Visualisation

President Donald Trump responsible for most strikes

Most civilian deaths occurred under Trump

Most civilian deaths occurred under Trump

In total, most strikes occurred under Obama, though more strikes in Syria occur under Trump

Civilian deaths peak in 2017

Mapping civilian casualties during the May 2021 war

Mapping instances of civilian harm

Mapping instances of civilian harm

Mapping civilian casualties, militant casualties, and strike target and location

Mapping civilian casualties, militant casualties, and strike target and location

Mapping civilian casualties and strikes by all military actors

Mapping civilian casualties and strikes by all military actors in one year

Turkey has conducted hundreds of unilateral air and artillery strikes in both Syria and Iraq – as well as a small number of actions as part of the US-led Coalition against so-called Islamic State. From July 2015 in Iraq, occasional unilateral Turkish airstrikes began targeting Kurdish militants in northern Kurdistan. Thirteen months later, the first […]

Russia began its military engagement in Syria in support of the Assad government on September 30th 2015, in a campaign dominated by intense airstrikes, and later also by artillery actions. While Moscow initially claimed to be targeting so-called Islamic State, it soon became clear that rebel-held areas of Syria were its main focus. The campaign […]

Following the capture of much of northern Iraq and eastern Syria by so-called Islamic State – and atrocities committed by the terror group against local populations – an international Coalition led by the United States began military actions against ISIS in August 2014, in partnership with local forces. An intense air and ground campaign over […]