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The civilian harm watchdog. We also run the Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social Donate: airwars.org/about/donate

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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The UN’s fact-finding mission on Iran cited Airwars’ investigation into the PrSM missile strikes in Lamerd on the first day of the war. The report finds “reasonable grounds” to believe U.S. air strikes that day constituted potential war crimes. www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Children at sports practice killed alongside their coaches in Iran, a Colombian fisherman struck in the Caribbean, and a teenager shot in Gaza. This thread shares 3 stories of the civilians killed by alleged US or Israeli action over the past year tinyurl.com/wb4hwyvp
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
1/ A year ago the US launched an unprecedented military campaign on small boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific Our team spoke to Al Jazeera for their new documentary, Killing at Sea www.aljazeera.com/video/fault-...
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Killing at Sea
Three families, two bombings and a hidden war: uncovering the lives behind Operation Southern Spear's dead.
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain A visual project from Airwars and @ainowinstitute.bsky.social breaks down how artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of war - and how militaries are offloading life and death decisions to flawed technologies ai-killchain.airwars.org
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Interactive: Anatomy Of An AI Kill Chain
Breaking down how militaries are offloading life and death decisions to flawed technologies
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
AI warfare is much discussed, but often little understood A partnership between AI experts, conflict specialists, and storytellers, Anatomy of a Kill Chain is a visual project illustrating how AI is transforming all aspects of war Online launch tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-ana...
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Launch: Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain
A new visual project from Airwars and AI Now breaking down how artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of war
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
15 new civilian harm incidents have been published on our Iran War tracker, including in Iran, Israel and the UAE airwars.org/conflict/isr...
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The Iran War (Feb-Apr 2026)
Airwars' documentation of the war's deadly impact on civilians across the Middle East
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
To name more than 150 people killed or injured in the school strike on Minab, our team worked with hundreds of sources and built on community-led memorials by Iranian groups. We group the children who died by age, starting with the six year olds. airwars.org/civilian-cas...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
NEW: With all eyes on the faltering US-Iran peace deal, the human cost of warfare is often forgotten. Our new research brings together - for the first time - all cases where civilians were killed: 1,000 incidents in 40 days across 14 countries. airwars.org/the-human-co...
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The human cost of the 40-day Iran war
With U.S. and Iran 'peace deal' hanging in the balance, Airwars releases findings on 1,000 incidents of harm tracked across 14 countries
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Airwars' Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen will speak at an event this Wednesday for UN Protection of Civilians Week. The event will focus on civilian and community-led action to protect one another, monitor and document conflict, and respond to harm. Event registration: tinyurl.com/5n8ytm84
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The Netherlands Sets New Path for Investigating Evidence of Civilian Harm in Modern Conflict In a piece for @justsecurity.org, Airwars' Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen outlines how the Dutch MoD responded to a deadly 2016 airstrike in Mosul, Iraq. www.justsecurity.org/138885/nethe...
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The Netherlands Sets New Path for Investigating Evidence of Civilian Harm in Modern Conflict
Dutch investigation of Mosul airstrikes reveals how outdated intelligence and flawed assessments led to civilian death, and what militaries must change.
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
NEW: Airwars-supported cross-border investigation identifies victims of US boat strikes. Journalist collective reveals victims are labourers, fishermen, cab drivers. Almost 200 have been killed since Sept 2025. No trial, no defence. 🔗 www.elclip.org/los-bombarde... #LosBombardeados
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Los Bombardeados: sin derecho a la defensa
Una investigación que busca revelar quiénes son las víctimas y cuáles han sido los efectos colaterales de los bombardeos de Estados Unidos a supuestas narcolanchas en el Caribe y el Océano Pacífico de...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This thread shares three stories from Lebanon, Gaza, and Syria, shedding light on the often overlooked human cost of conflict—the lives lost and family members left to navigate the aftermath airwars.org/casualty-rec...
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Airwars - Casualty Recording
Using open-source techniques to document harm civilians in conflicts across the globe
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
More than 40% of the southern U.S. border has been handed over to the military Airwars visualised the changes for a major investigation by @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social and @theborderchronicle.bsky.social thewarhorse.org/southern-bor...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"My colleagues at Airwars are tracking upwards of 80 separate incidents of civilian casualties so far between U.S. and Israeli strikes. That number will likely rise. I find this shameful, frankly" Former Pentagon analyst @wesjbryant.bsky.social to @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2026/03/20/t...
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Iran war an ‘illegal use of military force,’ says Pentagon whistleblower | CNN
Combat veteran Wes J. Bryant was senior advisor to a civilian protection center within the Pentagon. He calls attacks on the Iran population “shameful.”
