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18 Jun, 2025
Investigations, Policy
Yemen

The U.S. killed almost as many civilians in 52 days as the previous 23 years of U.S. action in Yemen

How does Trump’s eight-week bombing campaign compare to the history of U.S. military action in Yemen?
18 Jun, 2025
Research
Yemen

Methodology Note: US Forces in Yemen

Explaining how Airwars documents all incidents of alleged civilian harm from U.S. strikes in Yemen
11 Jun, 2025
Collection
Somalia, Yemen

Trump under scrutiny

Collection page gathering crucial resources on military actions during the Trump second term, and the impact on civilians
3 Apr, 2025
Investigations, Policy
Yemen

What the chats signal about Trump’s Yemen bombing campaign

Ignore the leaked messages - Trump's campaign is far more deadly than Biden's
1 May, 2024
Policy, Research
Iraq, Somalia, Syria, Yemen

Analysis: U.S. declares its military actions worldwide killed no civilians in 2022

The US declares its military actions in 2022 resulted in no civilians killed or injured. Airwars finds otherwise
1 May, 2024
Policy
Yemen

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
31 Jul, 2023
Policy, Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria

Impossible standards: An analysis of the US military’s Baghdadi raid review

Unrealistic US standards for confirming civilian harm make it nearly impossible to acknowledge civilian casualties
14 Jul, 2023
Policy

United Nations urges states to support casualty recording

Breakthrough report directly links casualty recording and human rights obligations
3 Jul, 2023
Policy
Syria

Airwars joins call for a robust and transparent investigation in response to recent US strike in Syria

Coalition of rights groups demands Pentagon accountability after strike on 'Al-Qaeda leader' kills Syrian farmer
23 Jun, 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
29 May, 2023
Report

Annual report – 2022/23

Our work in 2022-2023
17 May, 2023
Visualisation
Yemen

Reported civilian deaths from US Forces strikes in Yemen

Database tracks casualties in Yemen during US strikes
17 May, 2023
Visualisation
Somalia

Militant deaths per year in Somalia

Since 2007, the United States has targeted alleged fighters from three main terror networks operating in Somalia: Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab and ISIS. While declared US actions are often accompanied by an official estimate of militants killed, local reporting may indicate differing claims, resulting in a fatality range.
17 May, 2023
Visualisation
Yemen

Militant deaths per year in Yemen

The United States has predominantly targeted alleged fighters from two main terror networks operating in Yemen: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and Islamic State in Yemen. Following Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping routes and into Israel since 2023, US forces launched a series of major operations targeting Houthi personnel and infrastructure. While declared […]
17 May, 2023
Visualisation
Somalia

Reported civilian deaths from US Forces strikes in Somalia

Database tracks casualties in Somalia from U.S. strikes
1 Feb, 2023
Policy, Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen

US airstrikes fell to historic low in 2022, despite fresh operations

The overall number of declared US airstrikes across all monitored military theatres fell from 441 in 2021 to a minimum of 36 in 2022
23 Jan, 2023
Investigations
Syria

‘Waiting to happen’

An ISIS prison break - and the American mistakes that made it more likely
29 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Somalia

Declared and alleged US actions in Somalia

Chart shows publicly declared U.S. strikes vs unreported operations
29 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Yemen

Declared and alleged US actions in Yemen

Chart shows publicly declared U.S. strikes vs unreported operations
29 Sep, 2022
Policy, Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria

Pentagon annual report admits 12 deaths resulting from US actions in 2021

All deaths reported were in Afghanistan
29 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Somalia

Strikes by US President in Somalia

President Donald Trump responsible for most strikes
29 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Somalia

Civilian Deaths by US President in Somalia

Most civilian deaths occurred under Trump
27 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Yemen

US Forces in Yemen Fatalities and Strikes Map

Mapping civilian casualties, militant casualties, and strike target and location
27 Sep, 2022
Visualisation
Somalia

US Forces in Somalia Fatalities and Strikes Map

Mapping civilian casualties, militant casualties, and strike target and location
26 Aug, 2022
Policy

United States new Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan cautiously welcomed by civil society

Airwars joins our civil society partners in welcoming the publication of the much awaited Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP), released yesterday by the US Department of Defense. The CHMR-AP reflects a years-long process of sustained pressure by individuals, civil society, journalists, activists and legislators to challenge the way the US military conducts […]
13 Jun, 2022
Investigations
Syria

A year on, Airwars investigation into Afrin hospital attack reveals crucial details

A horrifying attack on a hospital in the Syrian city of Afrin left 19 people dead – and the perpetrators are still unknown.
31 Mar, 2022
Investigations, Research
Iraq, Syria

The US has quietly restarted admitting to killing civilians in Iraq and Syria

The US-led International Coalition has quietly admitted to killing 18 more civilians in Iraq and Syria and injuring a further 11, its first such public concession in eight months. On March 10th, Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) – the US-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State – quietly released on its website its first public civilian […]
21 Feb, 2022
Investigations
Iraq, Syria

New documents reveal fresh concerns about the Coalition’s system for investigating civilian harm

Newly released documents allow fresh evaluation of how seriously the US military took reports of civilian harm. The findings suggest not very.
9 Feb, 2022
Policy

Airwars adds voice to 104 organisations calling on President Biden to overhaul US civilian harm approach

On February 8th, Airwars joined its voice with 104 other organisations – including human rights, humanitarian, protection of civilians, peacebuilding, civil liberties, social and racial justice, government accountability, veterans, and faith based NGOs – to call for President Joe Biden to act urgently to overhaul US civilian harm policies and practises. Recent New York Times […]
28 Jan, 2022
Policy

US Defense Secretary announces major shakeup of Pentagon civilian harm policies

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has announced major proposals to overhaul how the US military monitors, assesses and documents when its actions kill civilians, a move warily welcomed by human rights and civilian harm mitigation NGOs. Building on years of documentation by groups like the Syrian Network for Human Rights and Airwars, since late 2021 […]