The Civilian Harm Watchdog

Military Actors

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.

140 incidents involving Iranian Military

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Conflicts monitored involving Iranian Military

The Iran War (Feb-Apr 2026)

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Incident Date

Incident Code

Location

the Ajban Area in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

منطقة عجبان في ابو ظبي

On April 3, 2026, 12 civilians - seven Nepalese nationals and five Indian nationals - were injured by falling debris in the Ajban area of Abu Dhabi, UAE, following the alleged interception of Iranian missiles and drones by UAE air defences. The day of the strike, the Abu Dhabi Media Office announced via Twitter X…

Summary

Airstrike (Drone Strike), Artillery

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Iranian Military, United Arab Emirates Military

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Incident Date

Incident Code

Location

Saudi Arabia, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

الخرج، المملكة العربية السعودية

On March 31, 2026, debris which fell from the alleged interception of an Iranian drone in Al-Kharj Governorate of Saudi Arabia reportedly resulted in two minor injuries and minor material damage to a number of houses and vehicles. The Saudi Civil Defense was the main source of information on the event. The initial reports by…

Summary

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Residential, Vehicle (Car)

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Iranian Military

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Incident Date

Incident Code

Location

Sweihan Street, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

شارع سويحان في أبو ظبي

On Thursday, March 26, 2026 an Indian national and a Pakistani national were killed, and three other civilians injured - an Indian national, a Jordanian national, and an Emirati national - by debris following the alleged interception of an Iranian missile on Sweihan Street in the in the northeastern part of the UAE capital, Abu…

Summary

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Iranian Military, United Arab Emirates Military

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Incident Date

Incident Code

Location

11NM off the coast from UAE port of Khor Fakkan per initial UKMTO report

On March 18, 2026, one person was declared missing following an alleged Iranian airstrike on the Palau-flagged chemical tanker, Parimal, in the Gulf of Oman, 11NM off the coast of the UAE port of Khor Fakkan. Airwars has not yet been able to identify the name of the missing person. In line with Airwars' methodology…

Summary

Civilians reported killed

Iranian Military

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Research and Investigations

Research, Update

Israel, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Qatar, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Oman, Palestinian territories

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

How open source techniques can track, record and verify civilians killed at sea

Methodology, Research

Iran, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Israel

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

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

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: […]

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, […]