About Eliot
Eliot Ward Higgins, born January 1979 in Shrewsbury, England, is a British citizen journalist and blogger who became known for investigating conflicts and atrocities using open-source intelligence. Originally writing under the pseudonym Brown Moses, he started blogging about the Syrian civil war in 2012 and gained recognition for identifying weapons and munitions used in the conflict. In 2014, he founded Bellingcat, a website and investigative collective enabling citizen journalists to conduct open-source investigations.
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Journalist / CommentatorCreatorEntrepreneurArms TraffickingChemical WeaponsMalaysia Airlines Flight 17Online InvestigationsRusso Ukrainian WarSkripal PoisoningSyrian Civil War
Known for
- Investigating weapons use in the Syrian Civil War
- Founding Bellingcat open-source investigation collective
- Tracking the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
- Investigating the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
- Analysing Russian military involvement in Ukraine
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