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Monitoring and assessing civilian harm from international military actions in Iraq, Syria and Libya. Archiving war reports. And counting the numbers.

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    Mar 26

    Thanks to the fantastic efforts of our researchers and assessors, we've just added 6 more months online of alleged Russian civilian casualty events in Syria - including more than 500 new, detailed assessments of individual claimed events:

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  2. 14 hours ago

    The original claim for confirmed case came from a single local source - with number of casualties unknown at the time. The Coalition's confirmation of civilian harm shows the importance of listening to affected communities - and the value of rigorous assessments by militaries.

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  3. 15 hours ago

    The Coalition has confirmed just one new incident in its latest monthly civilian casualty report - admitting 2 people injured at Rawa, Iraq on September 13th 2017. In total, now estimates that at least 1,257 civilians have been killed in its actions since 2014.

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  4. 22 hours ago

    Despite claims of very significant civilian harm in the last days of the Coalition and SDF assault on ISIS at Baghouz - including allegations of mass graves - very little is still publicly known, as our weekly report from notes:

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  5. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    Today is my final day as a senior Syria researcher where we’ve been tracking international airstrikes for three years. I will miss the brilliant team there but I know their work will continue.

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  6. 23 hours ago

    Syrian government forces, supported by Russia, in the past month hit a hospital, bloodbank, bakery and school in areas under armed opposition control in Idlib says "in what appear to be direct attacks on civilian objects or indiscriminate attacks"

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    Mar 27

    Today marks 300 days since a Pentagon spokesperson briefed on camera in the Pentagon Briefing Room. It's been 211 days since a Defense Secretary briefed there.

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    Mar 27

    Really recommend excellent set of recommendations into reducing civilian harm in military operations following the anti-ISIS Ops

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    Mar 25

    Critical work by - with comprehensive data for the first time on civilian casualties from Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen since 2015. At least 8,300 have died and 9,400 more civilians have been injured. Findings, maps and more on the new website:

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    Mar 26

    Researching/working on ? Check out our freshly updated legal classification of the situation there, . The Somali government, AMISOM & the US are engaged in a NIAC agst . At present, we assess that IS is *not* a party to any conflict in Somalia.

    Map of the RULAC online portal with the pop-up window with the non-international armed conflict in Somalia
    Our latest updates on the non-international in are now online on our portal, with references to: - The increase of military operations against …
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    Mar 26

    Press Release - : SNHR Participates in a Dialogue Event on the Violations by the -led Forces in

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  12. Mar 26

    Airwars remains concerned at deteriorating Coalition transparency. Since December 16th - when stopped saying where or when it bombs - an additional 2,479 air and artillery strikes (7% of war total) have taken place. This is impeding accountability for civilian harm.

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  13. Mar 26

    The significant jump in declared US-led Coalition strikes in Iraq came as Airwars tracked its first known local allegation of civilian harm in that country against in 9 months - when a girl was reported killed near Ar Rutbah:

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  14. Mar 26

    Latest figures declare 250 anti-ISIS air and artillery strikes for March 10th-23rd. Of these, 193 were in Syria (likely at Baghouz) while 57 strikes took place in Iraq - a significant increase on 2 strikes reported last time. Est total since start of war: 34,264 strikes

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    Mar 26

    More than 500 Russian allegations have now been published on our website the amount of hard work and graphic materials we’ve been through as a team can’t be described in a few words. Hospitals, schools and mosques were leveled to the ground. Civilians paid the price

    Thanks to the fantastic efforts of our researchers and assessors, we've just added 6 more months online of alleged Russian civilian casualty events in Syria - including more than 500 new, detailed assessments of individua…
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  16. Mar 26

    Despite recent claims of victory over ISIS, at least two airstrikes were observed at Baghouz this morning.

    Je viens d’arriver dans le dernier carré des djihadistes à . Et soudainement une frappe devant nous ! La guerre n’est pas finie.
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    Mar 26

    Speaking on behalf of with colleague and collaborator, Hanna Rullmann. How has doggedly challenged the narrative of “precision warfare”, through recording the digital testimonies of local communities

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    Mar 25

    Over at releasing the first civilian casualty data from the four-year bombing campaign led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE. More than 17,700 civilians have been killed and injured. Children made up 15% of the 8,838 civilians killed in the air war in Yemen since 2015.

    Critical work by - with comprehensive data for the first time on civilian casualties from Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen since 2015. At least 8,300 have died and 9,400 more civilians have been injured. Findings,…
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    Mar 25

    Privilege to speak at the Command and General Staff College annual ethics symposium with on behalf of . We debated the implications of planning for the large scale combat operations of the future on civilian casualties mitigation today.

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