{{Short description|Nonprofit organization in London}} {{Infobox organization | logo = | type = Transparency project | key_people = | footnotes = | name = Airwars | founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|2014||}} | founder = Chris Woods | headquarters = London, England <!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" --> | origins = | region_served = Iraq, Syria and Libya | product = | focus = | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsid = | owner = | website = [https://airwars.org/ Airwars] | dissolved = }}
'''Airwars''' is a London, UK-based<ref>{{cite web | agency=Associated Press | title=Pentagon: 801 civilians killed in coalition airstrikes | website=Fox News | date=November 30, 2017 | url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/pentagon-801-civilians-killed-in-coalition-airstrikes | access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | agency=Associated Press | title=Rights groups: Many casualties in Mosul from heavy weapons | website=Fox News | date=June 9, 2017 | url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/rights-groups-many-casualties-in-mosul-from-heavy-weapons | access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Battle against ISIS in Mosul left over 9,000 dead | website=New York Post | date=December 20, 2017 | url=https://nypost.com/2017/12/20/battle-against-isis-in-mosul-left-over-9000-dead/ | access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Reuters News - U.S.-led forces acknowledge killing 51 more civilians in Iraq, Syria | website=Townhall | date=October 26, 2017 | url=https://townhall.com/news/world/2017/10/26/usled-forces-acknowledge-killing-51-more-civilians-in-iraq-syria-n2400769 | access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref>
Airwars was founded by investigative journalist Chris Woods<ref>{{cite web | title=Syria becomes a testing ground as Russia revives its defence industry | website=The National | date=13 March 2018 | url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/syria-becomes-a-testing-ground-as-russia-revives-its-defence-industry-1.712786 | access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref> in late 2014. It was registered in England and Wales as a private company limited by guarantee in August 2016.<ref name="ch">{{cite web|title=AIRWARS - Overview|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10314448|publisher=Companies House|accessdate=8 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>
==Methodology==
Airwars 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our methodology |url=https://airwars.org/about/methodology/ |accessdate=16 May 2018 |website=Airwars}}</ref>
==Funding==
Sources of funding include Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Open Society Foundations and Stichting Democratie en Media.<ref>{{cite web | title=Non profit. What is Airwars ? | website=www.sneezz.info | date=January 20, 2017 | url=http://www.sneezz.info/2017/01/non-profit-what-airwars | access-date=April 4, 2018 | archive-date=April 5, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405101700/http://www.sneezz.info/2017/01/non-profit-what-airwars | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://airwars.org/ Airwars - official website] *{{cite web|last1=O'Brien|first1=Sara Ashley|title=YouTube and Syria: Tech's role as archivist|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/08/24/technology/culture/youtube-syria-videos/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824192631/http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/24/technology/culture/youtube-syria-videos/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2017|website=CNNtech|publisher=CNN|accessdate=December 21, 2017|date=2017-08-24}} *{{cite news|last1=Jaffe|first1=Greg|title=How A Woman In England Tracks Civilian Deaths In Syria, One American Bomb At A Time|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/how-a-woman-in-england-tracks-civilians-killed-in-syria-one-bomb-at-a-time/2017/05/14/f5601d16-29e1-11e7-a616-d7c8a68c1a66_story.html|accessdate=21 December 2017|agency=The Washington Post|publisher=WP Company LLC|date=May 15, 2017}} *{{cite web|last1=Gibbons-Neff|first1=Thomas|title=Airstrike monitoring group overwhelmed by claims of U.S.-caused civilian casualties|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-airstrike-civilian-casualties-20170324-story.html|website=Chicago Tribune|date=24 March 2017 |accessdate=21 December 2017}}
Category:Non-profit organisations based in London Category:Organizations established in 2014 Category:Anti-war movement