This is fascinating. I learned at least three completely new things from this article. https://t.co/pwM3639S4M— jason shevrin (@jasonshevrin) August 6, 2020
The ammonium nitrate that blew up in Beirut was left by M/V RHOSUS, an ailing ship whose fate was unclear. Until now. @ckoettl found out that it sank in early 2018, and has been submerged a mere 1,500 feet away from the warehouse that exploded. Read/watch: https://t.co/MiVRu3g32k pic.twitter.com/pvt6CWlovf— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) August 7, 2020
Check out my colleague @ckoettl's thread on how he tracked and found the M/V RHOSUS, including this satellite image which was taken around the day the ship sank. https://t.co/YEySgMMbLV— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) August 7, 2020
Here's the ship in 2014 at the docks. The captain is in front of ammonium nitrate bags, which match the ones in the warehouse that blew up. Photos from @DimaSadek also show the Georgian company Rustavi Azot, listed as the shipper in documents from 2013https://t.co/NsxmFNeL9t pic.twitter.com/NAyXD91dYv— Christoph Koettl (@ckoettl) August 7, 2020
I've now seen three separate edited videos featuring a cartoon missile being used as "proof" of an airstrike.— Nick Waters (@N_Waters89) August 6, 2020
Things that will help you spot these fakes: turn the playback speed to 0.25 on YouTube. Skip through one frame at a time using the <> keys. pic.twitter.com/W44I7QBf2Y
Beirut’s firefighters were sent to near-certain death based on false info relayed by security forces, top firefighters tell @AJEnglish— Timour Azhari (@timourazhari) August 7, 2020
“Had we known... we would have called for an evacuation and definitely wouldn't have sent these young men and women in.”https://t.co/mHXNAiuB3p
— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) August 7, 2020
— Quentin Sommerville (@sommervilletv) August 7, 2020
The High Commissioner of the French mandate over Lebanon, whose home Macron is currently using to forge a new "political pact" for the country https://t.co/9JtrHciYtu— Christopher Szabla (@c_szabla) August 7, 2020
Only in Lebanon!! 😕 pic.twitter.com/pLJryPJOos— Aimen Dean (@AimenDean) August 6, 2020
A video we all need right now.— Jack Moore (@JFXM) August 5, 2020
The heartwarming moment a dog is reunited with his owner after the Beirut blast. pic.twitter.com/yyTJT0x2Oo