Airwars

Airwars
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
FounderChris Woods
TypeTransparency project
HeadquartersLondon, England
Area served
Iraq, Syria and Libya
WebsiteAirwars

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Pentagon: 801 civilians killed in coalition airstrikes". Fox News. Associated Press. November 30, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Rights groups: Many casualties in Mosul from heavy weapons". Fox News. Associated Press. June 9, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "Battle against ISIS in Mosul left over 9,000 dead". New York Post. December 20, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "Reuters News - U.S.-led forces acknowledge killing 51 more civilians in Iraq, Syria". Townhall. October 26, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  5. ^ "Syria becomes a testing ground as Russia revives its defence industry". The National. 13 March 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  6. ^ "AIRWARS - Overview". Companies House. Retrieved 8 January 2018.