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15 Jan, 2025
Investigations
Syria
Is a final Syrian civilian casualty count possible?
The challenges and methodologies of reconciling conflicting Syrian civilian death tolls
1 Aug, 2024
Update
Syria
New Airwars and White Helmets project launched
Interactive map documents Syrian earthquake rescue operations alongside emergency airstrike response
1 May, 2024
Policy, Research
Iraq, Somalia, Syria, Yemen
Analysis: U.S. declares its military actions worldwide killed no civilians in 2022
The US declares its military actions in 2022 resulted in no civilians killed or injured. Airwars finds otherwise
27 Mar, 2024
Update
Iraq, Syria, Ukraine
Airwars wins Sigma data journalism award
Recognition for project tracking Russian Shahed drone attacks on Ukrainian civilians
19 Feb, 2024
Visualisation
Syria
Reported White Helmets incidents in earthquake affected areas, Syria, 2023
Mapping all White Helmets first responder incidents in the months following the devastating February 2023 earthquake in Syria and Turkey
24 Nov, 2023
Investigations, Policy, Update
Syria
Tribunal notice: Airwars to challenge UK refusal over civilian harm next week
Case brought to contest Ministry of Defence's lack of transparency on civilian harm processes
31 Jul, 2023
Policy, Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria
Impossible standards: An analysis of the US military’s Baghdadi raid review
Unrealistic US standards for confirming civilian harm make it nearly impossible to acknowledge civilian casualties
3 Jul, 2023
Policy
Syria
Airwars joins call for a robust and transparent investigation in response to recent US strike in Syria
Coalition of rights groups demands Pentagon accountability after strike on 'Al-Qaeda leader' kills Syrian farmer
23 Jun, 2023
Policy, Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria
“This is not a small mistake”
Declassified Pentagon files reveal systemic failures in target identification that led to civilian deaths, from mistaking children for weapons to faulty surveillance
17 May, 2023
Visualisation
Syria
Reported civilian deaths from US-led Coalition strikes in Syria
Database tracks casualties in Syria during Coalition strikes
17 May, 2023
Visualisation
Syria
Reported civilian deaths from Turkish Military strikes in Syria
Database tracks casualties in Syria during Turkish strikes
17 May, 2023
Visualisation
Syria
Reported civilian deaths from Israeli Military strikes in Syria, 2013–2021
Database tracks casualties in Syria during Israeli strikes
5 Apr, 2023
Policy, Update
Iraq, Syria
Airwars to challenge UK’s refusal to reveal details of sole civilian harm incident in ISIS war
Freedom of Information case step towards accountability for victims' families
4 Apr, 2023
Investigations, Policy
Iraq, Syria
Only official civilian victim of UK’s bombing campaign against IS appears not to exist
Two-year investigation finds major flaws in British government's official narrative
4 Apr, 2023
Update
Iraq, Syria
يكشف تحقيق مشترك لـ الحروب الجوية مع الجارديان عن سقوط ضحايا مدنيين جراء غارات جوية بريطانية
قضت الحروب الجوية و الجارديان العام الماضي في التحقيق في الغارات الجوية البريطانية في العراق وسوريا ، بين عامي 2014 و 2020. ووجدنا أدلة على ما لا يقل عن ست غارات جوية وقعت في الموصل ، يُرجح أنها كانت هجمات بريطانية ، قتلت وألحقت الأذى بالمدنيين في المدينة.
24 Mar, 2023
Update
Iraq, Syria
Airwars and The Guardian investigation reveals British civilian harm
In eight years of war, the UK only admitted killing one civilian. The Guardian and Airwars went in search of the forgotten victims
21 Mar, 2023
Investigations, Policy
Iraq, Syria
The hidden casualties of Britain’s war
The UK claims to have killed only one civilian in the war on ISIS. Airwars found otherwise
21 Mar, 2023
Visualisation
Iraq, Syria
UK airstrikes that harmed militants in Iraq and Syria 2014–2021
Database tracks militant casualties in Iraq and Syria from UK strikes
1 Feb, 2023
Policy, Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen
US airstrikes fell to historic low in 2022, despite fresh operations
The overall number of declared US airstrikes across all monitored military theatres fell from 441 in 2021 to a minimum of 36 in 2022
23 Jan, 2023
Investigations
Syria
‘Waiting to happen’
An ISIS prison break - and the American mistakes that made it more likely
23 Nov, 2022
Policy
Iraq, Syria, Ukraine
SNP launches paper on the protection of civilians with extensive civil society input
How a future independent Scotland would conduct conflict and protect civilians
27 Oct, 2022
Policy
Iraq, Syria
Dutch Parliament set to debate improvements in policies to protect civilians
Airwars and PAX brief Dutch MPs
3 Oct, 2022
Visualisation
Iraq, Syria
The Credibles
Tracking the U.S.-confirmed civilian harm incidents in the war against ISIS
29 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Iraq, Syria
US-led Coalition air strikes on ISIS in Iraq & Syria, 2014-2018
Mapping all known strikes
29 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Iraq, Syria
Coalition air-released munitions in Iraq and Syria 2014-2020
Chart shows the extensive use of such munitions, peaking in August 2017
29 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Iraq, Syria
Declared US-led Coalition air and artillery strikes in Iraq and Syria
Chart compares strikes in Iraq and Syria
29 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Iraq, Syria
Reported civilian deaths from US-led Coalition strikes in Iraq and Syria
Database tracks casualties from 2014
29 Sep, 2022
Policy, Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria
Pentagon annual report admits 12 deaths resulting from US actions in 2021
All deaths reported were in Afghanistan
28 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Iraq, Syria
Civilian Deaths by US President in Iraq and Syria
Most civilian deaths occurred under Trump
28 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Iraq, Syria
Declared strikes by US President in Iraq and Syria
In total, most strikes occurred under Obama, though more strikes in Syria occur under Trump
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