Airwars

Airwars monitors and assesses civilian harm from airpower-dominated international military actions. It seeks transparency and accountability from belligerents, and advocates on behalf of affected non-combatants. It archives open-source casualty reports, and military claims by nations.

DEATH DEALING

How Many People Died in the Last Stronghold of ISIS?

It is clear the U.S.-led coalition vastly underestimated the number of civilians trapped with ISIS in its last Syrian redoubt.

Samuel Oakford

THE FINAL OFFENSIVE

Putin Is Pushing for Total Victory in Syria at Any Cost

With Chechnya as his model, the Russian president is willing to level whole cities to enforce ‘peace.’ For Putin, civilian suffering is a tool to be exploited to win the war.

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HUMAN SHIELDS

The Last Days of ISIS’ Libya Stronghold

A year and a half ago, much of the world’s attention was focused on the battles to oust ISIS from bastions in Iraq and Syria. But it had staked a claim in Libya, too.

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