Meet the Man Who Exposed Chemical Attacks in Syria
Eliot Higgins, the man behind Bellingcat, talks to Newsweek about Syria, chemical weapons and Russian disinformation.
Ever since he began blogging during the dying days of the Arab Spring, British citizen journalist Eliot Higgins has made powerful enemies. The reason: Bellingcat, his investigative website, where he has been drawing on satellite images, photographs and social media posts to uncover who’s behind deadly attacks around the world.
In 2013, Higgins exposed President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons against Syrian rebels outside of Damascus. A year later, he implicated Russia in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, revealing inconsistencies in Moscow’s account of the missile attack, which killed nearly 300 people.
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