#Rhosus

1/ Supposedly Rhosus was carrying 2750 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate to Moz and diverted to Lebanon due to technical failure. But it’s movement during July-August 2013 indicate its was waiting
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Each day brings new revelations about the peculiar story of how 2750 tons of explosive-grade ammonium nitrate ended up in #Beirut in 2013. Most of these revelations have been
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The cargo ship #Rhosus brought 2,750 bags of ammonium nitrate to the port of #Beirut in 2013. I tracked what happened next. The story ends with a massive explosion
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The secondary (and first, presumably) explosion in Beirut happened at the Beirut Port Silos, geolocation: 33.902226, 35.518766. https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9022304,35.516572,872m/data=!3m1!1e3 There are reports of two explosion location
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#Beirut_Blast: lets talk a bit about @UNIFIL_ and its Maritime Task Force present at Beirut harbourTHREAD MaritimeTaskForce mandate is to inspect vessels to "verify that there are no unauthorized
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LONG THREAD1)The explosion in #Beirut was a deliberate & controlled blast targeting missiles/missile fuel belonging to #Iran & Hezbollah.This thread is a compilation mostly of @COsweda’s work & some
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On November 21, 2013, a cargo ship arrived in the port of Beirut, carrying 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate. The authorities all plead ignorance of the affairs of the port
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THREAD: I'm going to wade into the debate about @ferashatoum 's investigation which links the ammonium nitrate responsible for the #Beirut blast to 3 Syrian businessmen on a US sanctions
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Blimey. Poor sods.https://twitter.com/SawtBeirut/status/1290671798787485696 "Lebanese media outlets reported that the blast occurred at a fireworks warehouse."https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/massive-explosion-shakes-leban
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The Year in Review with Visual Investigations A thread highlighting the 2020 work of our growing @nytimes team ↓ In January, Iran denied it had shot down a civilian
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