Mnemonic creates digital archives of international
crimes.
Founder and Executive Director Hadi Al Khatib
MNEMONIC.org
Syrian Archive’s Methodology
to work on digital information
Chemical weapons video database
Over 200 incidents, and 1000 archived videos from 190 sources
hiips://syrianarchive.org/en/datasets/chemical -weapons
From the database we can identify suspects
such as Tiger Forces
From the database we can identify chain of
command structures
From the database we can identify locations such as impact sites
Impact site Khan Sheikun 2017 General Ali Abdullah Ayoub and Brigadier Suheil al Hassan. SANA news
agency video. Observing strikes being carried out on the city of al Lataminah March 2017.
Volcano Rockets
140mm M14 Artillery Rockets
From the database we can identify the weapons used in Eastern Ghouta
From the database we can identify the weapons used in Khan Sheikun
Syrian Chemical Aerial Bombs M4000
From the database we can identify the weapons used for chlorine attacks
Iranian 107mm rocket Chlorine Aerial Bombs in Aleppo and Douma
From the database we can identify indicators of an attacker’s intent
(Medical facilities database example)
Established prior to the conflict?
Reported to the United Nations’
deconfliction mechanism? Direct hit on apparent target?
Double tap attack?
Multiple targeted strikes?
Apparent target remotely located?
The database also leads us to other open source investigations, such as chemical supply chains
What is
becoming
inaccessible and why?
Some content is made
unavailable by users, but as we know from hearing from our own communities, much more of it is removed by platforms- oftentimes even with human review.
Stills from videos
removed from YouTube,
documenting chemical
attacks in Syria.
Syrian Archive has an archived version of it.
