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

Interactive: Anatomy Of An AI Kill Chain

Breaking down how militaries are offloading life and death decisions to flawed technologies

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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...

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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15 new civilian harm incidents have been published on our Iran War tracker, including in Iran, Israel and the UAE airwars.org/conflict/isr...

The Iran War (Feb-Apr 2026)

Airwars' documentation of the war's deadly impact on civilians across the Middle East

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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...

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...

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' 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

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...

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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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

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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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...

Airwars - Casualty Recording

Using open-source techniques to document harm civilians in conflicts across the globe

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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...

"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...

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' director Emily Tripp quoted in the @financialtimes.com on the challenges of reliable information in the Iran war www.ft.com/content/c0d3...

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...

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...

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' 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...

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...

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/

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...

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...

How flight tracking data explains failed maritime rescue efforts

How 'Twitter randos' proved false claims of

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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

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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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...

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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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...

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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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...

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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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...

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

12 days that shook Iran | Fault Lines Documentary

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“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

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

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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🧵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]

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...

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...