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Drawing on case studies, the authors outline the dangers from the continued use of explosive weapons by endorsing states.

Measures, including restraint & avoidance, weapon-specific restrictions & systematic civilian harm tracking, must be implemented to prevent further harm.

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.

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Airwars Documenting civilian harm · Investigating those responsible · Pushing for change

To view Airwars’ full archive of over 12,000 incidents of civilian harm across the world, click here:

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Debris from the scene of the Badhan strike appeared to show the remains of a missile. The OSMP identified it as either an AGM-114 Hellfire or AGM-179 JAGM air-to-surface missile, both produced in the United States and regularly used by U.S. forces.

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“He was our backbone, truly there was no death more painful”

A community leader & elder from the Warsangeli clan was killed in an airstrike outside of Badhan, Somalia, on September 13, 2025. @USAfricaCommand announced a strike in Badhan on the same day.

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“My son needed intensive care, his injury was severe. He’s not even 13 yet”

Amid an Israel-ordered evacuation of the Baptist Hospital, 12-year-old Hatem al-Nabi, who required care for a shrapnel wound to his head, died on April 13, 2025.

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“They’re killing us, they killed my mom”

On January 3 this year, an alleged U.S. airstrike struck a TV and telephone antenna in El Volcán, Venezuela. Yohana Rodríguez Sierra was killed and her 22-year-old daughter, Ana Carina, was injured.

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This thread highlights three stories recently documented by Airwars, offering a glimpse into the loss and pain felt by civilians in conflict.

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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/

How flight tracking data explains failed maritime rescue efforts How 'Twitter randos' proved false claims of

Our deeper methodology piece, explaining how we reached the finding, is available here:

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U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive.

New Airwars investigation in partnership with @theintercept.com

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U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive. In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive.

The full article on @theintercept.com is available here:

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How flight tracking data explains failed maritime rescue efforts How 'Twitter randos' proved false claims of

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

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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.

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.

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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

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
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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

For more details on the tribunal, see Airwars' five takeaways from the process

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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

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

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Trump under scrutiny Collection page gathering crucial resources on military actions during the Trump second term, and the impact on civilians

You can view the seven recorded incidents of harm in Venezuela here: airwars.org/trump-under-...

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.

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:

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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...

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English 12 days that shook Iran | Fault Lines Documentary

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

“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

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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...

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:

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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...

“We throw ourselves into the jaws of death so we can eat - so that we can survive” - Hamam, from Rafah city

Watch the full video investigation at the Airwars website: ghf.airwars.org

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Civilian testimony showed that in many cases, Palestinians endured violence from Israeli forces and U.S. contractors, only to discover that no food remained when they finally reached the aid point.

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We then geolocated and chronolocated videos taken by civilians and former GHF contractors. By placing this footage into 3D reconstructions of two aid deliveries, we pieced together the sequence of events that led to the widespread chaos in GHF’s aid delivery system.

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To investigate what made the GHF system so dangerous, Airwars interviewed Palestinian aid seekers, former private security contractors and humanitarian experts, and analysed hours of footage

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🧵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

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CS2014 – October 18, 2025 Code: CS2014 Status: publish Incident Date Type: date Incident Date: 2025-10-18 Incident Local Time: 03:00:00 Location Name Local: الضمير Location Name: Al-Dumayr Region: Rif Dimashq Country: Syria Be...

Three Syrian officials told @apnews.com that al-Masoud was actually working for Ahmed al-Sharaa's new government at the time of his killing. Two officials added that his role involved "combating ISIS."

You can view the incident here:
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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.

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