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بردقلي, Al-Bardaqli, Idlib, Syria

On the morning on Tuesday, 10th June 2025, as many as two individuals, including an individual reported to be an Islamic State (IS) militant and employee of the Syrian Ministry of Defense, were killed in a declared United Kingdom-led (UK) drone strike that hit a motorcycle on the road of Sarmada-Bardaqli, near the town of…

Summary

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Vehicle (Motorcycle)

Civilians reported killed

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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28 November 2024

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مديرية باجل، محافظة الحديدة, Bajel District, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

At around 5:20 PM on November 28th, 2024, two alleged American airstrikes hit the Bajel District in Al-Hodeida Governorate in Western Yemen. The strikes reportedly injured at least one civilian, Tareq Sufiany, who was at one point trapped under the rubble of a building that was reportedly struck. A video shared to Facebook by Zahir…

Summary

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

UK Military, U.S. Forces

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ذمار, Dhamar, Dhamar, Yemen

At least three people were reported injured after alleged US-UK airstrikes on Dhamar city during the evening of 4 October, 2024. While the Yemeni Ministry of Health, referenced by several sources, alleged four injured, Al Araby TV reported that “4 [were] wounded in US-British raids, 3 of them in Dhamar”, implying that only three people…

Summary

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

UK Military, U.S. Forces

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Location

الكثيب في الحديدة، صَنْعَاء‎، مطار الحديدة الدولي، ذمار‎, Al-Katheeb area in Hodeidah, Sana'a, Hodeidah International Airport, Dhamar Governorate, Sanaa, Hodeidah, and Dhamar governorates, Yemen

Multiple locations in Yemen were struck by US-UK airstrikes on 4 October, 2024; the strikes were reported to have injured four people, according to the Ministry of Health as communicated by local sources. The strikes reportedly hit Sanaa, Hodeidah, and Dhamar governorates, according to multiple local sources. One of the strikes was reportedly targeting "a…

Summary

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

UK Military, U.S. Forces

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Research and Investigations

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Toolkit launch: Operationalising the declaration on civilian harm from explosive weapons in populated areas

Airwars and Article 36 launch new practical implementation resource for the EWIPA declaration.

ceasefire.org ↗

Civilian harm mitigation in large-scale combat operations: lessons for UK defence

Writing for Ceasefire, Airwars' Policy Specialist lays out noticeable gaps in the UK approach to tracking, mitigating, and responding to civilian harm

civilianprotectionmonitor.org ↗

Civilian harm in the campaign against ISIS: An updated transparency audit

Airwars' policy volunteer Jessica Garlasco reviews current transparency mechanisms in major militaries

justsecurity.org ↗

In preparing for large-scale conflicts, states neglect lessons on civilian protection at their peril

Airwars' Policy Specialist and colleagues at the Civilian Protection Monitor set out the continued need for civilian protection in large-scale wars

justsecurity.org ↗

US-UK strikes in Yemen raise questions about commitments on civilian harm mitigation

Writing for Just Security, Airwars' Policy Specialist raises questions on US and UK commitments to civilian protection in Yemen

Airwars wins Sigma data journalism award

Recognition for project tracking Russian Shahed drone attacks on Ukrainian civilians