L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.
27 February 2018Civilians continue to be killed in attacks by Syrian government forces on rebel positions in Eastern Ghouta.
8 February 2018As violence surges and international peacekeeping efforts stall, millions are forced to flee and even more face food insecurity.
14 February 2018UN officials are requesting a truce in the war to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid.
13 February 2018Syrian civilians continue to suffer through one of the most violent periods in seven years of conflict.
07 February 2018774 civilians were killed at war in Syria in January 2018.
14 February 2018UNHCR spokesperson reports on Sexual and Gender-based Violence Incidents in Reception Centres for Refugees in the Aegean Islands.
About a year after its establishment by the Government (Law 25/01/2017 No. 9), the National Day of civilian victims of wars and conflicts has been inaugurated, and will be held every year on the 1st February.
28 January 2018A gas attack last Monday, on the 22nd January, has left at least 13 civilians dead in Damascus, according to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
30 January 2018A suicide car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeastern Yemen has killed 11 people according to officials.
25 January 2018The recent death of a 57 year old prisoner to cancer highlights inhumane conditions for Palestinian prisoners who need medical attention.
29 January 2018Many civilians have been declared dead after massive Turkish air strikes on a Kurdish-held enclave near the Syrian border in the small town of Afrin.
31 January 2018