Content

Thu, Jul 5, 2018

#BreakingSyria: Did Assad’s Forces Shell a Cemetery?

Investigating reports that Assad’s forces bombed a cemetery with people visiting their deceased relatives

Security

Thu, Jul 5, 2018

#MinskMonitor: OSCE Drone Takes Fire Amid Continued Escalation of Hostilities

Newly-mined positions, fresh trenches, aggressive anti-aircraft systems, and artillery along the frontline

Security

Thu, Jul 5, 2018

Islamophobic Video Goes Viral Despite Debunking

Video claiming to portray Muslims in Birmingham, actually portrays hooligans in Switzerland

Social Media

Wed, Jun 27, 2018

#BalticBrief: Russia Editorializes Saber Strike

The spread of hostile messaging during joint NATO exercise in Poland and the Baltic states

BalticBrief Security

Wed, Jun 27, 2018

#TrollTracker: From Tags To Trolling

How tweets to a small group precede attacks on critics of the Syrian and Russian regimes

Social Media

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

#PutinAtWar: How Sputnik Secures Russia’s Interests

Assessing the propaganda role of the Kremlin’s “news” wire

Government Security

Mon, Jun 11, 2018

#BreakingSyria: Assad’s Latest Offensive Next to Israeli Borders

Videos and photos published by Assad’s soldiers confirm military build-up in Quneitera region

Security Social Media

Mon, Jun 11, 2018

#BalticBrief: Film Stirs Old Allegations Around Latvian Independence

How resurfaced allegations of violence toward civilians during the Latvian coup in 1991 spread through media

BalticBrief Latvia

Sat, Jun 9, 2018

#PutinAtWar: Russian Military Police Arrest Assad’s Militia

A recently surfaced video suggested that Russian military police arrested Assad’s regime militia for looting in Damascus

Security

Thu, Jun 7, 2018

K-Pop Goes Info Ops

How an online army of K-pop boy band fans exposes Twitter’s multiple account problem

Social Media

Mon, Jun 4, 2018

#MinskMonitor: Aerial Footage Illuminates Fighting in Donbas

Drone imagery shows ongoing fighting and positions in the Svitlodarsk Bulge andHorlivka

Security

Mon, Jun 4, 2018

#BalticBrief: Three Men Kick Ambulance in Estonia, NATO Blamed

How news about three English-speaking men damaging an ambulance in Tapa spread

BalticBrief Security