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Surviving the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

Short film visualising the militarisation of humanitarian aid to reveal its deadly implications for the future

Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean

Methodology note: U.S. military in Latin America and the Caribbean

In September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump launched a campaign of military strikes on supposed “narco-terrorists” in small boats, initially in the Caribbean Sea and later in the Pacific. Accusing those on the boats of smuggling drugs bound for the United States, the campaign marked a significant shift in U.S. policy – with the United […]

Methodology Note: US Forces in Yemen

Explaining how Airwars documents all incidents of alleged civilian harm from U.S. strikes in Yemen

Palestinian territories

Methodology note: Civilian harm from explosive weapons use in Gaza

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Reported Shahed drone launches in Ukraine: August 2022-September 2023

Mapping every reported Shahed launch into Ukraine between September 13, 2022 and August 30, 2023

Policy, Research

Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria

“This is not a small mistake”

Declassified Pentagon files reveal systemic failures in target identification that led to civilian deaths, from mistaking children for weapons to faulty surveillance