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Incident Date
10 June 2025
Incident Code
CS2010
Location
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
Published
16 July 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
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Motorcycle
)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
UK Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2024
Incident Code
USYEMBi027
Location
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
Published
24 March 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
UK Military
,
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
4 October 2024
Incident Code
USYEMBi025
Location
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
Published
4 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
UK Military
,
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
4 October 2024
Incident Code
USYEMBi026
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
Published
4 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
UK Military
,
U.S. Forces
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21 Nov, 2025
Policy
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.
300339
ceasefire.org
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11 Nov, 2025
Policy, Report
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
287711
civilianprotectionmonitor.org
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24 Oct, 2025
Policy
Civilian harm in the campaign against ISIS: An updated transparency audit
Airwars' policy volunteer Jessica Garlasco reviews current transparency mechanisms in major militaries
228428
justsecurity.org
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14 Aug, 2025
Policy
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
173173
justsecurity.org
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1 May, 2024
Policy
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
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27 Mar, 2024
Update
Ukraine
Airwars wins Sigma data journalism award
Recognition for project tracking Russian Shahed drone attacks on Ukrainian civilians