CIR - Centre for Information Resilience

For the first time, CIR has uncovered the location of a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) military camp in the desert of Sudan’s neighbour, Libya. It is directly linked to the war in Sudan and the violen...

darfur sudanese refugees western saharan refugees chadian refugees refugee camps

One month ago extreme sectarian violence engulfed the Syrian coast. Assad loyalists attacked the new Syrian government security forces, looking for revenge for the ousting of Assad. Government ...

syrian refugees lebanon situation white helmets democratic yemen war crimes

Over the past year the Eyes on Russia team at CIR has been monitoring videos and photographs, published online, claiming to show executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces. The n...

ukrainian war crimes prisoners of war ukrainian language war criminals

What are glide bombs and how have they become one of the most important weapons used by Russia in the war in Ukraine? The Russian army is turning old, soviet-era bombs into “smart bombs” by attac...

ukrainian ukrainian language space weapons cluster bombs explosive remnants of war

[Unfortunately this channel is currently discontinued] In a world connected by cameras, conflict reporting has changed dramatically. We investigate conflicts in the digital age, using open sourc...

osint criminal investigation internal investigations communication for development conflict related sexual violence csrv

When authorities denied an airstrike happened, how did we find out the truth? #Myanmar #osint #airstrike

osint myanmar people myanmar refugees myanmar language fact checking

#OSINT - Investigating what is happening in #sudan Now with #Arabic subtitles. #keepeyesonsudan #osint

osint sudanese refugees darfur dinka somali refugees

Updated to include Arabic subtitles (go into Closed Caption settings to switch on) The civil war in Sudan, a conflict between the RSF and SAF, analysed using open source investigative techniques (...

darfur sudanese refugees incendiary weapons democratic yemen white helmets

An airstrike on Ka Nan village in Myanmar, analysed using open source investigative techniques (OSINT). In a war that is fought with words and online videos as much as conventional weapons, it can...