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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · 1d

we prefer to call them infographics instead bsky.app/profile/obre...

Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Mar 16

IDF infographics vs actual places targeted by the airstrikes in southern Syria last Monday (geolocated from Sentinel-2 and Planet satellite images)

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · 1d

in addition to the pretty 3D animations this kind of textbook propaganda also applies to misleading maps, diligently labeled as "illustrations", which the IDF publishes with the same goal of making the public believe they were showing something real

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · 10d

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...

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · 14d

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · 14d

"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...

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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.

www.reuters.com

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · 15d

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · 17d

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

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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 28d

“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...

‘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

www.theguardian.com

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Aug 30

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Aug 26

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...

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Aug 10

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Aug 6

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Aug 1

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Jul 28

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...

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Jul 25

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Jul 20

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...

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Jul 20

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)

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Jul 13

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Jul 13

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

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Samir @obretix.bsky.social · Jul 6

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

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