheikh Ali al-Muntar at the top of the hill, which long hosted an important mawsim (festival) of the region.