Rana Sabbagh

Oct 8, 2024 | occrp.org | Aisha Down |Lara Dihmis |Rana Sabbagh |Kevin Hall

In January, an attack drone detonated at a U.S. base near the Iraqi border in northeast Jordan, killing three soldiers and wounding dozens more — the most dramatic in a chain of strikes by Iran-backed militants since Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip. The U.S. quickly cracked down on a financial network it said supported Kataib Hezbollah, the Iraqi militia blamed for the attack.

Dec 14, 2023 | occrp.org | Rana Sabbagh

Tweet this Share this on Facebook DONATE Every time an ambulance arrives at Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital, the only medical facility in the central part of the Gaza Strip, freelance reporter Wafaa Abu Hajajj holds her breath for a few moments. Could one of her beloved ones be inside this time? When she finds that it’s not unloading a family member or someone close to her heart, she sighs with relief. A short-lived relief. “The sight of dead children is horrifying.

Dec 6, 2023 | occrp.org | Ahmed al-Waseai |Rana Sabbagh |Selma Mhaoud |Abdulwahed Alobaly

Abdullah Mubarak bin Badr, a tribal leader who lives nearby, recalled how, a few months earlier, flash floods had carried wastewater from the oil site down into the valley. “When it rains, a black substance accumulates under the date trees,” he said.

Oct 13, 2023 | occrp.org | Lara Dihmis |Brian Fitzpatrick |Selma Mhaoud |Rana Sabbagh

Tweet this Share this on Facebook DONATE Dominica passports — secured for as little as $100,000 — have been acquired by nearly a dozen people who then fled their home countries over criminal charges and convictions. Nearly a dozen people bought Dominica citizenship before going on the run from the law in their home countries. At least one used his Dominica passport to open companies in the U.K. as recently as last year.

Aug 23, 2023 | occrp.org | Tom Stocks |Lara Dihmis |Rana Sabbagh

The newly frozen assets appear to include upscale London real estate and Wall Street apartments, according to analysis of property records and a leaked French investigation file obtained by reporters. The United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom imposed the latest sanctions on Salame and his associates on Aug. 10, shortly after the 73-year-old stepped down from his 30-year tenure at the Banque du Liban (BdL) amid a flurry of corruption probes.