Tara Brian

Research consultant and journalist focusing on migration and refugee issues
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[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

We just released a short film on our investigation into the U.S. bombing of the Minab school in Iran in the opening hours of the war on February 28,2026.

The stories survivors, parents, first responders and others shared with us will forever haunt me.

https://t.co/AmNByIdlmz

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

For more than two months, I have been working on a truly horrific story about one of the gravest war crimes committed by the United States since Vietnam: The bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran. It was one of the first targets struck in the opening hours of the war on February 28, 2026.

At least 156 people were killed in the U.S. cruise missile strikes—120 of them were children and 26 were teachers. We spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, doctors, teachers, psychologists, and other witnesses. Some of them had never before shared their experiences of that day.

It would be impossible to do justice to what happened in Minab that day with words alone. In more than 25 years in journalism and reporting on war, I do not believe I have reported on a more heinous single crime.

Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave

https://t.co/6zcGDYIzCC

Please share this story with as many people as you can.

[Tara Brian @trbrian11]

Interview with survivor of Libya prison system as ICC moves closer to trial against former senior Libyan prison official for crimes against humanity and war crimes https://t.co/nxbCz4ti4s

[Tara Brian @trbrian11]

French cement company convicted of financing terrorism in Syria. The case sets a legal precedent in France that French parent companies can no longer hide behind their foreign subsidiaries to evade responsibility. https://t.co/vURlWR5ZHx

[Tara Brian @trbrian11]

Diary From Lebanon — The Dial https://t.co/MIEDgSvb5O

[Alex Neve @AlexNeve24]

Whether or not Lebanon is part of the ceasefire is not the issue. Though it is cruel, calculating & disingenuous to pretend or assert that the ceasefire does not extend to Lebanon, particularly as this carnage unfolds.

That this is a vile & despicable violation of international law, a callous disregard for the lives & safety of civilians; that is the issue.

@MarkJCarney & @AnitaAnandMP, here's what we need:

- We need more than a reminder that international law applies and should be respected by Israel. We've heard that over and over again; to no avail.

- We need more than a condemnation that Israel's actions violate those international obligations. We've heard that from time to time, much less frequently and never particularly forcefully; again to no avail.

- We need consequences: trade, sanctions, arms, criminal investigations, action at the UN; that is where we have consistently come up short. That is how we demonstrate that we mean it.

https://t.co/OklB0apRED

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

NEW: A writer watches southern Lebanon from Cambridge, Massachusetts, her husband buried in the garden of a house she cannot reach, in a region trapped between Hezbollah and Israeli bombs. @nadabakri on love, occupation and war, for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/bdrC36UHPW

[CPJ MENA @CPJMENA]

#Iraq: CPJ is deeply concerned by reports that American freelance journalist #Shelley_Kittleson was abducted by unidentified individuals in Baghdad on Tuesday. According to Iraq’s Interior Ministry, security forces launched an immediate operation based on precise intelligence and have intercepted a vehicle believed to be linked to the perpetrators. However, Kittleson was not found in the vehicle. Local reports indicate she was taken near the Baghdad Hotel on Saadoun Street. CPJ calls on Iraqi authorities to do everything in their power to locate Shelley Kittleson, ensure her immediate and safe release, and hold those responsible to account.

[Mark Kersten || @markkersten.bsky.social @MarkKersten]

A shame, & one that risks putting Canada & its arms manufactures at risk of complicity in atrocities.

MPs vote to reject a bill to close a loophole in weapons export regime that allows the US to send 🇨🇦 arms to countries that would otherwise be blocked: https://t.co/ULu9VDGZpe

[Mixed Migration Centre @Mixed_Migration]

Bangladeshi nationals were the leading arrivals to Italy via Libya by sea in 2024 & 2025.

 Our new report looks at how this corridor operates — from recruitment and financing in Bangladesh to transit through Gulf to Libya and sea crossings to Italy.

 https://t.co/cGHmu3b6SC

[alannah travers @AlannahTravers]

For @justiceinfonet, on how the transition to #Iraqi sovereignty is functioning in practice, and where – and who – the system is failing as Iraq addresses the legal black hole that @FCDOGovUK @GermanyDiplo @francediplo_EN has spent a decade failing to face.https://t.co/I9BFFze7Cs

[Tara Brian @trbrian11]

Following the arrival of one more resettlement flight from Kenya, Germany's innovative community sponsorship program to close at the end of the year. https://t.co/qjrpPKRYSx via @InfoMigrants

[Tara Brian @trbrian11]

Israeli soldiers arrested in Belgium after war crimes complaint by rights groups https://t.co/Wg9H6H62zi

[Ben Reiff @bentreyf]

If you read one article this weekend, read this.

@Ebtisam_mahdi and Ahmed Ahmed report from inside what Gazans are calling the “The Hunger Games” — near-daily Israeli massacres at food distribution sites, killing 400+ Palestinians in less than a month.

https://t.co/kJ6f2Jo6ST

[Tara Brian @trbrian11]

Utterly heartbreaking https://t.co/BdRX9ASy7W via @AJEnglish

[Tara Brian @trbrian11]

Libya bans international NGOs for 'hostile' support for migrants https://t.co/6GTvqbHTpX

[Tara Brian @trbrian11]

"Why Maids Keep Dying in Saudi Arabia" https://t.co/DPnoLidEpr

[Paul Rowan Brian @paulrbrian]

My latest for Røyst Journal on the rise of right-wing anti-capitalism https://t.co/2yz7eoBwui

[The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian]

Israel's parliament has passed an UNRWA ban. Here is our in-depth from March exploring the reasons behind and the implications of UNRWA closure: ⬇️ https://t.co/WvOAcH9hzn

[Jason Burke @burke_jason]

This is our report on devastating loss of one family - among hundreds similar - in Gaza.

"That was the moment our whole life changed. Even now, we still do not know if we are dreaming or reality, because what is happening to us is beyond imagination"

https://t.co/rrYe0FEXdh