August 29, 2013 Scientific American
"Doing nothing seems immoral, but military intervention poses terrible risks. Those who support military actions against Syria should check out the ‘Costs of War’ project."
April 3, 2018 The Wall Street Journal
President Trump said on Tuesday that he wanted the U.S. military to "bring our troops back home" from Syria and "start rebuilding our nation." He has claimed that the U.S. has spent $7 trillion in the Middle East since 2001; the Cost of War Project estimates the U.S. has spent $1.8 trillion in direct costs and $4.3 trillion in direct and indirect costs.
September 5, 2022 Modern Tokyo Times
Modern Tokyo Times cited Costs of War on deaths in Iraq from war.
March 30, 2023 The Intercept
Costs of War’s Stephanie Savell was cited by The Intercept on weapons thefts in Syria.
April 17, 2018 NPR
NPR host on "All Things Considered" draws on the Costs of War project's global map of US counterterror activity in asking whether "our terminology is out of date when we don't have a good way to describe what the U.S. is doing in such a large number of places around the world."
October 24, 2019 The Washington Post
While fact-checking Trump's statements on Syria, The Washington Post cites the Cost of War Project's estimate that the US has spent and obligated $5.9 trillion on post-9/11 wars.
March 17, 2023 Marine Corps Times
Costs of War research on the budgetary costs of the Iraq war was cited in the Marine Corps Times.
January 27, 2023 Task and Purpose
Task and Purpose cited Costs of War research on the legal justification for counterterror operations in an article about Somalia and Syria.
November 25, 2023 The Intercept
The Intercept cited Costs of War’s Stephanie Savell on the footprint of the war on terror in an article about documents stolen at bases.
November 24, 2017 Politico
Politico cites a Costs of War report that predicts post-9/11 war costs will reach $5.6 trillion by the end of fiscal year 2018.
March 2023
Blood and Treasure: United States Budgetary Costs and Human Costs of 20 Years of War in Iraq and Syria, 2003-2023 Neta C. Crawford March 15, 2023
This paper examines the total costs of the war in Iraq and Syria, which are expected to exceed half a million human lives and $2.89 trillion. This budgetary figure includes costs to date, estimated at about $1.79 trillion, and the costs of veterans’ care through 2050. Since the United States...
March 2023
Human Cost of Post-9/11 Wars: Direct War Deaths in Major War Zones, Afghanistan & Pakistan (Oct. 2001 – Aug. 2021); Iraq (March 2003 – March 2023); Syria (Sept. 2014 – March 2023); Yemen (Oct. 2002-Aug. 2021) and Other Post-9/11 War Zones Neta C. Crawford and Catherine Lutz March 15, 2023
November 2019
Human Cost of Post - 9/11 Wars: Direct War Deaths in Major War ZonesAfghanistan and Pakistan (October 2001 - October 2019); Iraq (March 2003 - October 2019); Syria (September 2014 - October 2019); Yemen (October 2002 - October 2019); and Other1...
Mimi Healy, Jennifer Greenburg "Trump's Policies Will Worsen the Military's Sexual Assault Crisis" Common Dreams, April 29, 2025...
The insecurity that refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) face extends far beyond the guns and blasts of war. It includes lack of access to food, health care, housing, employment, and clean water and sanitation, as well as loss of community and homes. Forced displacement, especially...
People in war zones are killed in their homes, in markets, and on roadways, by bombs, bullets, fire, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and drones. Civilians die at checkpoints, as they are run off the road by military vehicles, when they step on mines or cluster bombs, as they collect wood or...
May 2023
INDIRECT DEATHS The graphic, and the accompanying report, illuminate the causal pathways that have led to an estimated 3.6-3.7 million indirect deaths in post-9/11 war zones, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Posted on May 15, 2023