Airwars is a London, UK-based[1] not-for-profit company that tracks and archives the international air war against Islamic State and other groups in Iraq, Syria and Libya, and assesses and follows up on credible allegations of civilian casualties from coalition, Russian, Turkish, Israeli, and domestic Libya airstrikes.[2][3][4]
| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Chris Woods |
| Type | Transparency project |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Area served | Iraq, Syria and Libya |
| Website | Airwars |
Airwars was founded by investigative journalist Chris Woods[5] in late 2014. It was registered in England and Wales as a private company limited by guarantee in August 2016.[6]
Methodology
editAirwars draws on a number of information sources including NGOs, monitoring groups such as the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), international and local news agencies, social media sites including local residents’ groups, in-country researchers, Facebook pages, YouTube footage of incidents, tweets relating to specific events and from military and other government sources.[7]
Funding
editSources of funding include Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Open Society Foundations and Stichting Democratie en Media.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Pentagon: 801 civilians killed in coalition airstrikes". Fox News. Associated Press. November 30, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "Rights groups: Many casualties in Mosul from heavy weapons". Fox News. Associated Press. June 9, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "Battle against ISIS in Mosul left over 9,000 dead". New York Post. December 20, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "Reuters News - U.S.-led forces acknowledge killing 51 more civilians in Iraq, Syria". Townhall. October 26, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "Syria becomes a testing ground as Russia revives its defence industry". The National. 13 March 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "AIRWARS - Overview". Companies House. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Our methodology". Airwars. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Non profit. What is Airwars ?". www.sneezz.info. January 20, 2017. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
External links
edit- Airwars - official website
- O'Brien, Sara Ashley (2017-08-24). "YouTube and Syria: Tech's role as archivist". CNNtech. CNN. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- Jaffe, Greg (May 15, 2017). "How A Woman In England Tracks Civilian Deaths In Syria, One American Bomb At A Time". WP Company LLC. The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- Gibbons-Neff, Thomas (24 March 2017). "Airstrike monitoring group overwhelmed by claims of U.S.-caused civilian casualties". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 21 December 2017.