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Airwars' director Emily Tripp quoted in the @financialtimes.com on the challenges of reliable information in the Iran war www.ft.com/content/c0d3...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
NEW: Amid intense global debate on military AI, an Airwars investigation identifies the first civilian the US military has accepted killing in an AI-supported strike airwars.org/the-first-ci...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Exclusive: Airwars and @the-independent.com identified the first civilian the U.S. military has accepted killing in strikes that it declared were AI-assisted. 🧵 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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AI, a dead student, and US airstrikes: The civilian caught up in a new age of warfare
As debate grows over the role of AI in military strikes in the bombing of Iran, scrutiny has turned to civilians caught up in the destruction. An investigation by The Independent and conflict monitori...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Airwars' Megan Karlshøj-Pedersen & Joe Emmett, with @lauraboillot.bsky.social of Article 36, argue that endorsers of the Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas Declaration must move beyond commitment & focus on implementing measures to protect civilians. explosiveweaponsmonitor.org/fragments/vo...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
This thread highlights three stories recently documented by Airwars, offering a glimpse into the loss and pain felt by civilians in conflict. airwars.org/casualty-rec...
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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
NEW: The OSMP citations page is now live. This page brings together major references to the OSMP's documentation efforts, including in media articles, investigations, reports by international organisations, and research projects. Click here to view them: osmp.ngo/citation/
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive. New Airwars investigation in partnership with @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/02/17/b...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
When 'Twitter randos' hold the U.S. military to account 'How flight tracking data explains failed maritime rescue efforts' By Airwars' @tomi-mcc.bsky.social in partnership with @nickturse.bsky.social and @theintercept.com airwars.org/how-flight-t...
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How flight tracking data explains failed maritime rescue efforts
How 'Twitter randos' proved false claims of
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
2025 was chaotic and challenging. But when accountability is actively denied, the fight for it is needed most. Read about Airwars' documentation, investigation and policy work in our new annual report. 2024-5.airwars.org
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Airwars Annual Report 2024/25
Airwars monitors, assesses and preserves civilian casualty claims resulting from explosive weapons use in multiple conflicts.
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
NEW: British ministers ultimately decide whether to accept the findings of the military that British strikes killed civilians. Five revelations from Airwars’ tribunal against the British Ministry of Defence airwars.org/how-does-the...
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How does the UK determine if it killed a civilian? Five takeaways from Airwars’ tribunal against the MoD
Landmark tribunal found UK's lack of published civilian harm policies may
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Secrecy around UK military civilian harm ‘risks undermining public confidence’ @theguardian.com reporting on the conclusion of Airwars' freedom of information tribunal against the Ministry of Defence www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Secrecy around UK military civilian harm ‘risks undermining public confidence’
Tribunal ruling follows Airwars investigation into Britain’s conduct in bombing campaign against IS in Syria and Iraq
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Pentagon steps in to receive Airwars' civilian harm reports from US strikes in Venezuela after SOUTHCOM fails to open its own channels. @theintercept.com cited Airwars' research on the raid and interviewed our Executive Director: theintercept.com/2026/01/13/c...
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U.S. Military Command That Attacked Venezuela Gutted Its Civilian Harm Team
Complaints about civilians killed or injured in the U.S. attack on Venezuela are instead being handled by the Pentagon directly.
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The number of people the U.S. has declared killing since September in strikes on small boats allegedly smuggling drugs has risen above 100, following attacks on six vessels in the past week. See our interactive tracker here: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
NEW: Al Jazeera Fault Lines documentary on the human cost of Israel’s strikes on Iran “Airwars confirmed the names of 53 of the civilians killed in the Evin strike. They included prison staff, social workers, medical personnel, prison visitors, & children.” Watch youtu.be/zLAXcKI9OV8
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12 days that shook Iran | Fault Lines Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
“The way the majority [of private security contractors] dealt with us was savage” - Ibrahim In our new investigation, Airwars visualises a GHF aid distribution on June 8th, revealing the violence aid-seekers endured as they tried to get food under the system ghf.airwars.org
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
What made the US-backed aid system in Gaza so deadly? Our new short film reconstructs two Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distributions, showing how the militarised aid system resulted in death and injury. Watch the full video here: ghf.airwars.org
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Surviving The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - An Airwars Investigation
For five months, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was the main distributor of food in Gaza. Backed by the United States and Israel, more than 1,000 people were allegedly killed seeking aid at it...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🧵NEW: 'Into the jaws of death' An Airwars short film visualises the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid process, showing how the system - from design to execution - made deaths and injuries inevitable www.youtube.com/watch?v=drm5... [1/5]
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
In October 2025 U.S. & allied forces in Syria reportedly conducted a botched anti-ISIS raid in which 35-year-old Khaled al-Masoud was killed. @apnews.com cited Airwars research which found Khaled was likely a civilian with no evident ties to militant groups. apnews.com/article/syri...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Our interactive tracker has been updated to include this latest strike which reportedly killed 4 people. We have now recorded 22 incidents in which 86 people were declared dead. You can view the tool and specific incidents here: airwars.org/conflict/u-s... x.com/Southcom/sta...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A new report by @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social finds the UK is ill-prepared to protect civilians from harm during future UK military operations. Airwars’ Policy Specialist lays out noticeable gaps in the UK approach to tracking, mitigating, & responding to such harm. airwars.org/civilian-har...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
"We sent the footage to A.I. experts who confirmed the film was manipulated. The channel had taken the original footage - filmed in his Russian office six years earlier - and put fake audio on top, with his lips artificially altered to match the script." russia-eu-cars.airwars.org
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Sanctions, Scams & Deepfakes - The digital hunt for the Russians smuggling EU cars
Are Russian Telegram channels smuggling cars despite EU sanctions, or is it all a Ukrainian scam?
