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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
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
5 Jun, 2023
Policy
Iraq

Hawijah: Eight years on, civilians are still waiting for answers

Nearly a decade after deadly Dutch strike, survivors fight for recognition
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
Iraq

Reported civilian deaths from US-led Coalition strikes in Iraq

Database tracks casualties in Iraq during Coalition 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
14 Oct, 2022
Visualisation
Iraq

Mapping urban warfare: Mosul

Visualising the Battle of Mosul
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
20 Sep, 2022
Investigations
Syria

ISIS breakout at US-backed prison followed years of warnings

Documentary with VICE investigates
30 Aug, 2022
Visualisation
Iraq, Syria

US-led Coalition in Iraq and Syria Casualty Map

Following the capture of much of northern Iraq and eastern Syria by so-called Islamic State – and atrocities committed by the terror group against local populations – an international Coalition led by the United States began military actions against ISIS in August 2014, in partnership with local forces. An intense air and ground campaign over […]
8 Jul, 2022
Policy
Iraq, Syria

Civil society releases joint recommendations for US Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Plan

Recommendations published today urge the Department of Defense to revise its assessment and investigation processes, including through practical steps such as routinely engaging with civil society to ensure that civilian harm policies are informed by civilians affected by US and partnered actions, and casualties are recorded and tracked through transparent processes that are fit for […]
27 May, 2022
Policy
Iraq, Syria

Airwars joins ten civil society organisations to call for the UK to urgently address civilian harm policies

As the UN Secretary General’s annual Protection of Civilians report welcomes steps by the United States to develop new civilian harm mitigation and tracking mechanisms, a coalition of civil society organisations specialised in the subject call on the United Kingdom to follow suit. After devastating revelations published in The New York Times late last year […]
10 May, 2022
Update
Iraq, Israel, Libya, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Syria, Türkiye, Yemen

Civilian harm fell in 2021, Airwars annual report finds

Civilian harm dropped across most of the major conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa in 2021, Airwars’ annual report has found. The number of allegations of civilians killed by nearly all belligerents monitored by Airwars fell in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, though there was an escalation in the Israel-Palestinian conflict which […]