UK admits an anti-ISIS civilian casualty for the first time
After nearly four years of strikes the UK has finally admitted to a single civilian casualty
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UN investigators accuse the US-led Coalition and Russia of likely violating laws of war in Syria
In 2015, the UN Commission said it wouldn’t investigate foreign airstrikes in Syria. Now it is citing Security Council members for unlawful strikes.
Measuring the cost of Iraq’s victory over ISIS
Iraqi forces supported by the international Coalition have driven so-called Islamic State from the nation’s cities and towns. The cost in lives has been significant.
More than 1,800 civilians killed overall in defeat of ISIS at Raqqa, say monitors
The former ISIS ‘capital’ has been captured from the terror group after months of hard fighting. But the cost to civilians – and for the city itself – has been high.
In third year of strikes, Australia begins releasing regular reports
In its third year as part of the Coalition bombing campaign, Australia is finally releasing regular logs of its airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
1,000 days of war: the geolocation challenge
A new analysis of Coalition reports shows that strike locations may be as many as 90 kilometers or more from where they are listed — a serious concern for investigators.
New studies confirm Syrian building struck by US drones was a mosque
The US contends that it didn’t strike a mosque in Syria – but new analysis and 3D modeling appear to prove them wrong.
International airstrikes and civilian casualty claims in Iraq and Syria: November 2016
Record numbers of civilian fatalities were reported in November 2016 from both Coalition and Russian airstrikes