Airwars
Appearance
Founded | 2014 |
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Founder | Chris Woods |
Type | Transparency project |
Headquarters | London, England |
Area served | Iraq, Syria and Libya |
Website | Airwars |
Airwars is a London, UK-based
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
Airwars draws on a number of information sources including
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
Sources of funding include Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Open Society Foundations and Stichting Democratie en Media.[8]
References
- ^ "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
- 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.