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June 8 Sentinel-2 imagery over southern Lebanon shows a large amount of destruction in two villages near Beaufort Castle, an area the IDF has been active in since earlier this month.
Similar to many of the villages further south, much of Yohmor and Arnoun appear to have been destroyed by the IDF.
US special forces seized an oil tanker that our joint @bellingcat.com @thetimes.com project linked to the Kinahans. In March we covered how we found a bill of sale listing former UFC fighter Mounir Lazzez, a friend of Daniel Kinahan, as the director of a company that purchased the ship in 2023.
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If you've not read CNN's investigation yet you can find it here (TW: discussion of sexual assault): edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Viory offers journalists training in fact-checking and #OSINT for verification.
OSINT is indeed very useful. Here's how I used it to prove that Viory is not the independent organisation it claims to be.
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More Kinahan Cartel news - Seized in US helicopter raid, the oil tanker linked to Kinahan cartel
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NEW: @elisethomas.bsky.social reveals multiple links between Viory, a video news agency supplying national press agencies across Africa, Asia and the Middle East and Ruptly news agency - a branch of sanctioned Russian propaganda outlet Russia Today. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...
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Bellingcat found mulitple links between the digital infrastructure of Viory and Ruptly news agency, a branch of Russia Today.