"Didn't I tell you we were going to die? Didn't I tell you we were already dead?" The complete story of hundreds of preventable deaths in the Mediterranean. Major The New York Times team effort across countries & teams. nytimes.com/2023/07/01/wor…

Read this by Matina Stevis-Gridneff & GPPi non-resident fellow Karam Shoumali. nytimes.com/2023/07/01/wor…

Rather than send a navy hospital ship or rescue specialists, Greece sent a team that included four armed men from a coast guard special ops unit: Matina Stevis-Gridneff Karam Shoumali nytimes.com/2023/07/01/wor… And the Adriana was no longer bound for Italy, as Athens claims

I also wrote this week about the Adriana & the EU's increasingly forceful migration policy: thenationalnews.com/opinion/2023/0…

Detail and powerful account of of the migrant ship that capsized near Greece in mid June, via Matina Stevis-Gridneff Karam Shoumali

Greek authorities claim the doomed migrant ship "was sailing to Italy, and that the migrants did not want to be rescued. But satellite imagery and tracking data" show it "was drifting in a loop for its last 6-1/2 half hours" as passengers called for help. nytimes.com/2023/07/01/wor…

"Everyone Knew the Migrant Ship Was Doomed. No One Helped." By Matina Stevis-Gridneff & Karam Shoumali via New York Times World nytimes.com/2023/07/01/wor…

🇺🇸 How Greece Failed A Migrant Ship ▫Performing a law enforcement operation, not a rescue ▫Matina Stevis-Gridneff Karam Shoumali ▫is.gd/pMQikE 🇺🇸 #frontpagestoday #USA The New York Times

unbelievably painful to read this important piece. h/t Matina Stevis-Gridneff & Karam Shoumali

If you read anything over the long holiday weekend in the US, read this heartbreaking account of the Adriana by ⁦Matina Stevis-Gridneff⁩ and ⁦Karam Shoumali⁩ - it was an above-the-fold front-page story in Sunday’s paper. nytimes.com/2023/07/01/wor…

Matina Stevis-Gridneff & Karam Shoumali chronicle the fatal journey of the boat that killed over 600 #migrants in #Greece, detailing how authorities knew of the vessel’s struggles & how policies have led to a record number of deaths in the #Mediterranean this year. buff.ly/3NX1ryD

Would have not been possible without the great Matina Stevis-Gridneff leading throughout!

The Syrian regime just gave consent to the UN to conduct XB operations for 6 months as long as it is with full coordination and cooperation w/ the regime. The UN accepted. We've entered a new level of Orwellian dystopia in this 12 year conflict🧵

In communique, UN OCHA says Syrian govt conditions for XB consent are unworkable…which is true. bbc.com/news/world-mid… 🧵

#Russland blockiert #Syrien-Hilfe youtu.be/8tNqOvqO7Bw Das #Veto Russlands gegen Hilfslieferungen in den Nordwesten Syriens wird Folgen für die Bevölkerung haben. Nun muss sich Russland in der UN-Vollversammlung rechtfertigen. #ZDF ZDF heute journal #UNGA #UNSC @HurrasNetwork

Hunger als Waffe - Nordsyrien ohne UN-Hilfslieferungen youtu.be/XQK6G7MP-EY #Russland-s #Veto gegen weitere UN-Hilfslieferungen nach #Syrien habe die "absolute Lebensader" für Millionen Menschen abgetrennt, so Ralf Südhoff vom Centre for Humanitarian Action. #UNGA #UNSC

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🎙️ Podcast alert! #NowhereToHide with host Tobias Schneider tells the story of chemical attacks in #Syria through the eyes of those who came closest to the crime: survivors, first responders, journalists, diplomats, revolutionaries & defectors. Tune in 👇 podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gppi/

Tobias Schneider You prefer to hear it in Arabic? The #NowhereToHide podcast is also available in Arabic with host & GPPi fellow Karam Shoumali. 🎙️ Listen to all 7 episodes: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nwth

🕯أطلق النظام اليوم قبل عشر سنوات غاز السارين على المدنيين في #الغوطة مما أسفر عن مقتل 1400 شخص، كثير منهم من الأطفال.صور هذه المجزرة مروعة ولا يمكن مشاركتها.لكن أوصي بحلقة البودكاست "Nowhere to Hide" من @GPPI لفهم مسؤولية النظام المؤكدة عن هجوم ذلك اليوم. chemicalweapons.gppi.net/podcast/#episo…