Chris Osieck

Very dystopian timing. I’ve been working on this since November.

Thanks @thedialmag.bsky.social

Mapped the evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army in south Lebanon over the past two days. The March 03 order marks a significant expansion beyond the immediate border towns and well beyond the Litani River. I counted 105 villages so far.

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children.

Iran school and nearby military base struck multiple times, satellite image reveals Iranian authorities say the attack, which took place on Saturday, killed 168 people.

BBC Verify has pieced together verified videos, satellite imagery and expert views after a deadly attack near a primary school in Minab, souther Iran, which suggest the area was hit more than once "by multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As this investigation says, the theory of a misfired Iranian missile holds no ground: it wouldn’t have been able to cause such precise, targeted damage across several buildings at the naval base.

After some verification work on Iran, I’ve been mentioned by American, Flemish, German, and Spanish media. Meanwhile, my own country’s media remains a bit shy.

"Summarising Israeli government’s position, Citrinowicz said: “If we can have a coup, great. If we can have people on the streets, great. If we can have a civil war, great. Israel couldn’t care less about the future . . . [or] the stability of Iran."

I feel for Iranians dealing with left-wing and right-wing distortions back to back. Both seem more concerned with defending their powerful actor of choice than with the fact that innocent lives, people with families and loved ones, were ripped away.

Satellite imagery shows strike that destroyed Iranian school was more extensive than first reported The images suggest that precision munitions struck other buildings, including a clinic that was also inside the complex.

EXCLUSIVE: The strike that destroyed a school in Minab, Iran was larger than has been previously reported. A nearby clinic was also hit.

The evidence suggests a precision strike against an IRGC base that was adjacent to the school.

www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

The green dot shows the location of the Minab school.

I plotted the location of the Minab school (green dot) onto the map shared by the U.S. military during a press conference this week at the Pentagon, for those interested.

A map shared by the US military which shows Operation Epic Fury's timeline alongside a legend with US bases, US / Israeli strikes, Iranian Strikes, Iranian Air Defenses, Nuclear Sites.

Here's the graphic that the U.S. military shared about the operation in Iran:

The green dot shows the location of the Minab school.

I plotted the location of the Minab school (green dot) onto the map shared by the U.S. military during a press conference this week at the Pentagon, for those interested.

The main drawback of this website is and forever will be that as a % it is completely unviable to follow MENA when vast supermajority are just Americans. You can not follow anything about the ongoing developments in Bahrain, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq on here

In the past three days, I’ve been called an asset of the Iranian regime by one group and a Zionist by another, sometimes even at the same time. Maybe they should book a room together. In the end, they seem more united than they themselves realize.

The Bombing of an Iranian School I woke up on Saturday at 6 a.m. to a text message from a friend that read: “I’m thinking of you. I hope your friends and family in Iran are ok.” That’s how I learned that the United States and Israel ...

Grateful to @ntabrizy.bsky.social for mentioning me in this @newlinesmag.bsky.social piece, which underscores how collaborative open-source investigation is, and why researchers working together matters now more than ever.

Remember also that the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Hamas leader Mohammed Deif in addition to Netanyahu and Gallant. They could have delivered him to the ICC but it would have meant also facing the charges. So Israel killed Deif in July 2024.

Accountability itself is what Israel opposes. 🧵

The Bombing of an Iranian School I woke up on Saturday at 6 a.m. to a text message from a friend that read: “I’m thinking of you. I hope your friends and family in Iran are ok.” That’s how I learned that the United States and Israel ...

Grateful to @ntabrizy.bsky.social for mentioning me in this @newlinesmag.bsky.social piece, which underscores how collaborative open-source investigation is, and why researchers working together matters now more than ever.

An image of the targeted building in Beirut.

The yellow pin shows the location of the strike.

Israeli airstrike on a building, geolocated in Bir Hassan, Jnah, southern suburbs of Beirut, 33.858612, 35.487399.

Israeli airstrike on a building, geolocated in Haret Hreik in Beirut's southern suburbs, 33.852975, 35.516178.

A map showing all previous strikes (2024-2025) and recent strikes (2026) in Beirut.

Map:

Video shared on social media by Al-Jadeed:

The green pin marks the location of the strike in Bourj al-Barajneh.

Frame from the following video: https://x.com/AlJadeed_TV/status/2028343411669975257

Aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a building, geolocated in Bourj al-Barajneh in Beirut's southern suburbs, 33.840396, 35.509678.

A pin with all geolocated Israeli airstrikes in Beirut since jan' 2024.

The green pin (h/t @averyschmitz.bsky.social) marks the 2 March 2026 strike within my map of geolocated Israeli strikes in Beirut since Jan' 2024. This map reflects incidents I have previously geolocated and is not exhaustive. Other researchers have documented additional strikes not included here.

On the third floor of that building you see next to the last explosion on this video is an apartment that belongs to my late dad. It’s rented out to a tenant now, so no close family. But that is the apartment where my dad spent his last few days.

Additional footage of the damaged sports hall with smoke rising into the air.

After a Sports Hall in Iran Was Bombed, Witnesses Describe Chaos and “Continuous Screaming” Several hours after a bomb struck a girls’ elementary school and killed 165, a strike on the town of Lamerd killed teenagers in a gymnasium.

“The smell of blood and burns covered everything…the survivors were injured with fractures and burns from the shrapnel.”

Reporting by @dropsitenews.com.

The yellow pin shows the location of the sports hall in Lamerd, Fars Province, Iran.

Image by Fars News Agency.

Several hours after a strike hit a girls’ elementary school, another strike reportedly hit a gymnasium in the town of Lamerd, killing teenagers. Geolocation: 27.329404, 53.182328, Lamerd, Fars Province, Iran.

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Notes from the Digital Field: Ethical Dilemmas in Open Source Research - bellingcat Working with open source information brings a whole range of complex ethical issues – here are some tips based on Bellingcat's experience.

Read the full article here:

“The people that are visible in the videos and images exist just as much as you and I do.” While the researcher is working from the comfort and relative safety of their own home, [the people in the images] are actually dealing with war, occupation, and oppression.” — Chris Osieck

Even when it’s important to narrow down images and videos coming out, ethics still matter. In some cases, it may be better to share material with someone who works on this professionally so it can be handled responsibly. As I said in this @bellingcat.com article back in September 2023: