Haley Willis
- Associate Director, Li Center for Global Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
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Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account
Almost immediately after an immigration agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis this winter, the federal government cast the injured man as an attempted murderer and the agent as the victim of a brutal beating. That version of events began unraveling when prosecutors dropped felony charges against the injured man, Julio C. Sosa-Celis, and one of his housemates, Alfredo A. Aljorna, who had fled from immigration agents.
Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account
1 hour ago OAKLAND, Calif. — Rosa María Carranza leaned forward to hold a 3-year-old's back as the girl climbed a rock in the forested hills of northeast Oakland. Dressed in hiking gear and beaded necklaces, Carranza, 67, maneuvered between trees and children on a sunny morning in December. "Hold onto that …
Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account
MINNEAPOLIS -- Almost immediately after an immigration agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis this winter, the federal government cast the injured man as an attempted murderer and the agent as the victim of a brutal beating. That version of events began unraveling when prosecutors dropped felony charges against the injured man, Julio C. Sosa-Celis, and one of his housemates, Alfredo A. Aljorna, who had fled from immigration agents.
Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account
MINNEAPOLIS -- Almost immediately after an immigration agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis this winter, the federal government cast the injured man as an attempted murderer and the agent as the victim of a brutal beating. kAm%92E G6CD:@? @7 6G6?ED 3682? F?C2G6=:?8 H96? AC@D64FE@CD 5C@AA65 76=@?J 492C86D 282:?DE E96 :?;FC65 >2?[ yF=:@ r] $@D2\r6=:D[ 2?5 @?6 @7 9:D 9@FD6>2E6D[ p=7C65@ p] p=;@C?2[ H9@ 925 7=65 7C@> :>>:8C2E:@?
Video: Search and Rescue Underway After Iran Downs U.S. Fighter Jet
President Trump holds a rendering of the East Wing modernization while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Trump’s dreams of a White House ballroom have highlighted what was once a relative secret: the construction of a military bunker beneath the now-demolished East Wing.
Iran strikes U.S. military communication infrastructure in the Middle East
Cpl. Eric Gore, assigned to Marine Forces Reserve Headquarters, pictured during a former joint exercise in Kuwait.
Iran Strikes U.S. Military Communication Infrastructure in Mideast
Iranian strikes conducted over the weekend and on Monday damaged structures that are part of or near communication and radar systems on at least seven U.S. military sites across the Middle East, according to a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery and verified videos.
Iran Strikes U.S. Military Communication Infrastructure in Mideast
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Iran Strikes U.S. Military Communication Infrastructure in Mideast Satellite images show damage near vital equipment on sites in at least five countries.
Iran Strikes U.S. Military Facilities Across Gulf Region
Iran has struck at least six U.S. military facilities around the Middle East since the United States and Israel began attacking the country Saturday, according to a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery, verified videos and statements by U.S. military officials. kAmxEVD F?4=62C 9@H >2?J >F?:E:@?D xC2? =2F?4965 2E E96 =@42E:@?D @C 9@H >2?J 2EE24<D >2J 92G6 366? E9H2CE65[ 3FE E96 :?4:56?ED C2:D6 BF6DE:@?D 23@FE E96D6 D:E6DV 23:=:E:6D E@ 5676?5 282:?DE 7FEFC6 DEC:<6D]k^Am kAmu24:=:E:6D :?
Iran Strikes U.S. Military Facilities Across Gulf Region
Iran has struck at least six U.S. military facilities around the Middle East since the United States and Israel began attacking the country Saturday, according to a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery, verified videos and statements by U.S. military officials. kAmxEVD F?4=62C 9@H >2?J >F?:E:@?D xC2? =2F?4965 2E E96 =@42E:@?D @C 9@H >2?J 2EE24<D >2J 92G6 366? E9H2CE65[ 3FE E96 :?4:56?ED C2:D6 BF6DE:@?D 23@FE E96D6 D:E6DV 23:=:E:6D E@ 5676?5 282:?DE 7FEFC6 DEC:<6D]k^Am kAmu24:=:E:6D :?
Iran Strikes U.S. Military Facilities Across Gulf Region Original
Iran has struck at least six U.S. military facilities around the Middle East since the United States and Israel began attacking the country on Saturday, according to a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery, verified videos and statements by U.S. military officials. It’s unclear how many munitions Iran launched at the locations or how many attacks may have been thwarted, but the incidents raise questions about these sites’ abilities to defend against future strikes.
Iran Says Dozens Are Killed in Strike on School
Iran Says Dozens Are Killed in Strike on School The strike on an elementary school in the southern Iran town of Minab was one of two attacks that appear to have hit schools during U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday. A video verified by The New York Times captures the screams of onlookers as people searched for survivors in the smoldering remains of Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Iran, on Feb.
Iran Says Dozens Killed in Strike on School
Dozens of people, probably most of them children, were killed in a strike that hit a girls elementary school in southern Iran, according to Iranian health officials and state media. kAmxE H2D @?6 @7 EH@ DEC:<6D E92E 2AA62C E@ 92G6 9:E D49@@=D D:?46 &]$] 2?5 xDC26=: H2CA=2?6D =2F?4965 E96:C 2EE24< @? xC2? 2C@F?5 `_ 2]>] =@42= E:>6] $2EFC52J :D E96 DE2CE @7 E96 H@C<H66< :? E96 4@F?ECJ[ 2?5 >2?J xC2?:2?D 925 2=C625J 5C@AA65 @77 E96:C 49:=5C6? 2?5 962565 :?E@ E96:C @77:46D 2D 6IA=@D:@?D 3682?
Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti Original
New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat. By Devon Lum, Haley Willis, Alexander Cardia, Dmitriy Khavin and Ainara Tiefenthäler January 26, 2026
Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti
new video loaded: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti transcript transcript New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a man who didn’t pose a threat.
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
U.S. Immigration Video: Federal Agents Kill Man in Minneapolis Voters on ICE and Deportations Operation in Maine Access to ICE Facilities SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Videos on social media that were verified by The New York Times appear to contradict the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.
Video Shows Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Videos on social media that were verified by The New York Times appear to contradict the Department of Homeland Security's account of the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. kAm%96 s6A2CE>6?E @7 w@>6=2?5 $64FC:EJ D2:5 E96 6A:D@56 3682? 27E6C 2 >2? Q2AAC@24965 &$ q@C56C !2EC@= @77:46CD H:E9 2 h >> D6>:\2FE@>2E:4 92?58F?Q 2?5 E96J EC:65 E@ 5:D2C> 9:>] %96 DE2E6>6?E 5:5 ?@E DA64:7J H96E96C E96 8F? H2D :? E96 >2?VD 92?5D @C >6C6=J @?
Assad's Enforcers Brutalized Syria. Now They're Living Large, Lying Low and Evading Justice.
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The Deposed Assad Henchmen Plotting to Retake Syria - The New York Ti…
They were among Bashar al-Assad’s top spymasters and generals, men who spent over a decade brutally suppressing a popular revolt in Syria. Now, a year after fleeing as the Assad regime collapsed, they are plotting to undermine the fledgling government that ousted them, and perhaps take back a piece of the country. It is unclear if these former regime officials pose a serious threat to the new Syrian authorities, and they often are at odds with each other.
Assad, Ousted Syrian Ruler, Leads Life of Luxury in Russia - The New …
You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. Just a few weeks after a whirlwind rebel offensive seized control of his homeland last year, a Syrian expatriate in Moscow treated himself to a meal in the city’s tallest skyscraper. With views from the 62nd floor, stylish hostesses and elaborate cocktails, the restaurant “Sixty” regularly welcomes members of Russia’s political elite and foreign celebrities.
Vroeger zaaiden ze terreur in Syrië, nu baden ze in luxe en ontlopen ze hun straf
Na de val van Assad vernielen tegenstanders een portret van Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo.Bron ANP / EPA Een onderzoek van The New York Times onthult waar de topstukken van het gevallen Syrische regime zijn gebleven. Velen blijken nog steeds op vrije voeten – beschermd door hun fortuin en gastvrije naties.
The Deposed Assad Henchmen Plotting to Retake Syria
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Credit...Aaron Byrd Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Listen to this article · 12:16 min Learn more Dec. 24, 2025 They were among Bashar al-Assad’s top spymasters and generals, men who spent over a decade brutally suppressing a popular revolt in Syria.
Ousted and in Exile, Generals Secretly Plot Insurgency in Syria
They were among Bashar Assad's top spymasters and generals, men who spent more than a decade brutally suppressing a popular revolt in Syria. Now, a year after fleeing as the Assad regime collapsed, they are plotting to undermine the fledgling government that ousted them, and perhaps take back a piece of the country. kAmxE :D F?4=62C :7 E96D6 7@C>6C C68:>6 @77:4:2=D A@D6 2 D6C:@FD E9C62E E@ E96 ?6H $JC:2? 2FE9@C:E:6D[ 2?5 E96J @7E6? 2C6 2E @55D H:E9 6249 @E96C] qFE :?
Assad’s Enforcers Brutalized Syria. Now They’re Living Large, Lying Low and Evading Justice.
A Times investigation into the whereabouts of top Syrian officials who fled after the regime’s fall shows many remain free — shielded by wealth and accommodating host nations. The apartments at the Four Seasons in Moscow offer living rooms with crystal chandeliers, views of the Kremlin and access to a concierge ready to book anything from Bolshoi Ballet premieres to private jets.
La familia Al Asad vive un exilio de lujo e impunidad fuera de Siria
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Apenas unas semanas después de que un torbellino de ofensiva rebelde tomara el control de su patria el año pasado, un sirio expatriado en Moscú se regaló una comida en el rascacielos más alto de la ciudad.
After the Assad Regime’s Fall, His Enforcers Are Laying Low and Living Large
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Credit... Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Listen to this article · 18:16 min Learn more Dec. 22, 2025 The apartments at the Four Seasons in Moscow offer living rooms with crystal chandeliers, views of the Kremlin and access to a concierge ready to book anything from Bolshoi Ballet premieres to private jets.
Assad, Ousted Syrian Ruler, Leads Life of Luxury in Russia
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Just a few weeks after a whirlwind rebel offensive seized control of his homeland last year, a Syrian expatriate in Moscow treated himself to a meal in the city’s tallest skyscraper. With views from the 62nd floor, stylish hostesses and elaborate cocktails, the restaurant “Sixty” regularly welcomes members of Russia’s political elite and foreign celebrities.
Assad’s Enforcers Brutalized Syria. Now They’re Living Large, Lying Low and Evading Justice.
Assad’s Enforcers Who They Are How They Fled How They Live Now Assad Family’s Life of Luxury اقرأ بالعربية Inside Our Reporting You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Credit... Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Listen to this article · 18:17 min Learn more Dec.
For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity
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Flight of the fallen
IN the early hours of Dec 8, 2024, a small Syrian Air jet carried a notorious cargo out of Damascus International Airport – dozens of passengers, who just hours before had been the backbone of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime, were now fugitives scrambling to flee. Among them was Qahtan Khalil, director of Syria’s air force intelligence, accused of overseeing one of the civil war’s bloodiest massacres. RM 13.90/month RM 9.73/month Subscribe Billed as RM 9.73 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.
Video: We Investigated Assad’s Fugitive Henchmen Original
new video loaded: We Investigated Assad’s Fugitive Henchmen Haley Willis and Christiaan Triebert, reporters from the Times’s Visual Investigations team, share findings from their ongoing reporting project on the roles and whereabouts of henchmen for Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian president. These key officials powered Assad’s brutal regime for years. Where are they now?
The Missing Enforcers of the Assad Regime
Syrian strongman Bashar Assad was the face of the regime, but he was far from alone. During his two decades in power -- and over the course of a 13-year civil war that left 500,000 people dead -- Assad's many enforcers oversaw the torture of political prisoners. They developed and deployed chemical weapons. They ran illicit drug trades to fund the dictatorship. kAm(96? E96 pDD25 C68:>6 76== :?
Cómo los principales secuaces de Bashar al Asad huyeron de Siria, y de la justicia
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Poco después de la medianoche del 8 de diciembre de 2024, decenas de personas se reunieron en la oscuridad frente a la sección militar del Aeropuerto Internacional de Damasco. Cargando cualquier cosa que hubieran podido empacar, se amontonaron en un pequeño avión de Syrian Air.
Video: The Missing Enforcers of the Assad Regime
new video loaded: The Missing Enforcers of the Assad Regime This ongoing reporting project aims to uncover the roles and whereabouts of the key officials who powered President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal reign in Syria. Haley Willis and Christiaan Triebert, reporters from the Visual Investigations team, explain their findings.
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Credit... Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Listen to this article · 18:36 min Learn more Oct. 16, 2025 Leer en español Not long after midnight on Dec. 8, 2024, dozens of people gathered in the darkness outside the military section of the Damascus International Airport. Carrying whatever they could pack, they piled into a small Syrian Air jet.
Inside the Reporting on Assad’s Top Officials Who Fled Syria
A photograph of a lavish Damascus home, posted to a neighborhood Facebook page. The name of a small village on Syria’s coast mentioned in a sanctions document. A phone number, with a Russian country code, discreetly shared with reporters. Over ten months, The New York Times gathered these and other fragments to uncover what happened to some of the high-ranking Syrian officials who, for years, helped former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime carry out its atrocities.
The Vanishing Act: How Assad's Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
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Abandoned Mansions and Facebook Photos: Reporting on the Top Officials Who Fled Syria
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Syrian general questioned in case of missing American journalist
WASHINGTON -- A top Syrian general under President Bashar al-Assad before his ouster has surfaced in Lebanon, where he told U.S. investigators that Austin Tice, an American journalist who went missing in 2012, was dead and provided the possible site of his grave, according to people familiar with the matter.
