The rise in UK air and drone strikes in Syria since September 2018 has been laid bare in the MoD’s latest responses to a Drone Wars UK FoI request. The number of British strikes in Syria per month rose to… Read More ›
UK Drones – Data
Cost of UK air and drone strikes in Iraq and Syria reach £1.75 billion
Analysis of figures released in response to Freedom of Information requests by Drone Wars UK indicate that the UK has spent £1.75bn on armed air missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria since August 2014. It should be noted that… Read More ›
New FoI data release on UK air and drone operations in Iraq and Syria
After a lengthy delay in responding to our FoI requests, the MOD has now provided data on UK air operations in Iraq and Syria for the second half of 2017. For our updated complete set of figures for UK air… Read More ›
New FoI figures on UK air and drone strikes in Iraq and Syria
New figures released to Drone Wars UK in response to Freedom of Information requests shows a dramatic increase in the number of RAF operations in Syria in the first six months of 2017. According to the figures, UK armed air… Read More ›
British air strikes in Iraq and Syria increase by 85% – UK approaching 1,000 strikes milestone
Analysis of data released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) shows that British air strikes in Iraq and Syria in the first half of the year increased by an enormous 85% over the previous six months. FoI data as well… Read More ›
FoI reveals only 5% of British air strikes in Iraq and Syria are pre-planned
A Freedom of Information request by Drone Wars UK has revealed that only 5% of British air strikes in Iraq and Syria are pre-planned. According to the FoI reponse from the Ministry of Defence out of 414 UK air strikes… Read More ›
500 days of British drone operations in Iraq and Syria
Today (4 March 2016) marks 500 days since British Reaper drones first deployed over Iraq (22 Oct 2014) and then Syria in their operations against ISIS. In that time, according to our analysis of the MoD updates on air strikes against… Read More ›
Huge increase in British air strikes over past 3 months
Analysis of information released by the Ministry of Defence shows a huge rise in the number of British air strikes against ISIS in Iraq since October 2015. In addition our analysis also shows that the UK’s adoption of the US… Read More ›
UK drone and air strikes in 2015 – a look at the data
Analysing updates published by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of RAF operations in Iraq and Syria give something of an insight into the use of drones and aircraft for strikes by British forces in 2015. The updates do not give a complete… Read More ›
New figures on UK drone use in Iraq and Syria
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released new data on UK drone operations in Iraq and Syria to Drone Wars in response to a Freedom of Information request. The data covers Reaper operations in Iraq and Syria in the third quarter of… Read More ›
UK air and drone strikes in Iraq – a look at the data
Since British military operations against ISIS began last September the MoD has been publishing brief updates of its military activity in Iraq on its website (see here). These updates include some details of strikes undertaken by both British Reaper drones and the UK’s dedicated… Read More ›
New figures for British air and drone strikes in Iraq
Click here for Drone News Podcast – Owen Bennett-Jones interviews Chris Cole of Drone Wars UK about these new figures. Six months on from the UK’s first drone strike against ISIS, new figures have been released by the Ministry of Defence… Read More ›
FoI release shows high tempo of strikes in Iraq as Defence Select Committee urges more action
Drone Wars UK has obtained the first detailed figures for use of armed British drones in Iraq and Syria since UK operations began in October 2014. A Ministry of Defence (MoD) response to a Freedom of Information request from the group show… Read More ›
UK airstrikes in Iraq hit 100 – one third by drones
On Monday 12 January the UK Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon told the House of Commons that there had been 99 UK airstrikes in Iraq since the beginning of airstrikes on 22 October. On Tuesday 13 January the… Read More ›
