The human cost of airstrikes: are we counting civilian deaths?

Airwars Director Chris Woods is presenting at the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Drones session ‘The human cost of airstrikes: are we counting civilian deaths?’ The Ministry of Defence has been the second-largest contributor to the anti-ISIS Coalition. However, in over 1900 strikes in Iraq and Syria from 2014-2018, it has reported only one civilian casualty. Participants aim to explore why the military’s estimate of civilian deaths is so much lower than outside tallies; and what can be learned from recent Pentagon developments for progressing civilian protection from the UK and other militaries.