I.41 Chemical Attacks in Al Lataminah
- Date of Incident
- 30 Mar 2017
- Location
- Al Lataminah, Syria
- Forums
- Media
- Commissioned By
- Bellingcat
- Summary
- When the Syrian regime was accused of chemical weapons attacks, Russia's foreign ministry held a press conference to defend their allies. But the information presented there gave away important clues that Syria had indeed been responsible. Building on the work of Bellingcat, we built a digital model of the M4000 chemical bomb in which to bring together those physical clues.
I.34 Chemical Attacks in Douma
- Date of Incident
- 07 Apr 2018
- Location
- Douma, Syria
- Forums
- Media
- Commissioned By
- The New York Times
- Summary
- Allegations of chemical attacks lead inevitably to conflict and discord on social media, and competing claims from reporters and politicians around the world. Working with the New York Times, we developed innovative new techniques to help cut through the confusion with material facts.
I.21 Airstrikes on the al-Jinah Mosque
- Date of Incident
- 16 Mar 2017
- Location
- al-Jinah, Syria
- Forums
- United Nations, Media
- Commissioned By
- Self-Initiated
- Summary
- When two Hellfire missiles destroyed the Sayidina Omar Ibn al-Khattab mosque during evening prayer, thirty-eight civilians died. Piecing together available videos and aerial imagery, we challenged the Pentagon’s claim that the site was an al-Qaeda meeting house, forcing condemnation from the UN.
I.20 Airstrikes on M2 Hospital
- Date of Incident
- 01 Jun 2016 – 01 Dec 2016
- Location
- Aleppo, Syria
- Forums
- Human Rights Report, Media
- Commissioned By
- Digital Forensic Research Lab, Atlantic Council
- Summary
- Omar Bin Abdul Aziz Hospital was struck fourteen times by munitions fired by the Syrian army, including cluster and barrel bombs. Within a digital model, we corroborated multiple sources of CCTV footage to support claims that Syria and its allies were intentionally targeting civilian hospitals.
I.23 Chemical Attack in Khan Sheikhoun
- Date of Incident
- 04 Apr 2017
- Location
- Khan Sheikhoun, Syria
- Forums
- Human Rights Report, Media
- Commissioned By
- Human Rights Watch
- Summary
- The truth of an apparent chemical attack in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun quickly became obscured behind allegations and counter-allegations. With Human Rights Watch, we investigated what the precise dimensions of the impact crater could tell us about the munition that had caused it.
I.22 Airstrikes on al-Hamidiah Hospital
- Date of Incident
- 15 Feb 2016
- Location
- al-Hamidiah, Syria
- Forums
- Exhibition, Human Rights Report, Media
- Commissioned By
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
- Summary
- When twenty-five people were killed when a hospital operated by Médicins Sans Frontières was struck by two air strikes, both the Russian and Syrian governments denied responsibility. By locating and analysing multiple video sources, we attempted to assign responsibility for the attacks.
I.18 Torture in Saydnaya Prison
- Date of Incident
- 01 Jan 2011 – 08 Dec 2024
- Location
- Saydnaya, Syria
- Forums
- Legal Process, Exhibition, Media, Web Platform
- Commissioned By
- Amnesty International
- Summary
- Since the start of the Syrian Civil War, thousands of Syrians have been detained, tortured and executed at the notorious Saydnaya Prison. Using architectural and acoustic modelling, we worked with five survivors to rebuild the prison and explore their memories of life and death inside its walls.
I.16 Airstrikes in Atimah
- Date of Incident
- 08 Mar 2015
- Location
- Atimah, Syria
- Forums
- Exhibition, Media
- Commissioned By
- Airwars
- Summary
- When three bombs landed at the edge of a camp where more than thirty thousand internally-displaced people were sheltered, nobody claimed responsibility. Using available satellite and smartphone imagery, we determined the location of the strikes, and other information about the munitions.