civilian casualties

Airwars monthly assessment: March 2018

More than 1,200 civilians were alleged killed by Russian actions in Syria during March – setting a grim new record

Thousands of civilians were killed during the battle for Mosul, but there is no official death toll.

Australia remains the only American ally to admit any civilian harm after almost four years of strikes

Significant civilian casualties continued from reported Russian strikes in Syria’s eastern Ghouta; and from Turkish actions in Afrin

Tens of thousands of US bombs and missiles helped drive Islamic State from Raqqa. But now the dead are being forgotten.

Thirty months into its Syria campaign, Russia is reportedly killing more civilians than ever

Turkish and Russian military actions in Syria led to significant civilian casualties – while claims against the Coalition remained at a low level

New Airwars monitoring project tracks civilian harm from Turkish military actions – as well as reported casualties from Kurdish counterfire