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Tracing the Russian units responsible for drone attacks in Kherson
CIR collaborated with DW to investigate the targeting of civilians and vehicles in the Ukrainian city of Beryslav.
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CIR
- Sep 2
- 4 min
Surge in Islamic State Khorasan content online coincides with increased reports of linked activities and arrests in Europe and elsewhere
New data shows ISKP attacks have decreased inside Afghanistan, but reveal an uptick in linked activities and arrests outside the country
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Benjamin Strick
- Aug 28
- 7 min
Unmasking the fake MAGA accounts: stolen photos and digital lies
Fake accounts posing as young American women are spreading pro-Trump content online, using and manipulating images of European influencers.
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Sudan Witness
- Aug 23
- 2 min
Flash report: Destruction of Wad Madani Dry Port
Sudan Witness has verified significant damage to a dry port in Wad Madani, following a reported airstrike On 16 August, the official X...
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CIR
- Aug 15
- 4 min
Afghan Witness report reveals ‘daily occurrence’ of gender-based violence under Taliban rule as women suffer ‘systematic erasure’ from public life
Three years on from the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, women are banned from education, work and most other areas of public life.
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CIR
- Aug 13
- 6 min
Using open source to analyse breaking news events
Investigator Stefanie Le explores Trump's assassination attempt and the online misinformation that followed.
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Sudan Witness
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Flash report: Alleged drone strike hits Jebel Aulia market
Sudan Witness has verified damage to Jebel Aulia, Khartoum, following a reported airstrike, leading to civilian deaths and destroyed...
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CIR
- Aug 6
- 4 min
How disinformation is increasingly weaponised against women and minority groups
A new CIR report explores the ins and outs of identity-based disinformation, demonstrating its online and offline impact.
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Sudan Witness
- Jul 25
- 2 min
Flash report: Khartoum’s NTC tower up in flames
Sudan Witness verified active fires and smoke plumes coming from the NTC tower- Sudan's tallest building- on 20 July 2024.
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CIR
- Jul 20
- 3 min
Open source analysis finds increasing damage to Myanmar’s schools with more than 170 incidents since military coup
Damage to Myanmar's schools and universities has left a generation of school children “caught in the crossfire”.
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Sudan Witness
- Jul 18
- 4 min
Sudan monthly update: the RSF makes strategic gains across Sennar State, with takeover of Jebel Moya and Sinja
(Image source: RSF X) The RSF made strategic gains in Sennar in June. Tens of thousands of civilians have fled.
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Dr Adam Ure
- Jul 5
- 5 min
Information warfare: five ways Russia captured Ukrainian media
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine saw forces attempt to occupy not only land but minds.
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CIR
- Jul 1
- 8 min
Islamic State Crocus City Hall attack: analysing the background and online responses
CIR examines the perpetrators behind the Moscow Crocus City Hall attack, the responses from ISKP and reactions from their supporters online.
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CIR
- Jun 26
- 3 min
Open source analysis reveals more than 200 mining contracts set up since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan
In September 2023, the Taliban announced that they had signed more than $6.5 billion in new mining deals. CIR’s Afghan Witness project...
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Benjamin Strick
- Jun 13
- 12 min
Return of the RealSikhs: the fake network targeting Sikhs across the world despite platform takedowns
A network that labels Sikh activists as "extremists" and attempts to undermine calls for Sikh independence has reappeared on social media.
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CIR
- Jun 7
- 8 min
The challenges of open source research in conflict zones: “What we see is the most violent footage – some days, that’s all you see”
Several CIR open source investigators shed light on the challenges of investigating human rights abuses and war crimes.
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CIR
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Mapping the media landscape in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories
CIR, together with Detector Media, reveal the network of actors behind the “media occupation” of Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories.
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CIR
- May 23
- 3 min
Pro-Kremlin content targets South African social media users, pushing narratives around Ukrainian neo-Nazism
Narratives were spread through official Kremlin-aligned and controlled channels, but also via Western-based social media influencers.
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CIR
- May 15
- 6 min
How the Kremlin launders disinformation around the globe
CIR explores the Russian influence operations that have attempted to spread disinformation, sow division and undermine democracy.
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CIR
- May 13
- 4 min
More than 200 villages and towns damaged or destroyed by fire since the start of the war in Sudan, with April the worst month on record
Open source shows 72 villages and settlements were damaged or destroyed by fire during April - more than the previous three months combined.
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