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Stolen identities, paid actors, and AI fakes - inside the digital hunt to expose the fraudsters skirting EU sanctions russia-eu-cars.airwars.org
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Sanctions, Scams & Deepfakes - The digital hunt for the Russians smuggling EU cars
Are Russian Telegram channels smuggling cars despite EU sanctions, or is it all a Ukrainian scam?
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🧵NEW: Airwars has published an interactive tool tracking all publicly declared U.S. strikes targeting small boats in the Caribbean & Pacific. This resource aims to aid public understanding & enhance transparency surrounding those killed in the campaign. airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Our new briefing outlines the transparency of 7 coalition members on civilian harm during Operation Inherent Resolve. It highlights how changing political interests and budget cuts, particularly in the US, threatens the progress that has been made. civilianprotectionmonitor.org/general/civi...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🧵A decade after the start of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) against ISIS, civilians harmed continue to suffer the consequences, often with little acknowledgement. Our new briefing outlines the transparency of 7 OIR coalition members on civilian harm. civilianprotectionmonitor.org/general/civi...
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Civilian harm in the campaign against ISIS: An updated transparency audit - Civilian Protection Monitor
By Jessica Garlasco
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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Our visual guide to Shahed-131 & -136 'drones' is now available in Ukrainian! As part of an effort to expand accessibility to our work, Bomb Techs Without Borders has translated the page to Ukrainian, aiding native speakers in understanding how these munitions function. osmp.ngo/collection/u...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
1/ Since March 2025 Airwars has documented a number of alleged civilian harm incidents in Gaza in which a previously unknown munition was used by Israeli forces. Dozens of civilian casualties were reported. We have so far published three of these cases: bsky.app/profile/muni...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
1/ Ten years after Russia first intervened in Syria, Airwars has published the final of nearly 5,000 incidents of civilian harm from Russian military strikes in the country, bringing to an end the largest documentation campaign in the organisation’s history. airwars.org/airwars-publ...
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Airwars publishes final of 5,000 civilian harm incidents from Russian actions in Syria
Nine-year project involved tracking of thousands of strikes, and the deaths of up to 25,000 civilians
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
1/ Since the first Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site opened on May 27, Airwars has documented more than 200 allegations of civilian harm in the vicinity of aid sites. So far, we’ve published 17 of these cases: tinyurl.com/3f9yuvkw
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
1/ “The disconnect between stated values and actual systems represents not just a missed opportunity, but an ethical and strategic liability.” New Just Security piece by Airwars and @paxforpeace.nl on state commitments to civilian protection www.justsecurity.org/118838/civil...
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For Large-Scale Conflicts, States Neglect Civilian Protection Lessons at Their Peril
A new assessment shows that, among the U.S., U.K., and the Netherlands, none are prepared for the challenges of protecting civilians.
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
1/ Anas al-Sharif’s reporting was pivotal in showing the world the reality of the war in Gaza. Our documentation teams have relied on Anas and journalists all over Gaza as they visit strike sites, interview family members, and capture critical testimony. airwars.org/conflict/isr...
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
On Monday, the Gaza Ministry of Health released a ninth list of over 55,000 named victims, covering October 7th 2023 through June 15th 2025. Airwars has updated our searchable site of these names and IDs, as released by the MoH. airwars.org/research/moh...
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List of identified victims, as published by the Palestinian MoH in Gaza
A searchable list of all named victims in Gaza since October 2023, as published by the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
1/ NEW: Airwars finds Operation Rough Rider nearly doubled U.S. civilian casualty toll in Yemen trump-yemen.airwars.org/operation-ro...
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Trump nearly doubled U.S. civilian casualty toll in Yemen | Airwars
The Trump administration killed almost as many civilians in Yemen in 52 days as the previous 23 years of U.S. action
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
1/ Our new investigation on unprecedented civilian harm caused by the U.S.’ latest campaign in Yemen covered by The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Trump’s Yemen bombings killed nearly as many civilians as 23 previous years of US attacks, analysis shows
Monitoring group says high death rate in two months indicates change in US policy that could affect Iran
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
1/ NEW: As the U.S. appears on the brink of another war, Airwars reveals dangerous precedent for civilians set by Trump’s Yemen campaign trump-yemen.airwars.org/operation-ro...
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Trump nearly doubled U.S. civilian casualty toll in Yemen | Airwars
The Trump administration killed almost as many civilians in Yemen in 52 days as the previous 23 years of U.S. action
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Airwars @airwars.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Today we launch our redesigned website - a comprehensive resource for civilian harm documentation and accountability. Explore some elements of the new site (🧵): airwars.org
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The Civilian Harm Watchdog
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