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While credible reports of large numbers of civilians killed at al Mansoura emerged within hours, it has taken the Coalition 16 months to concede any harm.

A new study of the security situation in Libya between 2012 and 2018 by Airwars and the New America Foundation has identified hundreds of civilians credibly reported killed and injured by domestic and international airstrikes – but with no accountability for those deaths from any belligerent. In total at least 2,162 strikes were identified by […]

Airwars has obtained fresh details regarding four confirmed US airstrikes in Libya in recent months – actions which the US military command AFRICOM had originally chosen not to declare. The four airstrikes – three in late 2017 and one in January of this year – were first admitted in March by the US following queries […]

As part of our new Libya monitoring project, Airwars and New America reached out to AFRICOM, the US military command for Africa, highlighting all known alleged civilian casualty events in which US aircraft had been implicated. We also included a list of all reported airstrikes by unknown belligerents between 2012 and 2018, and asked whether […]

Monthly summary: Below are all known published daily Coalition military reports relating to the air war against so called Islamic State or Daesh in Iraq and Syria for June 2018. We have also included relevant video and photo releases. Beginning in June 2018, the Coalition began issuing once weekly reports, issued each Monday for the previous […]

Investigators traveled to Raqqa and spoke with more than 100 witnesses and victims, with their report highlighting the deaths of dozens of members of just four families.

Investigators traveled to Raqqa and spoke with more than 100 witnesses and victims, with their report highlighting the deaths of dozens of members of just four families.

The Raqqa Reconstruction Committee is still recovering the dead from this shattered city - all the time at risk from unexploded ISIS munitions.

The Raqqa Reconstruction Committee is still recovering the dead from this shattered city - all the time at risk from unexploded ISIS munitions.

Civilian fatalities from international military actions in both Iraq and Syria were at record low levels during April.

Monthly summary: Below are all known published daily Coalition military reports relating to the air war against so called Islamic State or Daesh in Iraq and Syria for May 2018. We have also included relevant video and photo releases. Beginning in January 2018, the Coalition began issuing once weekly reports, issued each Friday for the previous […]

After nearly four years of strikes the UK has finally admitted to a single civilian casualty

After nearly four years of strikes the UK has finally admitted to a single civilian casualty

The Trump administration is considering overturning a key Obama-era policy which sought to make counter-terrorism operations more transparent, even as it ramps them up. The announcement, given to the Bureau by the US National Security Council late on Tuesday night, offers one of the clearest indications yet of the administration’s differing stance of transparency in […]

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

This is an extract from the Bureau’s report, Naming The Dead, published in April 2018, written by Jack Serle The phenomenal assassination tool that is the attack drone was born of frustration – the inability of the US to kill Osama bin Laden. The CIA and its Afghan militia allies were pretty sure they knew […]

Dutch military still refuses to say where or when civilians were killed or injured in Iraqi strikes - or how many casualties.

Dutch military still refuses to say where or when civilians were killed or injured in Iraqi strikes - or how many casualties.

Monthly summary: Below are all known published daily Coalition military reports relating to the air war against so called Islamic State or Daesh in Iraq and Syria for April 2018. We have also included relevant video and photo releases, as well as cross-indicating where any known alleged civilian or ‘friendly fire’ casualties have been reported. Beginning […]

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

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

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

The Netherlands - often criticized for being the least transparent member of the US-led Coalition - has improved its public reporting since strikes renewed in January

The Netherlands - often criticized for being the least transparent member of the US-led Coalition - has improved its public reporting since strikes renewed in January

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

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

In 2015, the UN Commission said it wouldn't investigate foreign airstrikes in Syria. Now it is citing Security Council members for unlawful strikes.

In 2015, the UN Commission said it wouldn't investigate foreign airstrikes in Syria. Now it is citing Security Council members for unlawful strikes.