Reade Levinson
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Reade Levinson
@readelev.bsky.social
· Jul 3
Major Rwandan coltan exporter bought smuggled minerals, a UN report says
Rwandan company Boss Mining Solution bought minerals smuggled from rebel-held areas of neighboring Congo, helping fund an insurgency in that vast African country, according to a confidential report by a group of United Nations experts that was reviewed by Reuters.
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Aric Toler
@aric.bsky.social
· May 3
Video: Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that con...
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Aron Lund
@aronlund.bsky.social
· May 1
Iran had imperial ambitions in Syria. Secret embassy papers show why it failed
Iran dreamed up a U.S.-style Marshall Plan to rebuild Syria after the civil war. It invested billions to build influence there. Documents from its looted embassy in Damascus reviewed by Reuters show how that plan went spectacularly wrong with the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.
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Rachel Savage
@rachelmsavage.bsky.social
· Apr 30
Exclusive: UN panel investigates Emirati links to seized weapons in Darfur
A U.N. panel of experts charged with monitoring sanctions in Sudan is investigating how mortar rounds exported from Bulgaria to the United Arab Emirates ended up in a supply convoy for Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia fighters, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
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Reade Levinson
@readelev.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Exclusive: UN panel investigates Emirati links to seized weapons in Darfur
A U.N. panel of experts charged with monitoring sanctions in Sudan is investigating how mortar rounds exported from Bulgaria to the United Arab Emirates ended up in a supply convoy for Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia fighters, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
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Reade Levinson
@readelev.bsky.social
· Apr 17
Operation Assad: the air mission to smuggle the Syrian despot's valuables
As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and confidential documents mapping the corporate web behind his wealth.
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Reade Levinson
@readelev.bsky.social
· Apr 5
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
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Reade Levinson
@readelev.bsky.social
· Feb 28
US State Dept okays potential sale of munitions to Israel for estimated $2.7 bln
The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of munitions, guidance kits, and munitions support to Israel in two packages worth an estimated $2.7 billion, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday.
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Reade Levinson
@readelev.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Reade Levinson
@readelev.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Reade Levinson
@readelev.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Reade Levinson
@readelev.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Sudan's RSF operating drones from Darfur base, pictures show
Satellite images show at least three drones and the construction of hangars at an airport in South Darfur held by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), evidence of the continuing stream of increasingly advanced weapons fuelling a devastating war.
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