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Iranian Military

The Iranian military has been directly and indirectly active in a number of modern military conflicts, including in Syria, and is engaged in an ongoing low intensity conflict with Israel.

Airwars has documented dozens of allegations of civilian harm from actions involving Iran-backed militant groups in Syria since 2017.

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Incident Date

30 July 2026

Incident Code

IRKT260730a

Location

Kuwait
الكويت
An alleged Iranian drone strike in Kuwait during the morning of Thursday, 30 July 2026 killed 44-year-old Som Kumar Tamang . Som Kumar, a Nepali worker, was originally from Ratuwamai Municipality-9 in Morang. While a statement from the @KuwaitArmyGHQ alleged that Som Kumar had been killed when “a building belonging to a Chinese company in …

Summary

Published
20 August 2026
Strike Type
Drone Strike, Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle, Car
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date

18 July 2026

Incident Code

IRKT260718a

Location

Kuwait
الكويت
During the morning of July 18, 2026, a number of firefighters and at least one oil workers were injured following alleged Iranian drone attacks in Kuwait. The names of the casualties were not found among local sources. The day of the attacks, the Kuwait Army posted on Twitter/X that its official spokesperson, "Colonel Saud Abdulaziz …

Summary

Published
17 August 2026
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Resources, Oil Facility, Power Station, Water, Desalination Plant
Civilians reported injured
9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date

12 July 2026

Incident Code

DEBQT260712a

Location

Qatar
On July 12, 2026, three people, including a child, were reported injured following the alleged interception of an Iranian missile in Qatar. According to the state-run Qatar News Agency and others, “the Ministry of Interior confirmed that three people, including a child, were injured by falling shrapnel from the interception operations. The ministry stated that …

Summary

Published
10 August 2026
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
Iranian Military, U.S. Forces, Qatari Military
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Incident Date

9 July 2026

Incident Code

DEBKT260709a

Location

Kuwait
At dawn on July 9, 2026, one person was reported injured following the alleged interception of Iranian missiles and drones in Kuwait. Sources did not specify if U.S. or Kuwaiti forces were responsible for the interception. Around mid-day on July 9, the Kuwait Army released a statement (via Twitter/x) by the official spokesperson for the …

Summary

Published
10 August 2026
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
Kuwait Armed Forces, U.S. Forces, Iranian Military
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Research and Investigations

The human cost of the 40-day Iran war
19 Jun, 2026
Research, Update
Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates

The human cost of the 40-day Iran war

With U.S. and Iran 'peace deal' hanging in the balance, Airwars releases findings on 1,000 incidents of harm tracked across 14 countries
Tracking and researching attacks at sea in the US, Israel, Iran war 2026
18 Jun, 2026
Research

Tracking and researching attacks at sea in the US, Israel, Iran war 2026

How open source techniques can track, record and verify civilians killed at sea
Methodology note: Documenting civilian harm in the 2026 Iran, Israel, and US War
15 Jun, 2026
Research
Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, United Arab Emirates

Methodology note: Documenting civilian harm in the 2026 Iran, Israel, and US War

How Airwars tracked harm in 14 countries during the 40-day Iran War
A year of the Shahed
8 Sept, 2023
Investigations
Ukraine

A year of the Shahed

How Russia turned to a cheap Iranian-made suicide drone to terrorise civilians and hit infrastructure across Ukraine
Syria’s civilians pay high price for years of foreign military interventions
30 Sept, 2020
Update
Syria

Syria’s civilians pay high price for years of foreign military interventions

In 1996, the US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was asked by reporter Lesley Stahl about sanctions against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq: “We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?” Stahl asked. The Secretary of State responded: …
New UN report insists Soleimani assassination by US was ‘unlawful’
9 Jul, 2020
Update
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Türkiye, Yemen

New UN report insists Soleimani assassination by US was ‘unlawful’

The US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in Baghdad in January 2020, was unlawful on several counts, according to a new report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council by its expert on extrajudicial killings. Dr Agnes Callamard, the current UN Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions, …