Ucrania invadió Rusia: las duras consecuencias para los civiles
El dron que sobrevolaba el pueblo de Korenevo, en la región rusa de Kursk que Ucrania invadió en agosto, grabó una escena espeluznante: al menos siete cadáveres tendidos en la carretera, la mayoría de ellos con atuendos de civiles. Había automóviles destrozados esparcidos por el camino, algunos con cadáveres en su interior. Un hombre yacía enredado con una bicicleta roja.
Ucrania invadió Rusia. Así fue para los civiles
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Los rusos en la zona de la invasión ucraniana han descrito haber visto señales de encuentros violentos, así como un trato respetuoso por parte de los soldados ucranianos. El dron que sobrevolaba el pueblo de Korenevo, en la región rusa de Kursk que Ucrania invadió en agosto, grabó una escena espeluznante: al menos siete cadáveres tendidos en la carretera, la mayoría de ellos con atuendos de civiles. Había automóviles destrozados esparcidos por el camino, algunos con cadáveres en su interior.
By Anatoly Kurmanaev Verified, Haley Willis, Ekaterina Bodyagina Verified, Oleg Matsnev, Dmitriy Khavin Verified
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Yahoo Noticias
Ucrania invadió Rusia. Asà fue para los civiles
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El dron que sobrevolaba el pueblo de Korenevo, en la región rusa de Kursk que Ucrania invadió en agosto, grabó una escena espeluznante: al menos siete cadáveres tendidos en la carretera, la mayoría de ellos con atuendos de civiles. Había automóviles destrozados esparcidos por el camino, algunos con cadáveres en su interior. Un hombre yacía enredado con una bicicleta roja.
By Anatoly Kurmanaev Verified, Haley Willis, Ekaterina Bodyagina Verified, Oleg Matsnev, Dmitriy Khavin Verified
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The New York Times en Español
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Ukraine Invaded Russia. Here’s What It Was Like for Civilians.
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The drone flying over Korenevo village, in the Kursk region of Russia that Ukraine invaded in August, recorded a grisly scene: at least seven bodies lying on the road, most of them in civilian clothes. Destroyed cars were scattered on the roadside, some with corpses in them. One man lay entangled with a red bicycle. Some bodies had decomposed so badly in the summer heat that they had to be identified by their teeth, according to a volunteer who helped recover the remains.
By Anatoly Kurmanaev Verified, Haley Willis, Ekaterina Bodyagina Verified, Oleg Matsnev, Dmitriy Khavin Verified
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Miami Herald
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Moscow Hits Back in Kursk as Air War Heats Up
Moscow's troops have begun counterattacking in the area, reclaiming a few villages and threatening Ukraine's ability to hold onto the territory it has seized. At the same time, Russian soldiers in Ukraine have continued advancing on other parts of the front there, which Kyiv had hoped to stabilize by prompting a diversion of Russian units back home to defend Kursk.
Nuevas imágenes del atentado a Trump muestran un frenético esfuerzo policial por alcanzar al tirador
[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora] Durante unos dos minutos y medio, al menos cinco agentes de las fuerzas del orden de Pensilvania se concentraron en torno al almacén donde un hombre armado se había encaramado a un techo cerca de un mitin del expresidente Donald Trump, luchando por alcanzar al atacante antes de que disparara contra Trump, según muestran unos videos policiales recién publicados y uno difundido en las redes sociales.
The Sunday Long Read: Nick Jackson, Simone Biles, Birdo
Today, we're thrilled to be handing the curation duties this week over to Nick Jackson (featuring a fun surprise double cameo!!). And now, here's his Sunday Long Read...
Gunman at Trump rally was often a step ahead of the Secret Service
By Haley Willis, Aric Toler, David A. Fahrenthold and Adam Goldman “Guys I am out. Be safe,” he texted to a group of colleagues at 4:19 p.m. on July 13. He exited the second floor of a warehouse that overlooked the campaign rally site, leaving two other countersnipers behind. Outside, the officer noticed a young man with long stringy hair sitting on a picnic table near the warehouse.
Gunman at Trump rally was often a step ahead of the Secret Service
Nearly 100 minutes before former President Donald Trump took the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, a local countersniper who was part of the broader security detail let his colleagues know his shift was ending. "Guys I am out. Be safe," he texted to a group of colleagues at 4:19 p.m. on July 13. He exited the second floor of a warehouse that overlooked the campaign rally site, leaving two other countersnipers behind.
Gunman at Trump Rally Was Often a Step Ahead of the Secret Service Original
Nearly 100 minutes before former President Donald J. Trump took the stage in Butler, Pa., a local countersniper who was part of the broader security detail let his colleagues know his shift was ending. "Guys I am out. Be safe," he texted to a group of colleagues at 4:19 p.m. on July 13. He exited the second floor of a warehouse that overlooked the campaign rally site, leaving two other countersnipers behind.
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