“On each gravestone we write the person’s name, the place where their body was found, and the forensic number.”

Abdulrazak Ramadan is the director of the morgue of Tripoli Central Hospital.

Interviewing Malik Marsit of the Libyan Red Crescent

This post is a piece of evidence in our open investigation into the disappearance of a group of at least 243 refugees in 2014. We’re asking for your help to find them: Please take the time leave notes, responses, highlight important…

“They also found a boat, lost at sea with no survivors on board”

Interviewing a Libyan Coast Guard official.

Redha Issa is the director of the Coast Guard for central Libya. This interview was conducted by Mohamed Lagha, and has…

Some additional information and a few additional thoughts/questions: 1.) The historical weather data for Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli for June 2014 is here http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/HLLM/2014/6/28/MonthlyHistory.html and the actual historical weather satellite images can be viewed here http://www.sat24.com/history.aspx…

Great story. My first thought was, “I wonder what the weather was like in Libya and the Mediterranean on or about June 25–30, 2014?” A Google search quickly turned up this report http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4483776/ “Widespread tsunami-like waves of 23–27 June in the Mediterranean and Black Seas generated by high-altitude atmospheric…

The USS Bataan in 2014

The USS Bataan’s scheduled eight-month deployment in European and Middle Eastern waters included participation in maritime security operations and being available for emergency and humanitarian response. It followed this itinerary:

• Feb 8 … Departed from Norfolk…