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All major publications from Airwars’ documentation, research, investigations and policy teams

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10 Jun, 2025
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Civilian Protection Monitor

The Civilian Protection Monitor is a framework for monitoring state policy and practice on the protection of civilians from their own military actions.
19 Apr, 2025
Update
Palestinian territories

Airwars wins Overseas Press Club of America award

Airwars' documentation and investigations into civilian harm in Gaza won a prestigious Overseas Press Club of America award.
15 Apr, 2025
Policy, Update

Airwars and PAX launch major new assessment tool for state efforts to protect civilians

Civilian Protection Monitor offers new framework to assess how states protect civilians from their military actions
11 Apr, 2025
Policy
Iraq

The Netherlands apologises for involvement in Hawija airstrike and lays out further reforms

Writing for Just Security, Airwars Policy Specialist Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen delves into recent developments in the Netherlands
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
14 Mar, 2025
Policy

Dutch MoD releases results of largest ever assessment of civilian harm allegations from the war against ISIS

Release marks unprecedented transparency in military casualty reviews
4 Mar, 2025
Investigations
Israel, Palestinian territories

A Long Return

A short film juxtaposing two videos along the same Gaza road. Taken five years apart, in 2020 and 2025, the footage is synchronised to illustrate the devastating impact of Gaza war
25 Feb, 2025
Tools, Visualisation
Israel, Palestinian territories

List of identified victims, as published by the Palestinian MoH in Gaza

A searchable list of all named victims in Gaza since October 2023, as published by the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza
25 Feb, 2025
Tools, Visualisation
Israel, Palestinian territories

قائمة الضحايا الذين تم تحديد هوياتهم كما نشر من قبل وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية في غزة

قائمة قابلة للبحث تضم أسماء جميع الضحايا في غزة منذ تشرين الأول (أكتوبر) 2023، وفقًا للبيانات الصادرة عن وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية في القطاع. تقوم منظمة الحروب الجوية (إيرورز) بإعادة نشر هذه القوائم كما
15 Jan, 2025
Investigations
Syria

Is a final Syrian civilian casualty count possible?

The challenges and methodologies of reconciling conflicting Syrian civilian death tolls
12 Dec, 2024
Policy, Report, Research
Israel, Palestinian territories

Patterns of harm analysis – Gaza, October 2023

Analysis finds first month of Gaza bombing campaign among the most intense and destructive in modern warfare
12 Nov, 2024
Report

Annual report – 2023/24

Our work in 2023-2024
9 Oct, 2024
Investigations, Policy
Israel, Palestinian territories

The Killings They Tweeted

Matching Israeli military strike footage to civilian casualties on the ground to reveal full human cost of 'precise' campaign
1 Oct, 2024
Policy, Research

Annex: Patterns of Civilian Harm in Gaza, October 2023

Annex This is an expedited annex of all evidence and data from a forthcoming Airwars report on patterns of civilian harm from October 2023, in the Gaza Strip. The report will be published in the coming weeks. Update: Airwars’ Gaza Patterns of Harm report can now be read online here.   Annex-1: Patterns of Death, […]
1 Aug, 2024
Update
Syria

New Airwars and White Helmets project launched

Interactive map documents Syrian earthquake rescue operations alongside emergency airstrike response
24 Jul, 2024
Investigations, Policy
Israel, Palestinian territories

One Name, Two Lists

Cross-referencing open source evidence with Gaza Health Ministry data finds early Ministry death figures largely accurate
11 Jun, 2024
Visualisation

Lebanon Monitoring
10 Jun, 2024
Visualisation
Palestinian territories

Israel and Gaza Casualty Map

Map of more than 1,000 published Airwars assessments of civilian harm in Gaza since 2023
24 May, 2024
Policy

Policy recommendations to meaningfully mitigate civilian harm in military operations: a view from the Netherlands (part II)

Writing for Opinio Juris, Airwars' Board Member and Policy Specialist analyse latest Dutch developments
24 May, 2024
Policy

Policy recommendations to meaningfully mitigate civilian harm in military operations: a view from the Netherlands (part I)

Writing for Opinio Juris, Airwars' Board Member and Policy Specialist analyse latest Dutch developments
23 May, 2024
Policy

Looking back to look forward: recommendations for the Dutch MoD on civilian harm mitigation

The results of a four-year review with the Dutch military
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
18 Apr, 2024
Policy

Workshop report: exploring military perspectives on the Explosive Weapons declaration

Proposals explore implementing the explosive weapons declaration and better protecting civilians
A screenshot from The Times' article 'Three generations killed within days: why whole families are dying in Gaza'
1 Apr, 2024
Investigations
Israel, Palestinian territories

Three generations killed within days: why whole families are dying in Gaza

Together with The Sunday Times, Airwars collated the details of more than 150 families that have lost multiple members in the Israel-Gaza war
27 Mar, 2024
Update
Ukraine

Airwars wins Sigma data journalism award

Recognition for project tracking Russian Shahed drone attacks on Ukrainian civilians
7 Mar, 2024
Investigations, Policy
Afghanistan

The bombing of Quala 4131

Visual retelling of 2007 Dutch bombing in Afghanistan that killed at least 11 civilians, later ruled unlawful by Dutch court
26 Feb, 2024
Policy, Research
Palestinian territories

Two weeks under scrutiny: Patterns of harm reported in Gaza following ICJ ruling

Palestinian civilians were killed every day during the two weeks following the International Court of Justice ruling on Gaza, analysis finds
19 Feb, 2024
Visualisation
Syria

Reported White Helmets incidents in earthquake affected areas, Syria, 2023

Mapping all White Helmets first responder incidents in the months following the devastating February 2023 earthquake in Syria and Turkey
31 Jan, 2024
Policy
Libya

Airwars/Altinget investigation sparks Danish civilian harm review

Danish Armed Forces ordered to conduct a formal review of the allegations